Proposed Tax Credit 2009 Stimulus Package

November 20, 2008

Stimulus News: Currently the Stimulus package is considering a proposed $15,000 tax credit, which applies to all home purchases -- not just new homes and not just first time buyers. It is sponsored by Senator Johnny Isakson, Republican of Georgia, a former real estate broker. He said it was modeled after a similar, $2,000 homebuyer incentive that helped lead the country out of recession in 1975. The tax credit would give buyers 10 percent of the price of a primary residence bought within one year, up to $15,000, and is intended to stabilize plummeting home prices. The amendment would allow taxpayers to claim the credit on their 2008 income tax return and to spread the tax credit over two years. It also seeks to prevent misuse by only allowing purchases of a principle residence and by recapturing the credit if the home is sold within two years of purchase.

The U.S. Senate on Friday also approved an amendment to an economic stimulus bill that would direct $50 billion in funds from the Treasury Department's Troubled Asset Relief Program to foreclosure mitigation efforts. This program is estimated to prevent approximately 2 million foreclosures. The amendment also forces changes in the federal government's $300 billion Hope for Homeowners program to increase participation. Under the amendment, homeowners would have to share 25% of future equity in their home, rather than the current 50% requirement.

In other news:
The National Association of Realtors said Tuesday its index of pending home sales, which measures contracts signed but not closed, rose 6.3% to 87.7 in December from a month earlier.

Moody's Economy.com cites signs that home sales are stabilizing as people snap up bargains on foreclosures, a decline in the supply of unsold homes in many areas and expectations of moves by the Obama Administration "that will help place a floor under the housing downturn." Those measures could include lowering mortgage rates further, preventing more foreclosures and generating jobs through higher federal spending.

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Local Information for Greenville, MS

Latitude: 33.398577 -- Longitude: -91.048356

Other Area Cities: Greenville Leland

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Greenville is a city in Washington County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 41,633 at the 2000 census.(likely higher now after Hurricane Katrina devastated areas farther south and east). It is the county seat of Washington CountyGR6. Greenville is also the largest city in Mississippi north of the I-20 corridor. Greenville was named after American Revolutionary War hero Nathanael Greene. Greenville was the birthplace of singer Mary Wilson of The Supremes, author Shelby Foote, pro-baseball player Frank White, and pioneering Chinese American journalist Sam Chu Lin. African-American bear hunter and sportsman Holt Collier is buried in Greenville. -- Source: Wikipedia.com

Mississippi 2000 Census Population Profile Map

	Greenville	Mississippi	United States
Population	41,633	2,844,658	281,421,906
Median age	31.5	33.8	35.3
Median age for Male	28.8	32.2	34
Median age for Female	33.9	35.3	36.5
Households	14,784	1,046,434	105,480,101
Household population	40,914	2,749,244	273,643,273
Average household size	2.77	2.63	2.59
Families	10,419	747,159	71,787,347
Average family size	3.34	3.14	3.14
Housing units	16,251	1,161,953	115,904,641
Occupied units	14,784	1,046,434	105,480,101
Vacant units	1,467	115,519	10,424,540

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