Extending the First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit, due to expire at the end of November, is high on the Democratic Congressional to-do list, legislative aides said. After Wednesday’s meeting with President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Senate Majority... (Continue reading)
Real estate forecasting service Local Market Monitor, which predicts housing market trends for investors and banks, forecasts that housing prices will decline an average of 5 percent through 2010. This prediction includes double-digit decreases in Phoenix, Miami, and Las Vegas.... (Continue reading)
Shaun Donovan, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, said that the Federal Housing Administration is going to permit its lenders to allow homeowners to use the $8,000 tax credit as a down payment. Donovan’s remarks came... (Continue reading)
Price Stabilization Is First Step to Recovery Home prices must stabilize before the broader economy can turn around, a panel of housing and economic experts said yesterday at a real estate summit hosted by the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® as... (Continue reading)
NAR has been working in Washington DC to help the Federal Government structure the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. As a result of its passage, today HUD published changes to FHA’s single family loan limits. San Diego County:... (Continue reading)
There’s a nice windfall for some homebuyers in the economic stimulus bill awaiting President Obama’s signature on Tuesday. San Diego First-time buyers can claim a credit worth $8,000 – or 10% of the home’s value, whichever is less – on... (Continue reading)
Obama’s housing plan means well in helping avoid further foreclosure to 9 million people who falls to 105 LTV. What does this mean to San Diego? Majority of the homeowner in San Diego are so upside down that the housing... (Continue reading)