November 7, 2009 by Admin ·
Great News! The $8,000 first time home buyer tax credit has been signed into law a few moments ago! Instead of expiring on December 1st, 2009, it has been changed to June 30th, 2010! You need to have a ratified contract in place by April 30th, 2010, and you have up to 60 days to [...]
Filed under Buying, Century 21, Charles County, La Plata, Maryland, MD, Real Estate, Southern Maryland, Waldorf · Tagged with $6500 tax credit, $8000 tax credit, Buying a home, Calvert County, Calvert County Real Estate, Century 21, Century 21 New Millennium, Charles County, first time homebuyers, Jonathan Benya, PG County, SOMD, Southern Maryland, Southern Maryland Real Estate, St. Mary's County, St. mary's County Real Estate, tax credit, Team Benya, Teambenya
August 17, 2009 by Admin ·
The PG County “Down Payment on Your Dream” program, also known as the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) or Down Payment Closing Cost Assistance Program (DPCCA) is proving to be wildly popular. I get multiple calls each and every day regarding the program, and unfortunately not everybody found out about the program in time. I get [...]
Filed under Accokeek, Down Payment Closing Cost Assistance, DPCCA, Foreclosure, Maryland, MD, Neighborhood Assistance Program, NSP, PG County, Prince George's County, Prince George's County Foreclosures, Real Estate · Tagged with Buying a home, DPCCA, Maryland, MD, NSP, PG County, prince georges county real estate, Southern Maryland, Southern Maryland Real Estate
As you may have heard, HUD’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP), has been implemented in Prince George’s County, Maryland, and the incentives for buying a foreclosure in PG County are STAGGERING! The goal of the program is to reduce the number of vacant homes in neighborhoods troubled by foreclosures. Through a government funded program (Thanks to [...]
Filed under Accokeek, Down Payment Closing Cost Assistance, DPCCA, Foreclosures, Hyattsville, Maryland, MD, NSP, Prince George's County, Prince George's County Foreclosures, Real Estate, Upper Marlboro · Tagged with Accokeek, bowie, capitol heights, Down Payment Closing Cost Assistance, DPCCA, Foreclosures, fort washington, Maryaldn, MD, Neighborhood Stabilization Program, NSP, PG County, PG County Foreclosures, Prince George's County, Real Estate, Upper Marlboro
If you’re looking to purchase a foreclosure in PG County and you’re a first time home buyer, there’s good news afoot! HUD has approved a new program to provide down payment assistance for low income families in PG county ONLY! The Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) and the Down Payment Closing Cost Assistance Program (DPCCA) have [...]
Filed under Down Payment Closing Cost Assistance, DPCCA, Foreclosure, Foreclosures, Maryland, MD, Neighborhood Assistance Program, NSP, PG County, Prince George's County, Prince George's County Foreclosures · Tagged with Century 21, Down Payment Assistance Program, DPCCA, HUD, Neighborhod Assistance Program, NSP, PG County, PG County Foreclosures, pg county real estate, Real Estate
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 [...]
Filed under Buying, Buying a Foreclosure, Calvert County, Century 21, Charles County, La Plata, Maryland, MD, PG County, Prince George's County, Prince George's County Foreclosures, Real Estate, real estate agent, Southern Maryland, St. Mary's County, Team Benya, Waldorf, Waldorf Real Estate, White Plains · Tagged with $8, 000 Tax Credit, Accokeek, Buying a home, Calvert County, Century 21, Century 21 New Millennium, Charles County, Down Payment, FHA, FHA Guidelines, FHA Limits, first time home buyers in southern maryland, Forst Washington, Home Buyers, Housing and Urban development, NAR, PG County, pg county real estate, Prince George's County, prince georges county real estate, Shaun Donovan, Southern Maryland, Southern Maryland Real Estate, St. Mary’s County, Team Benya, Waldorf
March 31, 2009 by Admin ·
It may not save the homes of the people scammed by this scumbag group, but at least some justice has been served. Joy Jenise Jackson, the former head of the Metropolitan Money Store, has pleaded guilty on charges of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, which carries a maximum prison term of 30 years. [...]
December 11, 2008 by Admin ·
If you’ve been following my blog for awhile now, you probably know that I like to keep up to date on the real estate scams that have littered the metro area in recent years. One of the scams that I wrote about awhile back was the Metro Money Store scam. I won’t go into all [...]
Filed under Fraud, Maryland, MD, Metro Money Store, PG County, Prince George's County · Tagged with joy jenise jackson, katisha fordham, kurt fordham, Maryland, Maryland real estate, MD, Metro Money Store, metropolitan money store, Metropolitan Money Store Of Lanham, PG County, Prince George's County
December 6, 2008 by Admin ·
Wow, if you’re looking to buy a home in southern Maryland, P.G. County, waldorf, etc, rates are sitting as low as 5.375% right now! It’s possible that they may go even lower! This should encourage more people to consider locking in a loan if they’ve been on the fence about the home market. I’m curious [...]
Filed under Charles County, Charles County Real Estate, Hughesville, La Plata, Lending, Maryland, MD, Real Estate, realtor, Southern Maryland, Southern Maryland Real Estate, Team Benya, Waldorf, Waldorf Real Estate, White Plains · Tagged with Accokeek, Charles County, fort washington, La Plata, Maryland, PG County, pg county real estate, prince georges county real estate, Southern Maryland Real Estate
November 5, 2008 by Admin ·
There’s been a huge increase in Southern Maryland Short Sales over the last year thanks to the ongoing housing crisis. More often than not, they end up as foreclosures, many times because the path to negotiating is at best, murky. When working with a lender to get a short sale agreement, there are several things [...]
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October 21, 2008 by Admin ·
Choosing a Realtor is a big decision. Every Realtor (myself included) is trying to tell you why they’re the greatest thing since sliced bread and why it would be a mistake to even consider working with someone else. It makes Realtors gigantic windbags, but that’s a real estate agent’s job: to market/promote themselves and their [...]
Filed under Century 21, Century 21 New Millennium, Charles County, Charles County Real Estate, La Plata, Maryland, MD, PG County, Prince George's County, Real Estate, real estate agent, realtor, Selling, Southern Maryland, Southern Maryland Real Estate, Waldorf · Tagged with Bryans Road, Century 21, Century 21 New Millennium, Charles County, Choosing a realtor, finding a real estate agent, Indian Head, La Plata, Maryland, MD, PG County, Prince George's County, Real Estate, realtor, selling a home, Southern Maryland, Team Benya, Upper Marlboro, Waldorf