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The 2010 Housing Tax Credit
January 2010
By Jeremy Kendall
The housing tax-credit package has been a very much needed stimulus for the housing market. It has been so successful it has been extended to the end of April. Recognize that the best 4 months of this year might be January, February, March and April. If you are contemplating a purchase or a move, please take this into consideration. For help on how to take advantage of this “gift” please give us a call. The following information has been collected from reliable sources.


Who Gets What?
First-Time Homebuyers: First-time homebuyers (that is, people who have not owned a home within the last three years) may be eligible for the tax credit. The credit for FTHBs is 10% of the purchase price of the home, with a maximum available credit of $8,000. Single taxpayers and married couples filing a joint return may qualify for the full tax credit amount.
Current Owners: The tax credit program now gives those who already own a residence some incentives to move to a new home. This incentive comes in the form of a tax credit of up to $6,500 for qualified purchasers who have owned and occupied a primary residence for a period of five consecutive years during the last eight years. Single and married couples may qualify for the full tax credit . Continued at Recent Articles - The Housing Tax Credit . . .

How to be a Successful Seller
January 2010
By Jason Reynebeau
Don’t be the first one cut!
Don’t be the first one cut!
By Jason Reynebeau
The first thing Realtors and buyers do when they are searching for homes is ELIMINATE! The process of buying a home is a process of elimination and you don’t want to be cut on a computer screen or in a Realtor’s office.
Here is how it happens - a Realtor sits down and searches all properties within a certain price range, a given geography and with a given set of parameters. For Example: All homes between $250-300K around Golden High School, with 3-4 bedrooms and a two-car garage. If a given home fits into those parameters and assuming the data relative to that home was properly inputt, it will show up in that search.
So, let’s say that 35 properties show up in that search. The Realtor only wants to show the 10 best homes so they will do one of two things. First they might tighten up the search to reduce the number of results or Second they will just begin to ELIMINATE. Of course, every elimination is unique to the given buyer requirements but generally it might go like this: Continued at Recent Articles - How to be a Successful Seller - Don't be Eliminated . . .

Analysis of the Current Real Estate Marketplace
October, 2009
Americans have the amazing ability to adjust to an every-changing marketplace
By Rocky Reynebeau
I have always enjoyed assessing local real estate market conditions and am challenged by weaving the impact of national issues into the value of individual homes in Denver, Colorado. While all real estate is local it is also true that local markets function under the umbrella of national social and economic policies and conditions. I think we intuitively know this . . .

I am either getting old or this is the most interesting real estate market that I have ever had to take stock of in my 34 years of selling real estate. This is simply because for the last 9 years supply vs. demand factors have become increasingly altered by false stimuli. Again, it is local market pressures that set value trend lines but these local pressures are increasingly becoming a function of social engineering policy or stimulus packages. Let me elaborate with this often stated theme of my “market analysis”. Continued at Recent Articles - Analysis - October 2009.. .