$8,000 Tax Credit Can Be Used for Down Payment!

May 15, 2009 by Admin · Leave a Comment 

If you’re looking to buy your first home but can’t afford the down payment, there may be help out there! 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 [...]

Lenders Choke The People Looking to "Buy And Bail"

September 23, 2008 by Admin · Leave a Comment 

FHA and Conventional Loan guidelines were revised this morning, this time to prevent the so-called “buy and bail” folks trying to escape their overpriced mortgages. Haven’t heard of a “buy and bail” scenario?  It goes something like this: Until now, people who decided to rent their home instead of sell it were allowed to claim [...]