Category Archives: Taxes

Real Estate Taxes and the New Health Care Bill

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Brett Stern

Recently, several clients have called me about the recent health care bill, scheduled to take effect in 2013, becuase they heard that there may be  implications for the real estate transactions.  It seems that there is a lot of misinformation … Continue reading →

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How the Federal Goverment Shutdown will impact Real Estate

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Alison Moss
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How will the Federal Government Shutdown impact real estate sales? With hours left until the possible Federal Government shutdown my clients are asking me how this could impact their ability to buy, or sell their house.  Since the Federal Government … Continue reading →

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Ten Often Overlooked Tax Deductions

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Alison Moss

If you have not finished your taxes yet, here are a few often overlooked deductions you can take advantage of. Ten Cincinnati Real Estate Tax Deductions Real Estate Deductions: Depending on the square footage of your Cincinnati Real Estate, you … Continue reading →

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Cincinnati Property Taxes Are Due

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Alison Moss

Property Taxes are due in the next few weeks in the greater Cincinnati area. Attached you will find a list of dates that property taxes are by county. Check with your mortgage servicer to make sure they escrow the correct … Continue reading →

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Cincinnati Home Energy Audits

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Alison Moss

The Greater Cincinnati Energy Alliance is offering  ENERGY AUDITS OF YOUR HOME FOR $50. Why should Hamilton County and City of Cincinnati Homeowners pay someone to complete a comprehensive energy audit of their home? The reason is that you will get significant … Continue reading →

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Tax Advantages of Homeownership

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Alison Moss

In the current housing market I know many people are questioning why they would want to buy a house when it seems that many people who are selling properties right now are breaking even or are losing money.  There is … Continue reading →

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Home Buyer Tax Credit – Closing Date Extended to September 30th.

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Alison Moss

Congress — both the U.S. House and Senate — passed the Homebuyer Assistance and Improvement Act of 2010 (HR 5623), which extends the Closing Deadline for Homebuyer-Tax-Credit eligible transactions to September 30, 2010 (instead of June 30). This extension of … Continue reading →

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A Medicare Tax on Your Home Sale?

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Alison Moss

Recently there has been speculation that there is now a Medicare tax on home sales as part of  the new federal health care bill. That is not true! According to the language in the law, as explained in this FactCheck.org … Continue reading →

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Pending Home Sales Surge in Cincinnati and US

Posted on June 9, 2010 by DetonateCreative

Due in large part to the Federal Housing tax credit the pending home sales in April surged to a 110.9 index rating up from 104 in March.  How do we know that the tax credit was the cause of the … Continue reading →

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I Missed the $8,000 Housing Tax Credit so Should I Still Buy a Home?

Posted on May 3, 2010 by DetonateCreative

In recent days I have had a few phone calls from first time home buyers asking me if they should still buy a house even though they missed the $8,000 tax credit. In some cases they could not find the … Continue reading →

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