Karen Daniel Nampa Real Estate

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 ...

Although evidence is accumulating that the economy is emerging from the Great Recession, there are a number of headwinds that may make the nascent recovery slower and more tentative than previous business cycle expansions. Significant job loss is one of the most tangible effects of the recession. Most sectors, with the possible exception of ...

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 ...

The Housing and Economic Recovery act of 2008  A new refundable tax credit for individuals who are qualified first-time homebuyers of a principal residence in the United States. The provision applies to a principal residence purchased by the taxpayer on or after April 9, 2008, and before July 1, 2009. Homebuyers who qualify are allowed ...

You hear it daily, from your friends, your collegues, people just passing you on the street.  You read it in every newspaper headline, people constantly saying that the housing market is down, with Short Sales & foreclosures rising at an alarming rate.  Mortgage markets so frozen, that buyers have no ...

CAN I SELL MY HOUSE WHILE IN BANKRUPTCY? Many people do not realize that they can sell their home while they are still in a Chapter 13 bankruptcy. You will want to start by finding someone to put the house on the market. Once you have an interested buyer, then the realtor will draw up a contract between the buyer and the seller. Once this is ...