For qualified members of the military, foreign service and intelligence communities, the home buyer tax credit remains available. The extended time for the credit applies to both the $8,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers and the $6,500 tax credit for repeat home buyers.
Those who qualify have until April 30, 2011, to sign a contract and must close by June 30, 2011.
To qualify, personnel from ...
A tankless water heater never runs out of hot water, says a new report at www.houselogic.com. Instead of the traditional tank, the heater is filled with small pipes that are surrounded by a gas burner or an electric coil. The water is heated on demand, as it is used, saving from a quarter to a third of the cost of heating water, perhaps $100 annually.
Always having hot water available means less is ...
People around the country who compare cities tend to like Albuquerque. Five new reports are summarized here. These observations indicate a bright future for the metro. All appeared this year. Nationally, readers of these reports will take a closer look at our city. Meanwhile those of us with the good fortune of already living in Albuquerque may find a new treasure.
Men’s Health gave Albuquerque ...
Time is growing short for you to find your new home and take advantage of the federal home buyer tax credit program. The credits are available to both first time buyers and to those currently owning a home. The good news is that if you have signed a purchase contract by April 30, as long as the purchase is closed by June 30 the tax credits will be accessible. The 61-day period for closing should ...
If your home is in the city of Albuquerque and was built before 1994, you should assess your plumbing fixtures before listing your home for sale. That’s because as of January 1, 2010, “the transferee of an existing building shall replace any existing plumbing fixtures with low water use plumbing fixtures,” according to new rules from the city. The new plumbing fixtures are required ...
If you are thinking about doing your own remodeling project, caution should be a major element in the planning. Factors to review when considering taking on a project start with project size. The larger the project, the easier it is for a problem to develop. A basic question is whether you know how to use the required tools. Expensive materials such a granite countertops and crown molding leave little ...
If you have a sprinkler system, April is time to step your watering up to twice each week, says the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority. Under the water by the numbers system, April and May are the months of twice weekly watering with three times per week needed during the summer months. See www.abcwua.org for more information.
“Challenging” is a good description of the past three years for residential real estate in metro Albuquerque. After all the challenges, Coldwell Banker Legacy remains the leader, by far. In fact, do some arithmetic on the chart at left and you will find that our performance in 2009 beat the next five competitors combined. The brand, the reputation, and the execution are the reasons.
Whether ...
Since the recession began, Albuquerque has had the best economic performance of the ten largest intermountain metropolitan areas. Albuquerque’s future looks good, too. That’s the assessment from new reports from the Brookings Institution and Forbes.com.
Brookings says, “As of September 2009, only metro Albuquerque reached its pre-recession peak output, having posted no change. This ...
Wednesday is a day that has been circled on more than a few calendars in Rio Rancho.It’s the day that technology giant Hewlett-Packard opens its 218,000-square-foot customer service and technical support center in Rio Rancho’s City Center area.HP officials will join city, county and state officials in welcoming HP to the City of Vision with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9 a.m.
Mayor ...
