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First Time Buyer Tax Credit ~ More to Consider

By Kristal Kraft Denver Realtor | Published: February 21, 2009

The First Time Home Buyer’s Income Tax Credit most recently revealed by President Obama has some fine details Home Buyers should be aware of. Here’s the short version: If you buy the new home as a 1st Time Home buyer in 2009, you will get an $8,000 credit against your 2009 or 2008 tax return.There [...]

Denver’s Top Ten Neighborhoods

By Kristal Kraft Denver Realtor | Published: February 5, 2009

It’s time to study up on neighborhood values in Denver. Who knows when you will be at a cocktail party and need to recite the price per square foot in one or two of Denver’s hundreds of neighborhoods? Year end 2008 sales in Denver metro revealed the following neighborhoods as selling for the most dollars [...]

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Fix Up Financing Via FHA 203k

By Kristal Kraft Denver Realtor | Published: January 29, 2009

The Denver real estate market offers some homes with redeeming features but at the same time require renovations far exceeding the budget of most buyers. When this happens it is comforting to know there is a loan program that allows a buyer to fix up the home and combine the fix up costs into one [...]

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Good News for Real Estate in Denver

By Kristal Kraft Denver Realtor | Published: January 15, 2009

Good news is being delivered nearly everyday this week! The average U.S. rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage fell below 5 percent this week for the first time on record as a government program to buy mortgage-backed bonds lowered borrowing costs. The fixed rate dropped to 4.96 percent from 5.01 percent a week earlier, Freddie [...]

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If I Were a First Time Home Buyer

By Kristal Kraft Denver Realtor | Published: October 16, 2008

If there ever was a perfect climate for a first time buyer to purchase a home, it is now. Why is that? Because there are bargains in both home prices and available financing terms! A combination like this allows a first time buyer to obtain more of a home for their money at less of [...]