Panama City Beach real estate | Home Buyer Tax Credit
This week the Senate amended the Homebuyer Tax Credit:
The Senate has amended a bill to give homebuyers who were under contract on a home purchase by April 30 an additional three months to close the deal and claim the federal homebuyer tax credit.
Extending the deadline for closing from June 30 to Sept. 30 would allow lenders more time to clear a backlog of 180,000 homebuyers nationwide, said amendment sponsor Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev.
Panama City real estate | Rural Development update
Here’s the latest update on Rural Development funding from Kathy Hollman at Visions Bank…
Thursday night by a vote of 67 to 28, H.R. 4899 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 passed in the U.S. Senate.
The legislation will now move to a conference process with members of the U.S. House and U.S. Senate. Contained in this legislation as passed in the Senate is the authority needed to raise the guarantee fee in the USDA Section 502 Guaranteed Rural Housing Program to an amount not to exceed 3.50% of the loan amount.
Panama City Real Estate | Rural Funding update
Here is a quick update to Rural funding provided by Kathy Hallmon at Vision Bank:
On April 21st, $694,119,068 of additional funding is now available for selected counties designated as disaster areas by FEMA in the country. Florida has 20 counties that have received $129,202,000. These counties are…Bay, Brevard, Collier, Dixie, Escambia, Franklin, Glades, Gulf, Hendry, Indian River, Lee, Martin, Okaloosa, Okeechobee, Palm Beach, St. Lucie, Santa Rosa, Taylor, Wakulla and Walton.
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Panama City Real Estate | Claiming your First time and move up buyer Tax credit
I’ve just received information for those wanting to claim their first-time and move-up home buyer tax credit:
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The Internal Revenue Service has clarified which documentation taxpayers need to submit to claim the first-time and move-up homebuyer tax credit.While the IRS is still requiring the filing of Form 5405, it is not demanding that all parties’ signatures be on the HUD-1 settlement document in areas where requiring both the buyer and the seller to sign the document isn’t common.
Panama City Real Estate | FHA Loan information
We’ve been getting quite a few calls regarding FHA loans lately. To further assist our value FHA customers, I’ve updated the home buying financial pages and have added additional FHA Loan information and FAQ.
Additional FHA information can be found on the US. Department of Housing and urban development website.
For a list of local lenders, contact me directly.
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