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Posted on September 25th, 2009

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Tales of Buffoonery, aka What the Heck is Bank of America Smoking?

Ok, I only republish these two stories below because the last two transactions I've had where B of A was the buyer's lender have me totally convinced that BofA's left hand does not even KNOW there is a right hand. Ok, ok, I know that mortgage regulations did need to be more restrictive compared to [...]
Real estate

Posted on September 25th, 2009

Written by ed

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$8000 tax credit, belmont, home buying, intero real estate, redwood city real estate, san carlos, san mateo

Don’t Buy That Furniture (If you want the $8000 tax credit, that is)

Good article in the WSJ about how lenders might actually be checking your credit on closing day, hence advising would-be benefactors of the $8000 first time homebuyer tax credit to NOT buy stuff until after you close. Here’s some more of the good snippets from the article: With the deadline on the first-time home buyer [...]