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Homeowners — Tips When Filing Next Years’s Taxes?

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Planning For Your Next Year Tax Deductions

I hate doing my taxes! The only I like about tax season is the chance to see my good friend Donna Gary. I hate prepping all my documentation for my tax person. But, It is my chance every year, to be reminded of the fact, this is what my clients do for me on a daily basis. They give my piles of paperwork, and then I push them together into a pretty pile for the underwriter. Filing your taxes can be a complicated and confusing process. If you are a home owner you may have many home tax deductions and credits to consider.

Since we recently passed the filing date for 2012 taxes, it may be a good time to plan for next year and get your tax tracking systems in place. Check carefully to make sure that you are not making any of these common homeowner tax mistakes – which could cost you money or get you in trouble with the IRS. Continue reading →

3 Reasons To Attend Your Own Home Inspection

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As a home buyer in Sacramento, you can get a feel for whether a home’s systems and appliances are in working order. However, you won’t know for certain until after the home’s been inspected.

This is why real estate agents recommend that buyers hire a licensed home inspectors immediately after going into contract. It’s the best way to really know the home which you’re buying.  Continue reading →

Take Advantage of 2012 Tax Breaks Courtesy of The Fiscal Cliff Negotiations

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2012 Tax Breaks!

There was plenty of discussion and debate leading up to the New Year’s looming “fiscal cliff”. Ultimately, the event was avoided (for now), but not before legislation was passed which may benefit homeowners in Sacramento and nationwide.

If you have yet to file your 2012 taxes, take a minute to review the tax limitations and credit extensions, which Congress passed through the HR 8 legislation. You’ll want to make sure you’re paying the proper tax bill come April 15. Continue reading →

What Mortgage Rates Are Doing This Week : Jan 28, 2013

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At the opening this morning, we are experiencing our 3rd day in-a-row of rising rates. What’s up with that? Thankfully, at the moment, they are clawing their way back. Last week, Mortgage rates rose as investors gained confidence in the global economy. China and Europe posted better-than-expected manufacturing rates, U.S. Jobless Claims fell for the second straight week, and the worst of the European debt crisis appears to have passed.

A strengthening economy = Mortgage Rates will go up! Continue reading →

Should I Lock Or Float This Week : December 17, 2012

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This so-called fiscal cliff is leaving mortgage rate shoppers shaking their heads? First, we are being told, if our congress allows us to fall over that cliff, it will equate to a monthly loss of $530, or more than $6000 per year, for many americans. If this were not enough to worry about, my clients shopping for homes, are also facing the uncertainty of what direction mortgage rates will move – Up? or Down? Last week, rates have started to creep up, and up. Continue reading →