The Home Buyer Tax Credit expires tomorrow:
- $8000- amount that qualified first time home buyers are eligible for
- $6500- amount that qualified repeat home buyers are eligible for
- $7500- amount that first time buyers were eligible for in the first version (which must be repaid)
- 85- votes by Senate in November 2009 to extend the Credit
- 2- votes against (it was bundled with an unemployment plan)
- $12,600,000,000- amount claimed through February (source New York Times)
- 1,800,000- number of people who have claimed the Home buyer Tax Credit through February
- 36- hours, as of posting this, until Credit expires
- $43,000- amount cited on Calculated Risk as to cost to government for each home sold that would have not sold without the Credit
- 61- number of days to close a tax credit eligible sale after April 30th (June 30th)
- 4,180,000- number of results on Google for “Homebuyer Tax Credit”