12/22/2009 - Economist's Commentary: Existing Home Sales and Tax Credit

12/22/2009 - Another Big Gain in Existing-Home Sales as Buyers Respond to Tax Credit

11/24/2009 - First-Time Homebuyer Credit Extended to April 30, 2010; Some Current Homeowners Now Also Qualify (IRS News Release)

11/13/2009 - NAR Survey Shows First-Time Home Buyers Set Record in Past Year

11/13/2009 - Forecast Hopeful with First-Time Home Buyers Leading the Way

11/12/2009 - Watch: REALTOR® Party Tax Credit Video Contest Winner (YouTube Video)

11/11/2009 - Home Buyer Tax Credit Has Added Benefits for Armed Services Members, Others

11/09/2009 - Economist's Podcast: The Extended Home Buyer Tax Credit

11/05/2009 - Tax Credit Extension a Positive Step Toward Sustained Real Estate Recovery, Say Realtors®

11/05/2009 - President's Podcast: Tax Credit Extended and Expanded

11/05/2009 - NAR Letter to the U.S. House of Representatives Urging Members To Pass the Unemployment Insurance Extension Bill Containing the Home Buyer Tax Credit (PDF: 122K)

11/02/2009 - NAR Letter to Senator Baucus (D-MT) Thanking Him and His Staff for Their Work on the Tax Credit (PDF: 97K)

11/02/2009 - NAR Letter to the U.S, Senate Urging Members to Vote YES on Cloture on the Reid-Baucus Amendment, Containing the Home Buyers Tax Credit, to the Unemployment Insurance Legislation (PDF: 87K)

10/23/2009 - NAR Letter to Senate Majority Leader Urging Him to Support an Extension of the $8000 Tax Credit Through Midyear 2010 (PDF: 123K)

10/20/2009 - Isakson Testimony Draws Attention to Local Market Woes: My 290,000 House Is Worth What? (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

10/20/2009 - President's Podcast: Update on Tax Credit and Health Reform

10/20/2009 - Testimony of Ron Phipps, 2009 First Vice President of the National Association of REALTORS®, Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs - Hearing Regarding “State of the Nation's Housing Market" (PDF: 183K)

10/20/2009 - Watch Ron Phipps' Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs - Hearing Regarding the "State of the Nation's Housing Market" (TVEyes)

10/20/2009 - Housing Tax Credit Working, So Keep Momentum Going, NAR Urges Congress

10/20/2009 - Watch C-SPAN Video Featuring the Senate Banking Committee's Hearing on the State of the Nation's Housing Market

10/19/2009 - Joint Letter to the Treasury Secretary, HUD Secretary, and Chair of National Economic Council, Requesting Support for the Extension of the First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit (PDF: 45K)

10/19/2009 - Focus on Extending Tax Credit Intensifies

10/14/2009 - Economist's Podcast: Tax Credit Extension and Expansion Needed

10/08/2009 - House Extends Credit for Military, Intelligence and Diplomatic Personnel

10/08/2009 - Rangel, Pelosi Comment about Tax Credit Extension

10/07/2009 - Tax Credit Best Tool for Housing Recovery, Says NAR

10/07/2009 - Written Testimony of Mr. Joseph Canfora on Behalf of the National Association of REALTORS® at Hearing Titled: "The State of the Nation's Housing Sector: An Examination of the First Time Buyer's Credit and Future Policies To Sustain a Recovery" (PDF: 255K)

9/28/2009 - Tax Credit Extension Draws Increasing Attention

9/25/2009 - Video: President's Update for AEs and GADs

9/23/2009 - Video: NAR Urges Tax Credit Extension

9/21/2009 - NAR Sends Letter to the Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means in Support of H.R. 3590, the "Service Members Home Ownership Tax Act" (PDF: 98K)

9/15/2009 - Take Action: Urge Congress to Extend and Expand the First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit

9/15/2009 - New NAR Print Ad: Congress Don't Let America's Real Estate Recovery Expire (PDF: 1.4Mb)

9/15/2009 - President's Podcast: Fall Legislative Update

9/01/2009 - President's Podcast: Urging REALTORS® to Get "Schooled" 

8/24/2009 - Enter the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Video Contest 

7/06/2009 - New NAR TV Ads  Highlight the $8,000 Tax Credit

7/06/2009 - Congress Unlikely to Consider Tax Measures, Including Tax Credit, Until October

6/22/2009 - NAR Creates Flyer Using the First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit with FHA Loans

6/15/2009 - Senator Isakson Introduces Bill to Extend, Expand Home Buyer Tax Credit

6/08/2009 - NAR Calls on Veterans Affairs to Monetize the Tax Credit

6/01/2009 - Bills Introduced to Extend, Expand Homebuyer Tax Credit

5/29/2009 - HUD: Tax Credit Can Be Used on Closing Costs (REALTOR® Magazine)

5/29/2009 - First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit for Closing Will Move Market

5/29/2009 - HUD Announces Guidance for Use of Tax Credit on FHA Loans

5/21/2009 - HUD: Home Buyer Tax Credit Loans Still on Track (REALTOR® Magazine)

5/18/2009 - Home Buyer Tax Credit Loan Coming Soon (REALTOR® Magazine)

5/12/2009 - HUD Secretary Announces Monetization of Tax Credit at NAR Real Estate Summit

4/22/2009 - NAR Sends Letter to Rep. Joe Courtney Commending Him for Introducing Legislation To Extend the Current First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit (PDF: 78K)

4/15/2009 - NAR Sends Letter to IRS Asking Agency To Make Credit Available at Closing (PDF: 92K)

4/05/2009 - NAR Runs Printed Ads in Targeted Congressional Districts
On Sunday, April 5th, NAR ran printed ads in select newspapers, thanking a specific group of Members of Congress for their leadership and efforts in passing the $8,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit.
Download a copy> (PDF: 105K)

3/19/2009 - IRS Provides Filing Guidance on First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit

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