Searching for a home in the Canton area is exciting. You’ve created your list of wants and needs, dreamed about home décor, signed up to see new homes before they come on the market, and spent what seems like hours scrolling through online photo galleries of your favorite homes. But financing, while it is a […]
Selling your home can be challenging when it comes to finding a price. You want to price your home low enough to attract home buyers, but you don’t want to price too low and lose your hard-earned equity. While there are tools online designed to give you an idea of how much your home is […]
Are you thinking about entering the Plymouth, MI real estate market anytime soon as a home seller? If so, then you’re sure to be encouraged by the latest real estate market report. According to recent data, recent market trends in Plymouth are mimicking what home sellers are seeing in Canton: The average price per square […]
The newly passed and signed 2010 Tax Act which includes several provisions that could affect you. Here is what you ned to know now!
Many clients ask me if they will owe income taxes on a forgiven mortgage, either from a foreclosure or a short sale. Generally the answer is yes. The truth is, if a lender forgives any portion of your mortgage, the IRS generally calls that taxable income.
This Blog is developed to provide the best advice to Canton, Michigan home sellers. Toward these ends The Bittinger Team works with a team of professionals that provide our clients services in many fields other than Real Estate that may effect the sale of their home.
The $8,000 First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit got better. Now you can take the credit from your 2008 taxes instead of waiting to file your 2009 tax return in 2010.
Canton and Plymouth, Michigan home buyers recently learned the $7,500 tax credit can now be a tax free gift and is extended to other buyers as well as first timers. Originally the bill was passed last summer, as a part of the Housing Recovery Act, to encourage first-time home buyers to purchase homes within a certain amount […]
As we are all too aware, obtaining a mortgage today is much harder than it was just last year. One new concept that is becoming more and more popular is Owner Financing. This concept can give home sellers an edge over competition as it fully eliminates a large obstacle many buyers face today, and in turn […]
Canton, Michigan home buyers and sellers are enjoying the excellent new reports which indicate the falling of interest rates, as well as learning other optimistic news about the Real Estate Market! Currently interest rates are declining for most fixed-rate mortgages, which are the most popular and make up nearly 75% of all mortgages. These types of mortgages are very commonly used by first […]
