We were asked by a client recently “how do different cities compare for property tax rates?”  Funny enough, while the assumption is that they’re all pretty close… there isn’t a great immediate source to clearly compare them… so we’ve created it and here are the surprising results. Here’s a look at the major cities in [...]

An update on the 2010 federal tax credits for buying/selling homes.

2010 Home Buyer Tax Credits Begin To Expire On April 30, 2010! The 2009 Home Buying tax credits extended and expanded into 2010.  Here are the key things to know: Extension of $8,000 First Time Buyer Credit The First Time Buyer Credit has been extended and is nearly identical to the tax credit in 2009.  [...]

The first time buyer tax credit has been a major success, and a big help in returning the national and local real estate market to a healthier balance, and it’s been extended for a short time to allow the economic recover to catch up to the real estate market.  In early-November, this credit was extended, [...]