Lots of housing industry folks credit the $8,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit with keeping the real estate market afloat this summer, even spurring a bump in sales in the last few months.

Now they’re beating the drum to extend it.

Lawmakers are starting…

With interest rates on the rise, business and real estate groups are once again pushing for a $15,000 tax credit for all homebuyers - a substantial upgrade from the current $8,000 credit that’s helping first-timers.

The Wall Street Journal reports today that…

Hallelujah, developer Pete Rochschild might say over the brownfield tax credit awarded his project to redo a vacant yet historic church in the Central West End.

The Missouri Department of Economic Development says Rothschild Development has been approved for up to $594,464 in brownfield…

The IRS has published its much-anticipated Form 5405, the form for the $8,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit. Check out the IRS news release, and the form itself.

Remember, this is the expansion of a $7,500 loan that’s been available since last…

Interesting analysis of the latest version of housing tax credit in the stimulus package, by Orange County Register real estate guru Jon Lansner. Check it out here.

In his opinion, the $8,000 tax credit for first-time homebuyers, which was chosen over…

Well, it was a nice idea while it lasted.

If you haven’t heard, lawmakers in Congress appear to have reached a swift compromise on a $790 billion stimulus package (story here). And to get there, they whacked an item that’s generated…

The massive stimulus package moving through the Senate has picked up a measure that should have Realtors and builders, and some homebuyers, licking their chops: A $15,000 tax credit (or 10 percent of the purchase price) for anyone who buys…