OPEN HOUSE THURSDAY?
If you are looking for a home for sale in Germantown, WI, mark your calendar for Thursday March 25th! That’s right!
Thursday evening after work and through the dinner hour, ambitious agents will be holding 10-15 properties open in Germanton.
We realize with spring on the way, people are busy with kids activities on the weekends. In order to help out these busy families, evening opens during the week are becoming more and more popular.
In an effort to think “out of the box” in this unpredictable market, I started doing evening opens last fall. At the National Association of Realtors national conference in November, Matthew Ferrara spoke of the new generation of buyers and marketing to their needs and schedules. He confirmed what I had been trying.
Is it successful? TWO of the homes I held open last fall, sold to buyers whose first visit to the house was during one of those creatively timed open houses! The buyers were happy to be able to run in after work on their way home. And let me tell you, the sellers were quite pleased, not only with the creative timing, but the RESULTS!
So check it out this coming Thursday, March 25th in Germantown. Call me for a list and a map of all the opens being held 262-437-5853. If you are looking for a home in the suburbs of Greater Milwaukee and need some help, call me to get started… or you can visit my facebook page at bit.ly/PatsRealEstateFanPage.
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As I am sure you are aware, first time home buyers qualify for an $8,000 tax credit if they purchase a new home between January 1, 2009 and December 1, 2009. The credit can be applied to their 2008 return, by filing a simple amendment. What you may not know is this: First time buyers can now use that $8,000 tax credit as their down payment!
payment option would be allowed. Many buyers have taken advantage of the $8,000 tax credit, but still others have put off buying a new home because they didn’t have enough money for a down payment. This is great news for buyers using FHA financing, which only requires a 3.5% down payment!
Final approval for the down payment option was given May 29, 2009. There are 2 ways to use the tax credit as your down payment. The first way is called Secondary Financing; you would secure a loan and a 2nd lien in order to get the money, and use it as your down payment. The second way to use the tax credit as your down payment is called Purchase of Tax Credit. Your lender ‘purchases the tax credit’, and it is used towards your down payment. There are several conditions to be met for each of these options. FHA will also be tracking the monetization activities.
Colleen Kuchta
