$6500 Tax Credit for Current Homeowners that Sell Their Existing Home to Purchase Another Home
You may qualify for the new $6500 tax credit if you sell your current home and purchase another home by April 30th, 2009. The qualifications include: the home that is sold and purchasing must be your primary residence, you must have occupied the home you are selling for five consecutive years of the last eight, income limits $125,000 (single) and $250,000 (couples), purchase price of the home cannot exceed $800,000. Information on Extended Tax Credit and Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Tax Credit
With this new extended tax credit we are anticipating a surge in the market place. We are strongly encouraging our clients to not wait til spring to put their home on the market. This credit may help you relieve those growing pains in your current home or even give you that extra nudge for some that have been thinking of downsizing. Some homeowners will consider the credit a helpful wash for the necessary real estate fees required for the transaction. Regardless of your current situtation The Lichter Team would be happy to help you determine if this is a step in the right direction for you.
Selling your home is one of the most important decisions you will make in your life. How much is it REALLY worth? How long will it take to sell? How do you handle buyers making undesirable offers?
As top Omaha, Papillion and Bellevue area real estate agents with years of experience and a proven track record, it is our job to guide you through this complicated process, from beginning to end. We want you to get the maximum value for your home, within YOUR time frame. Here are just some of the things that we will do to market and sell your home:
- Buyers want to buy your home for as little as possible! Through detailed comparisons between your home and recently sold homes, and other properties currently on the Omaha, Papillion and Bellevue market, together we can determine what your home is really worth in today's market. In the industry this is called a Comparative Market Analysis or CMA. We will do this for you, for free.
- Buyers have their own timelines, which might not be yours! We make sure they don't waste your time by qualifying them as to their real ability to afford your home.
- More buyers interested in your Omaha, Papillion and Bellevue home means more money in your pocket when it is sold. Our extensive marketing of your home assures you of maximum value. For example, this web site will market your property all across the web. It will appear on Yahoo Real Estate, Microsoft MSN HomeAdvisor, and other top national sites. We can place your home on our web site within a few minutes time!
- When we begin marketing your home, we will immediately notify all the buyers that we are helping find their ideal home. We'll also notify all the real estate agents in this area that we work with, who quickly tell their homebuyers. It is a powerful way to jump-start the sale of your home!
- You and a member of my team or I will walk through your home together. We will advise you how to present your property to maximize its selling price. Some improvements are worth it, and some are not! Be careful.
- Contracts are complicated, and intimidating. You don't want to go to a closing with some doubts. You will have the full benefit of our Omaha, Papillion and Bellevue real estate experience and knowledge for a smooth and successful closing. We recommend that you do not sign on any dotted lines without asking us first.
- We will make sure you conform to any and all Nebraska statutory disclosure requirements. We will also inform you of any inspections that you should consider having done ahead of time to smooth the negotiating process with buyers, and to ensure a successful escrow and closing.
You pay no up front costs for our services! So you can bet that we will work hard to get your home sold, for as much as this market will possibly bear. We will also work within your time frame and your needs. For example, sometimes it can be hard to sell and move out of your current home, and buy and move into a new home, all at the same time! We can help smooth this out.
Call or email us. Ask for a free In-Home Presentation. We will come to your Omaha, Papillion and Bellevue home or office, and present you a plan that details exactly how we will market your home. There is absolutely no obligation so don't let this opportunity pass. It is part of our job as top real estate agents to offer you this service.