Karen Daniel Nampa Real Estate

Underwater Homeowners Breathe a Sigh of Relief as Congress Renews Mortgage Debt Relief Act! On January 1, 2013, Congress passed an extension of the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act. This extension of this act, which has saved homeowners more than $1 billion dollars in taxes[1], is great news for struggling homeowners ...

FHA recently announced a temporary (1 yr) relaxation of its "90-day" anti-flipping rule, which prohibits the use of FHA insured financing if the contract for sale was executed within 90 days of the seller's acquisition of the property.  What this rule said is that if an investor purchased a rehab home, remodeled it and ...

With all the talk about Idaho Short Sales and Idaho Bank Owned Real Estate there has also been talk about how anyone selling a home using the short sale process would have their credit damaged and would be unable to buy a home for 3 years using any kind of government financing after executing an Idaho Short Sale. This has been drilled into us ...

In 2009 the First-Time Homebuyer tax credit and affordability conditions brought first-time buyers into the market, and they comprised an unprecedented share of the market - 47%.  Some variables were unaffected by the increase in the share of first-time buyers.  The typical age of buyers was unchanged by the surge in first-time ...

Congress giving "ALL" homebuyers a $6,500 tax break, and First Time Homebuyer up to $8,000 tax break.WASHINGTON – Buying a home is about to get cheaper for a whole new crop of homebuyers — $6,500 cheaper.First-time homebuyers have been getting tax credits of up to $8,000 since January as part of the economic stimulus package ...

Who is eligible to claim the tax credit? First-time home buyers purchasing any kind of home, new or resale are eligible for the tax credit. To qualify for the tax credit, a home purchase must occur on or after January 1, 2009 and before December 1, 2009. For the purposes of the tax credit, the purchase date is the date when closing occurs and the ...