Kansas City Real Estate Network

The volume of U.S. home sales rose again in April to an annualized rate of 5.7 million units, up 7.6 percent compared with nearly 5.4 million units in March and up nearly 23 percent compared with a depressed pace of 4.7 million units in April 2009.These figures come from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and are adjusted to account for ...

Change is Coming Kansas City Home Owners, Bring Out Your Change! ''Is it a good time to sell Kansas City Real Estate?  I mean, interest rates are good, and the stimulus package should bring more Kansas City home buyers, right?'' Yes and yes.  Add the fact that Winter buyers in Kansas City are traditionally more focused, and have less ...

Buyer Tax Credit : Is It As Simple As It Seems? The Home Buyer Tax Credit is not as simple or straightforward as clients might believe...Here are some nuances that will affect home buyers who plan to use it. To qualify for the move-up tax credit, a home owner must have occupied the same principal residence for five of the last eight years ...

There has been much debate on whether the first time home buyer tax credit has stimulated the real estate market. I do not have stats for all of the United States but I do have real estate stats for Kansas City. I picked my market, the Johnson County Real Estate Market and analyzed the real estate stats. According to the Heartland MLS Statistics ...

The $8,000 first time home buyer tax credit, passed in February 2009, has been extended through April 30th, 2010 as part of The Worker, Homeownership and Business Assistance Act. By most accounts, the first time buyer credit has achieved its goal of spurring homes sales ammong those buyers who did not currently own a home. In fact, according to ...

 The First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit is Extended, Also Helps Current Homeowners The current first time home buyer tax credit that is set to expire the end of November has just received new life. Senators agree to extend the tax credit to end of June of 2010. Home buyers under the extension have until the end of April to have a home ...

Will the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Extend Past the End of November? It appears that the first time home buyer tax credit may extend past November. According to a couple articles that I have read Florida Democrat Sen. Bill Nelson told reporters that the extension would be approved. Since the extension has not been approved ...

Wow.  Where we live and how we live....What drives us?  Are we, each of us, the sum total of our credit scores?  These scores affect our ability to rent a car, acquire and keep property and casualty insurance...open a bank account...and for 32% of all employers, the ability to choose the "best" candidate for the job. ...

....From time to time, we come across others who impact our lives in a positive way, and unles you live on the Moon, you are aware our mainstream media rarely reports "good news"....I am not referring to Pollyanna News....Cake eating contests, modern art built with matchsticks, or "....man-eating dog subdued without harm by smiling ...

Can you use the 8000 tax credit as a down payment for your home? Not yet. But that may change soon. Yesterday, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan gave a prepared speech at the National Association of Realtors Real Estate Summit. He said something that was probably beyond interesting when he mentioned that FHA was currently ...