homebuyer tax credit

The U.S. housing sector's road to recovery is getting rougher: Housing starts fell a worse-than-expected 5% in June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 549,000. Is it time for another home buyer's tax credit?

It's getting harder to avoid the evidence pointing to more trouble ahead for housing. Essentially, there's a massive mismatch between rising supplies of homes for sale and dwindling demand from buyers. Not even high-end markets are immune.

April 15 isn't the only tax deadline to be mindful of this month: The first-time homebuyer's credit is winding down this month, too. Taxpayers hoping to qualify for the credit must finalize their contracts by a month from today, on April 30, 2010. If you sign a contract by that date, you have until...

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...

Do you dream of owning your own home? With interest rates near rock bottom (if you can qualify), housing prices down hugely from three years ago, and the government dangling a hefty tax credit in your face, how can you resist? Our friends at Fixr.com have prepared this nifty flow chart to help you...

Homebuyers did not have to truly be first-timers in order to qualify for the "first time homebuyer" tax credit, expiring Nov. 30; they only had to meet the limitation of not having owned a primary residence for the past three years, with income limits of $75,000 for individuals and $150,000 for...

This is just one of the Innovative Ways to Stimulate the Economy suggested by DailyFinance contributors. See them all. Under the most recent economic stimulus package, first-time homebuyers are eligible for a nonrepayable $8,000 tax credit if they buy a home. The rationale behind the credit is a...