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Housing starts take unexpected tumble, fall 10.6 percent
Nov 18th, 2009 - Washington Post
New home construction took an unexpected tumble last month, reflecting the bumpy nature of a tentative housing recovery. Housing starts fell 10.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 529,000 in October...
Area housing sales jump
Nov 10th, 2009 - bizjournals
D.C. area housing prices are still down from year ago levels, but not as much as nationally, and area sales jumped last quarter. The National Association of Realtors says existing home sales nationally rose 11 percent in the third quarter...
Inspector Cites Widespread Fraud in Home-Buyer Tax Credit
Oct 22nd, 2009 - BusinessWeek
Even as support grows in Congress for an expansion of the soon-to-expire $8,000 first-time home-buyer tax credit, a Treasury Dept. inspector told lawmakers on Oct. 22 that illegal immigrants...
Lawmakers look at problems in home buyer credit as Congress considers extension
Oct 22nd, 2009 - baltimoresun
WASHINGTON (AP) - The rush to implement a tax credit for first-time home buyers opened the program up to potential fraud by people who hadn't bought a home or already owned one, Congress was told Thursday. J...
Congress scrutinizes problems in home buyer credit
Oct 22nd, 2009 - Forbes
WASHINGTON -- Tens of thousands of people may have taken advantage of the first-time home buyer tax credit to defraud the government, an IRS watchdog office said Thursday...
Time Home Buyer videos from YouTube:
7:25Federal Housing Tax Credit explained
Congress Enacts Bigger and Better Home Buyer Tax Credit A tax credit of up to $8000 is now available for qualified first-time home buyers purchasing a principal residence on or after January 1, 2009 and before December 1, 2009 ...
3:55This Month In Real Estate: 2009 First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Special Edition
Each month, This Month in Real Estate provides expert opinion and analysis on real estate trends across the nation.
7:09Illinois Association of REALTORS President's Podcast Featuring IAR President Pat Callan
Get the Facts: --Key Housing Provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act --How Illinois residents can benefit from this legislation Learn more about the $8000 first-time homebuyer ...
1:44RE/MAX and the 2009-2010 Homebuyer Tax Credit
RE/MAX Chief Executive Officer, Margaret Kelly, talks about the government's extension/expansion of the first-time homebuyer tax credit. Certain existing homeowners can now qualify for the credit and homebuyers have until April 30 ...
