June 21st, 2009 11:45 AM by Manuel Couto, CRS, CRB
ok, in a Nutshell... The US Government, to stimulate the economy, and to make home buying possible for Millions of American first time buyers has offered to give an $8,000 tax credit. BUT... it will be expiring soon.
Log into http://www.hud.gov/news/release.cfm?content=pr09-072.cfm for the complete HUD press release,
or. this is straight from YouTube.. and it best explains how the credit works.
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