First-Time Home Buyers Tax Credit Extension?

News from Washington – Senators AGREED to extend the $8000 tax credit for first time home buyers until June 30, 2010.  They also are offering $6500 to repeat buyers who have owned their current home more than 5 years. This has not been signed into law, yet!
The 3.6% drop in home sales in September, the first sales [...]

Mortgage Plan Targets Up to Four Million Homeowners

New York Times                                   
By EDMUND L. ANDREWS                      
Published: March 4, 2009
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration provided details on Wednesday for its program to help homeowners at risk of losing their houses obtain taxpayer-subsidized reductions in their mortgage payments, a program that becomes available immediately.
Administration officials said the program could help three million to four million families avoid [...]

New Government Website – www.MakingHomeAffordable.gov

Home Affordable Modifications

If you can no longer afford to make your monthly loan payments, you may qualify for a loan modification to make your monthly mortgage payment more affordable. Millions of borrowers who are current, but having difficulty making their payments and borrowers who have already missed one or more payments may be eligible.
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FHA 203k HUD Rehab Loan

The FHA 203k loan program is the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD),  primary program for the rehabilitation and repair of single family properties.
Lenders have successfully used the FHA 203k loan program in partnership with state and local housing agencies and nonprofit organizations to rehabilitate properties.
HUD also believes that the FHA 203k [...]

Get Pre-Qualified First

Don’t Go Shopping for a New Home Before You Know Exactly How Much You Can Spend! 
FIVE MYTHS ABOUT HOMEOWNERSHIP 
Myth #1 “I can’t afford a down payment.”
In the past, buying a home required a 20% down payment. But not today. In fact, 7 out of 10 first-time homebuyers make a down payment of 10% or less. 
Myth [...]