Jeffrey Tung's Real Estate Blog

Are you going to make the June 30th deadline? Hopefully you will since it’s been a stressful process. If you don’t make it, then let’s hope that Congress votes to extend the deadline 3 more months.  The Senate has approved the extension because of the enormous back log of sales and now it time for Congress to consider the extension.

According to Vicki Cox Golder, president of the National Association of Realtors, said the extension was a matter of fairness.

“These are not buyers who just entered into the market. These are buyers who previously met all the qualifications for the tax credit, but find themselves at the mercy of a work-flow jam with the lenders or other delays and might not be able to complete the purchase of their homes.”

I think it’s the right thing to do, especally since it’s not the buyer’s fault for not meeting the deadline.

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