ShareThisSenate Approves Extension of Tax Credit Closing Deadline
The U.S. Senate has passed an amendment that would extend the closing deadline of the homebuyer tax credit by three months. Right now, qualifying homebuyers who were under contract by April 3oth have until June 3oth to close the deal. But because of the large volume of applications for lenders to process, concerns have begun to surface that some buyers may miss out on the tax break simple because of the backlogged pipeline.
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) says it has received reports that as many as a third of the buyers eligible for the credit have already been notified by their lender that they won’t make the June 30th deadline. The Senate’s amendment, approved Wednesday by a vote of 60 to 37, would give homebuyers and their lenders until September 30th to complete their transaction.
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