CBSHOME for the 11th year participated in the United Way of the Midlands Campaign. The CBSHOME team leaders in all 9 office locations encouraged, taught, and shared the spirit of United Way by highlighting the lives, and programs the campaign benefits within the metro area. This year the donors to the CBSHOME Campaign were able to increase by 27% last [...]
If you watched the TODAY show last Friday morning you may have been surprised to see a home here in Omaha was chosen as one of just a handful of properties shown on the recurring segment by Barbara Corcoran, “What Can You Buy for Under $500k”? In case you missed it, click the previous link to view.
This [...]
Should I invest in rental properties? House, duplex, or apartment?
There are plenty of real estate investment opportunities in the greater Omaha area. As Will Rogers said: “Buy land, they ain’t making any more of it.” Income producing property can be a path to security, tax savings, and wealth building. It can also be a source [...]
FHA’s mortgage insurance reserves have dropped far below congressionally-mandated levels, but the agency still has enough of a financial cushion to handle all expected loan losses for the next 30 years, with a multi-billion dollar surplus beyond that.
Officials say there should be no need for congressional appropriations or a Treasury bailout of FHA, and no [...]
We hosted our last Career Night in 2009. Don’t worry! We’ll start with a new schedule of Career Night opportunities in 2010.
Eleven guests joined us last night at our Davenport St. office to learn more about a real estate career. Here’s a few more testimonials, “Informative, helpful and fun.”, “Very organized presentation, very nice people.”, [...]
Here are 13 facts about the infamous day:
1. The British Navy built a ship named Friday the 13th. On its maiden voyage, the vessel left dock on a Friday the 13th, and was never heard from again.
2. The ill-fated Apollo 13 launched at 13:13 CST on Apr. 11, 1970. The sum of the date’s digits [...]
A short sale is simply a method for a distressed homeowner to sell their home, avoid foreclosure and thereby potentially limit their credit score damage. If you are a homeowner facing the possibility of foreclosure then you should look into a short sale listing to avoid it. If you decide on a short sale it [...]
Read the rest of this entry...Congress has extended the expansion of the $8,000 tax credit until next June 30 replacing the old deadline of November 30th.
But here’s something in the expanded program that hasn’t gotten much attention: The new $6,500 federal tax credit for so-called “move up” buyers took effect immediately upon enactment.
That means that potentially hundreds of thousands of [...]
Parking tickets, library fees, and other small fines used to have an impact on your credit score. But, thanks to new scoring system, these minor delinquencies can be overlooked when calculating your credit store.
Under the new system, FICO 08, for those with otherwise unblemished scores, fines that are under $100 will no longer count against [...]
NAR Frequently Asked Questions
Homebuyer Tax Credit Changes
National Association of REALTORS® Government Affairs Division
500 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington DC, 20001
Question: Existing homeowner credit: Must the new house cost more than the old house?
Answer: No. Thus, for example, individuals who move from a high cost area to a lower cost area who meet all eligibility requirements [...]
After a couple of week delay the Senate voted 98 – 0 on the Unemployment Insurance Bill that contained the provision to extend and expand the Homebuyer Tax Credit. The next step is for the legislation to go to the House for a vote and then on to the President for his signature at the [...]
Read the rest of this entry...Everything is looking more promising that the extension and new provisions as noted below will be passed by the Senate and the House possibly by weeks end. The President has stated that in its current form he will sign the legislation. I assume the concession on the combined income from $300,000 then to $250,000, to now [...]
Read the rest of this entry...Suffering from the post Halloween blues?
As you are nursing your sugar hangover you are probably wondering what to do with all that leftover candy. By now you have eaten all your full size chocolate bars and traded away anything else that has street value which leaves you with the final pile of candy I like [...]
Do you have your PUMPKIN yet? If not Vala’s is a great way to get one. A short drive and you are at one of the top Fall attractions in eastern Nebraska. There are many things to do besides getting your pumpkin once you are inside. For example; haunted house/mine, in-ground trampolines(they’re huge), peddle bikes, [...]
Read the rest of this entry...Halloween comes but once a year and at Agent Services it has come a day early! Stop by the office today and bring your trick or treaters for some candy and laughter. There will be treat stops throughout the office from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. today. Whether you’ll see a slumber party, an 80’s blast from the [...]
Read the rest of this entry...I have the pleasure of serving the Realtors of Nebraska as a Director at the National Association of Realtors. There has been a flurry of activity the last 48 hours pertaining to the potential extension of the First Time Home Buyers Tax Credit as well as an adjustment to whom the updated legislation would apply. The [...]
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