Scott Veerkamp and his team helped my wife and I find our new home and we were able to use the tax credit. It has really been a blessing to us. We were able to use some of the money to buy furniture we needed, laminate/wood flooring, bathroom remodeling, and money to pay repairs that needed done. We still have money left over in our savings for rainy days. If you are considering whether to buy a home, I also would encourage you to….

The good times are over for renters. At the start of the housing bubble, the rental market stumbled as landlords were forced to cut rents to hold onto existing renters and attract new ones. Many landlords offered concessions and discounts to fill their units. Now rents are on the rise again — not because the economy is improving but because it remains stagnant.