An Alternative to The Homebuyer's Tax Credit With the Homebuyer's Tax Credit, the maximum that one could receive was $8,000. The average price of a home varies from market to market around the United States, but it is somewhere near $200,000 as a nationwide average. Negotiate with the Seller If a Seller were willing to accept 96 percent of that amount and were willing to give the other 4 percent to the Buyer, then this may be a better scenario than the Homebuyer's Tax Credit. The Seller would be getting $192,000, while the Buyer would be getting $8,000. This is better than the Homebuyer's Tax Credit, because the Buyer would be getting the money immediately rather than having to wait until the next year as was the case with the tax credit. Also, the Seller and Buyer could negotiate to le...
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