Special Provisions Allow Military Home Buyers to Capture Tax Credits
Extension of Homebuyer Tax Credit and Excemption from Tax Credit Recapture Rules Ease the Home Buying Purchase for Members of the Military
Military families seeking to buy a home can count on a little tax help. The Homebuyers Tax Credit which provided eligible buyers with a tax credit fo up to $8000 for first time buyers and $6500 for repeat home buyers ended on April 30, 2010 for civilians.
However, active duty military or those on extended overseas duty now have until on or before April 30, 2011 to take advantage of this great benefit! Get the details here …
St. Louis gets a lot of bad press regarding our crime problems. You can seperate fact from fiction by using this great feature offered by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department called “Safe City”. This video shows how to use their site to find out by neighborhood, zip code, or street name where crimes take place. http://safecity.slmpd.org/MapMain.htm
If you have been looking at homes in the city and have not been directed to this resource yet … you might want to think about contacting an Exclusive Buyers Agent who only works for the Buyer and never for the Seller.
We’ve got your back!
Lafayette and Rockwood High Schools Ranked “Silver” by U.S. News and World Report
Good news for the Rockwood School District in St. Louis County. For the third consecutive year U.S. News and World Report has come out with its annual report on the top schools in the nation and Rockwood schools are looking great.
Even if you do not have children, this is good news for this area of the St. Louis Real Estate market and for homeowners and possible resale value. Find out how the Rockwood Schools (elementary included) performed in a recent report by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education … and view available homes in this area. Read the rest of this entry
Great Christmas light displays submitted by St. Louis Post Dispatch readers. The recommended locations are displayed on an interactive map of St. Louis.
Drop by and see them if you are in the neighborhood!
On November 6, 2009 President Obama signed into law new legislation that extends the first-time home buyer tax credit beyond its Nov. 30 deadline and expands it to a wider group of home buyers. This video explains the facts and answers many home buyer questions regarding the tax credit. You can also get even more information by visiting www.federalhousingtaxcredit.com
It’s amazing to think that there’s an app devoted to a specific shopping day — November 27, the Friday after Thanksgiving. In fact, there are a number of them. TGI Black Friday is a free app that gives you access to over 8,000 Black Friday deals from all the major retailers —before they come out in newspapers. You can browse the deals, search for specific items, create a shopping list within the app of those that you want to focus on, compare prices to confirm you’re getting the best deals, and more. You can view deals by store or category, and also view the most popular deals. The app is powered by TGIblackfriday.com and DealCatcher.com.
TGI Black Friday — free app helps you find the best deals. Happy Shopping!
That iconic, special shopping day is coming soon. Here is a great buying guide with links to coupons, store locator and store hours to help you navigate on Black Friday. Happy shopping!
Special Provisions Allow Military Home Buyers to Capture Tax Credits
Lafayette and Rockwood High Schools Ranked “Silver” by U.S. News and World Report
We know that it isn’t real estate related but … it sure is interesting!
It’s amazing to think that there’s an app devoted to a specific shopping day — November 27, the Friday after Thanksgiving. In fact, there are a number of them. TGI Black Friday is a free app that gives you access to over 8,000 Black Friday deals from all the major retailers —