Posted in New home on market, Real Estate, Williamsburg Foreclosures, Williamsburg real estate, blogs, buying a home, economic recovery, exit realty, homes, homes in williamsburg va, negotiations real estate, real estate investment, real estate market conditions, real estate website, realestate, taxes, williamsburg homes, williamsburg listings, williamsburg taxes on Jun 18th, 2009 No Comments »
Financial Help From the Government… No Kidding
If you are a first time home buyer or you have not owned a home in the past 3 years, you probably qualify for the new $8000 tax rebate.
Here’s where it gets exciting. In Virginia, the Virginia Housing Development Authority will let you use this as a downpayment on [...]
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Posted in Real Estate, Williamsburg Information, Williamsburg VA, Williamsburg real estate, York County, buying a home, exit realty, homes, homes in williamsburg va, mortgage, negotiations real estate, real estate investment, real estate market conditions, realestate, taxes, virginia real estate, williamsburg homes, williamsburg listings, williamsburg taxes on May 2nd, 2009 No Comments »
Financial Help
Home prices often cause many first-time buyers to seek help from their families for the down payment on a new home. If your parents are providing financial assistance for the purchase of a home, it is important that you have very clear agreements with them about the conditions under which their help will be [...]
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Posted in Real Estate, Williamsburg VA, York County, blogs, buying a home, exit realty, financing, homes, homes in williamsburg va, mortgage, real estate investment, virginia real estate, williamsburg homes on Apr 4th, 2009 No Comments »
Credit Card Mania & Home Buying
Credit availability has tightened up. Federal guidelines are pushing for higher credit scores.
Most people know that a checkered credit history can disqualify you for a home loan, and maxed-out credit cards can do the same thing. But what most home buyers don’t know is that merely having a large [...]
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Posted in New home on market, Real Estate, Williamsburg Information, Williamsburg VA, Williamsburg real estate, buying a home, economic recovery, featured homes, homes, homes in williamsburg va, mortgage, negotiations real estate, over 55, real estate investment, real estate market conditions, realestate, selling your home, taxes, virginia real estate, williamsburg homes, williamsburg listings, williamsburg taxes on Mar 5th, 2009 No Comments »
Financially Qualified
Even with stable home prices in Williamsburg and with interest rates at an all time low, many buyers are having to stretch financially to buy a home in Williamsburg. Most purchase agreements allow buyers to cancel the contract if they can’t qualify for a mortgage. If you are selling your home in Williamsburg [...]
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Posted in Real Estate, Williamsburg Foreclosures, Williamsburg Information, Williamsburg VA, Williamsburg real estate, buying a home, economic recovery, exit realty, homes, homes in williamsburg va, mortgage, negotiations real estate, real estate investment, real estate market conditions, realestate, taxes, williamsburg homes, williamsburg listings, williamsburg taxes, williamsburg va waterfront on Feb 26th, 2009 No Comments »
Credit Card Mania
Most people know that a checkered credit history can disqualify you for a home loan, and maxed-out credit cards can do the same thing. But what most people don’t know is that merely having a large number of credit cards, even with low balances and a history of timely payments, can disqualify you [...]
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Posted in New home on market, Real Estate, York County, economic recovery, negotiations real estate, real estate investment, real estate market conditions, selling your home, taxes, virginia real estate, williamsburg homes, williamsburg taxes on Feb 6th, 2009 No Comments »
Senate passes $15,000 Home Buyer Tax Break
Link to AP article on Google News
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Adopted without dissent. Maybe this one will go all the way and help the Real Estate industry get kick started.
Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., who advanced the home buyers tax break, said it was intended to help revive the housing industry, which has [...]
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