Happy Labor Day Weekend!
Did you know that the first Labor Day celebration was a parade in New York City back in September of 1882? Peter Maguire, a carpenter, and Matthew McGuire, a machinist, suggested a holiday honoring the working people of our country. In 1887, Oregon became the first state to recognize the holiday and then in 1894, President Grover Cleveland signed a bill declaring the first Monday in September as an official national holiday.
Today, Labor Day has become the unofficial end to the carefree and nostalgic days of summer. Our children go back to school, football season commences and for those of us raised in the South, the white shoes get packed away! The easy going days give way to the routines and schedules of busy families and jam-packed calendars. Just a blink of the eye will take you from "sandy beaches" to "happy holidays" this time of the year! Yesterday I noticed in our local warehouse store that Christmas decorations were already on the shelves and the "unofficial" end of summer is not until Monday!
If you are looking for things to do this holiday weekend, check out your Chamber of Commerce website. Locally, try http://www.scottsdalecvb.com/, http://www.visitphoenix.com/, or http://www.arizonaguide.com/. These are great resources anytime of the year & wherever your travels take you!
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
Credit for First-time Homebuyers
It's hard to believe that the Labor Day weekend is around the corner and summer is almost over! Having said that, in the Valley of the Sun it will be "officially" over with the passing of the holiday weekend but we still have a couple more months of summer to endure! I'm looking forward to the return of comfortable "summer" nights when I can sit on my patio and enjoy the delight of Arizona sunsets!
With the passing of the Summer 2009, I have another passing/deadline to remind you of! The "First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit" is scheduled to end on November 29, 2009. There are bills in both the House & Senate to extend this deadline and there is talk of increasing the credit. I am all for extending the deadline. I think that this has been a huge boost to real estate and in getting the inventory moving but I'm not for increasing the credit. What would the incentive be to buy now if you think that the credit will increase in 6 months? Also, it hardly seems fair to the wonderful first-time buyers whom I have had the privileged to work with this summer to find out that the credit might have been greater had they waited. Maybe a better solution, one that would encourage everyone to consider home ownership or "moving up", would be to extend the deadline and offer a tax credit to all home buyers.
Thoughts?
With the passing of the Summer 2009, I have another passing/deadline to remind you of! The "First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit" is scheduled to end on November 29, 2009. There are bills in both the House & Senate to extend this deadline and there is talk of increasing the credit. I am all for extending the deadline. I think that this has been a huge boost to real estate and in getting the inventory moving but I'm not for increasing the credit. What would the incentive be to buy now if you think that the credit will increase in 6 months? Also, it hardly seems fair to the wonderful first-time buyers whom I have had the privileged to work with this summer to find out that the credit might have been greater had they waited. Maybe a better solution, one that would encourage everyone to consider home ownership or "moving up", would be to extend the deadline and offer a tax credit to all home buyers.
Thoughts?
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