HomeBuyersTaxCredit

Congress has extended the deadline for homebuyers desperate to take advantage of a popular tax credit. Homebuyers with contracts signed by April 30 who failed to close by the June 30 deadline will now have until September 30 to complete their purchases, Reuters reports. The House of...

To the unschooled eye, the Coldwell Banker's Buyer Bonus Sales Event may have you running to your nearest CB office. But we're not so sure the promotional campaign actually does anything that isn't already being done -- except maybe help keep the housing momentum going, which in itself is nothing...

California lawmakers hope a new plan to extend a $10,000 tax credit to first-time buyers and those purchasing new homes will help jumpstart the state's lagging housing market, as well as work to clear a backlog of abandoned and foreclosed homes. That's a tall order in a state with one of the...

When it comes to trying to fix the still very much ailing real estate market in this country, it really doesn't seem as if the government can do anything right. We've known for a long time now that its mortgage modification scheme has pretty much fallen flat with nowhere near the number of...

Even though we're firmly in the midst of the 2009 tax season, you may still be able to claim the homebuyer credit for a purchase made in 2010 on your 2009 tax return. The Worker, Homeownership and Business Assistance Act Of 2009, which was signed into law on November 6, 2009, extended the credit...

The recent extension of the $6,500 federal home buyer tax credit to existing homeowners stands to help the economy, according to a new survey by Coldwell Banker. Only 6% of those 1,000 surveyed said they would splurge -- on shopping or vacations. Though no one wants to appear frivolous in a...