NEW HOUSING BILL BASICS & WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR 2
August 8, 2008 by ren
Filed under Corporate Finance
The New Housing Bill provides assistance to first-time homebuyers, making their purchases before 1 July 2009. The homebuyers get a tax credit of 10% of the house price, but not exceeding $7500.
The flies in the ointment are:
$7500 is not 10% of the house price in many places in the country
The tax credit has to be repaid 2 years after the purchase. At the tax credit of $7500, the resulting average increase in your tax bill for 15 years will be $500.
info from FHA website, image from Microsoft Clipart
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