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Tax Credits Expanded
Homebuyer tax credit has been extended and expanded to include move-up buyers. Call me for details.
FHA program funds fixers
Investors have been taking advantage of low interest rates and discounted prices to buy run-down foreclosure properties, sometimes 10 or so at a time. They fix up the properties enough to be rented until the market turns, which could take years. When the time is right, the investor puts the finishing touches on the improvements and hopefully sells for a profit.
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The lot-line shocker
DEAR BENNY: I purchased my home in September 2000. My survey indicated that my fence was encroaching on my neighbor's property by three feet. My home was built in 1955 and I am the second owner. The four-foot chain-link fence has encircled this property for approximately 40 years, and my neighbor (who inherited his home from his parents) indicated that he had no plans of erecting a fence because his companion is claustrophobic.
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Donna DeRubeis
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REALTY EXECUTIVES
24106 Lyons Ave.
Santa Clarita,  CA  91321
661.286.8600 ext 4148
661.618.5959 
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Santa Clarita Valley Home Sales Up 3% During 2009
Sales of existing single-family homes in the Santa Clarita Valley increased for the second consecutive year during 2009 with the 2,258 closed escrows up 2.9 percent from the tally reported in 2008, the Southland Regional Association of Realtors reported on Thursday, Jan. 28. The increase in activity was not as pronounced as the 10.1 percent rise reported in 2008 primarily because tight financing and an extremely limited inventory of properties listed for sale restricted sales even as buyers returned to the market to capture favorable prices, low interest rates and a federal tax rebate. ...more
 
2010: year of the turnaround?
A spurt in home sales in 2009, aided by low interest rates and the first-time homebuyer tax credit, has led some economists to forecast a turnaround in the housing market this year. Other forecasters feel this is too optimistic a projection. ...more
 
What's Ahead for Home Prices?
What’s ahead for home prices? ...more
 
Rate-lock dos and don'ts
Interest rates dropped at the end of last year after creeping up over the summer, with 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with interest rates below 5 percent readily available. ...more
 
Practical Tips to Enhance Your Finances
$8,000 Tax Credit Extended and Expanded With tax season approaching, we decided to focus this edition of our quarterly newsletter on a few tax incentives we think you'll definitely want to discuss with your tax professional. Feel free to share this newsletter with your friends and loved ones as they prepare their 2009 returns. ...more
 
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