Over the last year or so we’ve had a lot of talk on this site about the homebuyer tax credit. It helped to spur activity in the real estate markets, bringing more first time homebuyers into the market than we’ve seen for a long time. It also brought in a lot of current homeowners when the credit was extended to include people who already own a home. We watched last month as there was a flurry of activity as the deadline loomed for people to put in a purchase agreement for a house in order to beat the clock.  My brother was one of those people who made their home purchase on the last day possible!  Read more... (1164 words, 11 images, estimated 4:39 mins reading time)

• Year-End Financial and Tax Planning Checklist Like many of you, I have quite a bit of down time between Christmas and New Year's Day.  I use some of my year-end downtime to think about any last minute moves I should make to maximize financial and tax planning strategies for this year and to prepare for the new......
• Making Year End Adjustments to Your Investment Portfolio If you are an investor still contemplating whether to make adjustments to your asset allocations in your investment portfolio, you are running out of time.  We have only a few trading days left in 2008.  You may be looking to harvest some tax losses.  That shouldn't be hard to do.  You could......