TAX CREDIT EXTENDED

GREAT TIME TO BUY!

$8,000 First-Time Home Buyer Credit

• The $8,000 tax credit is for first-time home buyers only. For the tax credit program, the IRS defines a first-time home buyer as someone who has not owned a principal residence during the three-year period prior to the purchase.

• The tax credit does not have to be repaid. *Unless the home owner sells or stops using the home as their principal residence within three years after the purchase.

• The tax credit is equal to 10 percent of the home’s purchase price up to a maximum of $8,000.

• The tax credit applies only to homes priced at $800,000 or less.

• The tax credit now applies to sales occurring on or after January 1, 2009 and on or before April 30, 2010. However, in cases where a binding sales contract is signed by April 30, 2010, a home purchase completed by June 30, 2010 will qualify.

• For homes purchased on or after January 1, 2009 and on or before November 6, 2009, the income limits are $75,000 for single taxpayers and $150,000 for married couples filing jointly.

• For homes purchased after November 6, 2009 and on or before April 30, 2010, single taxpayers with incomes up to $125,000 and married couples with incomes up to $225,000 qualify for the full tax credit.

$6,500 Move-Up/Repeat Home Buyer Credit

• To be eligible to claim the tax credit, buyers must have owned and lived in their previous home for five consecutive years out of the last eight years.

• The tax credit does not have to be repaid. *Unless the home owner sells or stops using the home as their principal residence within three years after the purchase.

• The tax credit is equal to 10 percent of the home’s purchase price up to a maximum of $6,500.

• The tax credit applies only to homes priced at $800,000 or less.

• The credit is available for homes purchased after November 6, 2009 and on or before April 30, 2010. However, in cases where a binding sales contract is signed by April 30, 2010, the home purchase qualifies provided it is completed by June 30, 2010.

• Single taxpayers with incomes up to $125,000 and married couples with incomes up to $225,000 qualify for the full tax credit.

TO FIND OUT MORE - call 330-264-8002 or stop by the Wooster office

(389 W. Liberty St) at any time to find out more

about the tax credit and loans available for first time homebuyers!