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Home Buyer Incentives

Federal and State tax incentives to encourage home ownership.

There are currently 5 blog entries related to this category.

New FHA Rules Will Affect Utah Home Buyers

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 at 2:54pm. 165 Views, 0 Comments.

Several new Federal Housing Administration (FHA) rules will have a significant impact on the ability of home buyers to obtain FHA insured mortgages.  These rules, though designed to financially strengthen FHA and better assist them in meeting their mission of providing affordable home loans to a wide range of buyers, will nevertheless make it more difficult for many home buyers in Utah to purchase a home.  Here are the details of the new FHA rules:

Higher Mortgage Insurance Premium

When a home is purchased with an FHA loan, the buyer is required to pay a mortgage insurance premium at the time of the loan origination and then monthly, thereafter.  Currently, the "up-front" premium is 1.75% of the original loan amount.  On April 5, 2010, a new rule…


Salt Lake Home Sales Increase

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 at 10:21am. 269 Views, 0 Comments.

The Salt Lake Board of Realtors recently released home sale statistics for the fourth quarter of 2009.  The number of homes sold in Salt Lake County in Q4 2009 was 3,011, up 39% from the year ago quarter.  In Davis County (suburbs just north of Salt Lake),  868 homes were sold in Q4 2009, up 25 % from a year earlier.

Some of this increase can be attributed to a last minute rush to take advantage of an expiring home buyers tax-credit.  (But not all, since the tax-credit was extended throught the middle of next year.)  A large part of the home sales increase is due to the pent-up demand that has been waiting for house prices to stabilize and for credit markets to recover sufficiently to make home loans more affordable.  We are seeing improvement in both these…


Federal Tax Credit Expanded for Utah Home Buyers

Thursday, November 12th, 2009 at 12:14pm. 181 Views, 2 Comments.

For anyone considering buying a home in the next few months:  Great News!  President Obama just signed into law an extension and expansion of the popular economic stimulus incentive for home buyers.  Set to expire on November 30, 2009, the original $8,000 tax credit incentive has been extended to homes that are under contract by April 30, 2010 and that close by June 30, 2010.  Further, the incentive has been expanded to provide up to $6,500 in tax credits for repeat (i.e., non-first time) homebuyers.  Restrictions do apply, so read further for all the details.

Buy A Home Now And Get $8000 Government Incentive

Tax Credit Available for First Time Buyers: For 1st time homebuyers, you can receive ten percent of the purchase price of your home, with a maximum…


New Housing Grant For Utah: $4,000 For New Homes

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 at 2:51pm. 171 Views, 0 Comments.

Utah Housing has just announced a new mortgage assistance program that grants $4,000 to home buyers who purchase new homes for sale in Utah.  This grant is available to buyers who 

  • wish to build a new home, or
  • purchase a new home that is currently under construction, or 
  • buy a new home that has been completed, but has never been lived in

Eligibilty For The Home Run 2 Grant

To be eligible for the Home Run 2 Grant, buyers must have not received a grant under the recent completed Home Run 1 program.  In addition, buyer must meet the following restrictions:

  • Income cannot exceed $75,000 if single, or $150,000 if married.
  • The home must be occupied as the buyer's primary and permanent residence.
  • If a mortgage loan is required, the loan must be a 30-year term or less and…


$8000 1st Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Gets Better!

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 at 9:45am. 217 Views, 0 Comments.

I wrote a few weeks ago about the state and federal tax credits that are available to Utahns who buy a new home (see Utah Home Buyers Can Save Up To $14000).  Now the $8000 federal portion of this benefit has gotten even better, thanks to recent action taken by the Obama Administration.

The Economic Recovery Act's $8,000 homebuyer tax credit was designed to provide financial help to enable first-time home buyers (defined as anyone who has not owned a home in the last three years), to purchase a home during these economically difficult times, under the following conditions:

  • Must be a first-time homebuyer
  • Must purchase the home before November 30, 2009
  • Must file a tax return in 2010 to receive up to $8,000 tax credit 

The difficulty of this homebuyer tax credit…


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