Warren Residential Group Blog – Boston Real Estate Blog

If you’re buying a home right now, things are looking good: Interest rates are low, and housing prices around Boston, while not total bargains, are overall considerably lower than they were at their peak in 2005.
I thought that with the sales season under way, that I would share some tips for home purchase and ownership:
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Christina Longo at Prospect mortgage sent me the following email this morning:
Senators have agreed to extend the $8,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit originally set to expire on November 30. Once the Senate officially votes on the bill it will move to the House of Representatives, which strongly supports the extension. The Obama administration has also [...]

Brian Cavanaugh of Wells Fargo Home Mortgage just sent me an interesting email in regards to when to schedule your closing to take advantage of the $8000 tax credit:
The $8,000 First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit expires November 30, 2009.  In order to claim the tax credit, the IRS requires that you’ve closed on or before [...]

Our good friend David Bolton over at Prospect Mortgage (one of Boston’s best mortgage brokers) just sent me an advisory memorandum from MassHousing explaining the new $8000 tax credit loan program.  I’ve posted it below and will explain some of the quick details in bullet points afterwards:
“Governor Patrick announced today the establishment of a Tax [...]