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Great News! Congress has passed the Home Buyer Tax Credit extension and President Obama is expected to sign the bill today. Below are two links to more information:Home Buyer Tax Credit ChangesFrequently Asked Questions Regarding ChangesReaders, do you think Congress' decision to extend, and even expand, the tax credit is a ...

Late Wednesday afternoon, the U.S. Senate approved a bill which extends and expands the federal tax credit for home buyers. The bills calls for the first-time home buyer $8,000 tax credit to be extended through April 30, 2010, with a 60-day extension if a binding contract is in place prior to the deadline. Existing homeowners ...

The Senate is nearing a compromise that would extend the tax credit for first-time home buyers and expand it to include current homeowners. Who would get the credit and how much could they claim? First-time home buyers would be eligible for up to $8,000 on the tax credit, which is the same as the current credit. The Senate version of the bill ...

While the economic crisis has dampened household growth, the sheer size of the echo-boom generation will give a powerful boost to long-run housing demand.Rapid growth in the population under age 45 and over age 65, as well as the rising minority share, will shift the composition of housing demand over the next 20 years. These changes in the ...

A year after the financial collapse of 2008, the housing market is very different than it was before the foreclosure crisis. Here are seven bits of wisdom from economists and financial planners for anyone contemplating a home purchase today: Old-fashioned basics are more important than ever. The safest way to purchase a home is to put down 20 ...

The 2009 Coldwell Banker® Home Price Comparison Index (HPCI) released today found a price gap of more than $2 million between the most expensive and most affordable U.S. housing markets. In the annual comparison of similar 2,200-square foot homes in 310 U.S. housing markets, La Jolla, Calif. led the list as the most expensive real ...

Despite all of the bad news in the media about homeownership and mortgages, most Americans still believe buying a home is a great investment, according to a new study commissioned by Bankrate.com. Among the findings from the study: 92 percent say that a home is a good investment for the future. 48 percent worry about losing or being unable to ...

Every housing market is unique. This report reflects the Fargo metro area data available through March 2009. Homes are affordable. A smaller share of our income is going to monthly mortgage payments than in the past. The ratio of monthly mortgage payments to income is down and the ratio of median home ...

Question: Given the boom, then the bust, in real estate, what's the best way to think about my house: as an investment or just a place to live? Answer: Your home may be your most valuable asset. But it's unlikely to deliver bigger gains in the long run than a diversified portfolio of stocks and bonds. And that was true even before real ...