Welcome to my web site. I have tried to provide a useful place for you to find information on buying and selling a home in N W Indiana. Before you begin your journey please take a moment and bookmark MarilynT.com so that you can find your way back from the many links I have provided. I've tried the bread crumbs method but bookmarks work best. Thanks and enjoy your trip through the many communities of N W Indiana.
I offer one stop shopping-find your home, get a mortgage and close on your sale all through the McColly Real Estate companies. I will guide you through the process and explain what is happening along the way. Buying a home is an emotional experience. My job is to provide you a sounding board, help you evaluate the properties and to negotiate the best possible contract for you. I work for you.
I am a full time Real Estate Agent serving all of N W Indiana including communities in Lake and Porter Counties. I work in Crown Point, Winfield, Lake of the Four Seasons, Schererville, Highland, Griffith, St. John, Dyer, Munster, Hammond, East Chicago, Gary, Merrillville, Hobart, Lake Station, Lowell, Cedar Lake, Hebron, Valparaiso, Portage, and Chesterton Real Estate. I will help you find your dream home and make the process of buying it a pleasure.
I provide my N W Indiana buyers a personal MLS search that sends new listings as they come on the market. You may enjoy creating a portfolio where you can save your favorite homes and discard those you don't care for. Get started searching for your N W Indiana home.
As you begin your search for your N W Indiana it is a good time to get prepared. I have provided a link to the free credit report site-(the truly free site-not the pay and if you forget to unsubscribe we've got you for $15.00 a month for life site.) The site name is Annual credit report .com and the link is Annualcreditreport.com . Use this tool to find out now if you have any surprises to correct before you fall in love with a home and start trying to get a loan. Although some agents will write a sales contract contingent upon finding financing I prefer to find financing first. It gives you, the buyer, a much stronger bargaining position when I begin the negotiating process.
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2009 First Time Home Buyer $8000 Tax Credit
First-time Homebuyer Tax Credit and Advance Loan Program Extended
President Obama signed the bill which extended the $8,000 First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit and Advance Loan Program to April 30, 2010 – giving more consumers more time to receive the refundable tax credit when buying a principal residence.
The bill provides for a $8,000 tax credit that would be available to first-time home buyers for the purchase of a principal residence on or after January 1, 2009 and before April 30, 2010. The credit does not require repayment. Most of the mechanics of the credit will be the same as under the 2008 rules: the credit will be claimed on a tax return to reduce the purchaser's income tax liability. If any credit amount remains unused, then the unused amount will be refunded as a check to the purchaser's home buyer tax credit is one of 10 key provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act signed by President Obama into law on Feb. 17, 2009. (frequently asked questions.)
According to the National Association of Realtors more than 87% of N W Indiana home buyers start their home search on the Internet-that's why I concentrate my marketing efforts right here-where the buyers are. That being said I have found there is still value in the tried and true methods of marketing your property and I still use print media, hold Open Houses, and do direct mailings to find the right buyer for your home. For more information on my home marketing system please visit my PAGE 2 by clicking on the Sell a Home button above. Thanks.
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Real Estate News:
Existing-home sales record another big gain, inventories continue to shrink
Existing-home sales surged 10.1 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.10 million units in October from a downwardly revised pace of 5.54 million in September, and are 23.5 percent above the 4.94 million-unit level in October 2008. Sales activity is at the highest pace since February 2007 when it hit 6.55 million.
Total housing inventory at the end of October fell 3.7 percent to 3.57 million existing homes available for sale, which represents a 7.0-month supply at the current sales pace, down from an 8.0-month supply in September. Unsold inventory totals are 14.9 percent below a year ago.
The national median existing-home price for all housing types was $173,100 in October, down 7.1 percent from October 2008. Distressed properties, which accounted for 30 percent of sales in October, continue to downwardly distort the median price because they usually sell at a discount relative to traditional homes in the same area.
Source: REAL Trends E-mail Update #1158, Nov. 24, 2009
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