**UPDATE**Not only extending the 8k tax credit, but opening it up for others too!!

Per the Associated Press .. November 5th, 2009
First-time homebuyers have been getting tax credits of up to $8,000 since January as part of the economic stimulus package enacted earlier this year. But with the program scheduled to expire at the end of November, the House voted 403-12 Thursday to extend and expand the tax credit to include many buyers who already own homes. The Senate approved the measure Wednesday, and the White House said President Barack Obama would sign it Friday.

Buyers who have owned their current homes at least five years would be eligible for tax credits of up to $6,500. First-time homebuyers — or anyone who hasn’t owned a home in the last three years — would still get up to $8,000. To qualify, buyers in both groups have to sign a purchase agreement by April 30, 2010, and close by June 30.The credit would be phased out for individuals with annual incomes above $125,000 and for joint filers with incomes above $225,000. The newly purchased property must become the buyer’s primary residence. It can not be used for “vacation” homes.

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