Steve Dalton - Northwest Indiana

Will tax credit be extending and expanded?

I ran into two real estate professionals this morning (from Team Tezak) , and inevitably our conversation moved to the state of the real estate industry in northwest indiana. The comment though that jumped out at me was "I just heard the tax credit is going to be extended."

Well, not having heard that bit of news I posted on twitter asking for updates and links.

The three most sent links were: Senate Likely to extend tax credits for homebuyers, This just in Senators extend and Senators agree to extend homebuyer tax credits.

No, it's not law yet, still to be voted by the Senate and then the House and must be signed into law by the President. Looks like an extension until the end of June 2010 for closings, End of April for purchase agreements of the $8,000 and a new credit of $6,500 for people who buy a home and have owned their home for more than 5 years.

In my estimation, all good thoughts, if this credit costs the country $10 Billion it will probably create more jobs than the entire ill-fated and ill-advised stimulus bill and continue to build on the real estate value momentum we're already seeing in NW Indiana.

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More recovery news in NW Indiana real estate

For the first time in quite a while a new housing project will go to the Porter County Commissioners for review. Grand Oaks will feature upwards of 400 homes and lots of green space. This will also be a test of Commissioner Bob Harpers supposed focus on green-friendly development.

In outside the region news, economist professor Mark Perry features an analysis of the Twin Cities Real Estate market and possible recovery already in motion.

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The first list, and obviously some will find it controversial, of Top Twitter members in Northwest Indiana.

My biggest complaint is the almost non-existence of Realtors on the list. I'll be frank, some of you live in communities with real estate professionals who really work social media hard. So far, northwest indiana has a bunch of real estate professionals that may have signed up for a site, but don't use them and don't engage.

Jeff and Grace Safrin are the exception to this of course, they get it. A few mortgage people get it, but all in all our industry too is under-represented by actual social types ... and more often than not people who joined because someone told them they needed a profile.

One perfect example, is that in the Top Ten Active Rain members in Porter County, only three are RE agents. Now what in the world does that tell you? Sorry to be negative, but it's time for real estate professionals to step it up in the Region.