Cash for Caulkers - Stimulus #2

Cash for Clunkers was such a success (??) that the Federal government is thinking of doing it again, this time by providing stimulus money to homeowners to make their homes more energy efficient. The goal, of course, is to create more jobs. It looks like there may be up to $12,000 per household of matching funds for these energy related improvements. Read about this new stimulus package in the CNN-Money.com website. There is still some legislative wrangling to be had before this gets final approval - stay tuned!

Stimulus Bill Changes Home Energy Tax Credits

In February President Obama signed a stimulus bill (The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) that made some significant changes to the energy-efficiency tax credits. The bill extnded the tax credits into 2010 and included added and improved tax credits for a number of energy related home improvements. Go to the NationalGrid newsletter article for a better overview and links to more details.

2009 Stimulus Package: What's In It For You, and When

TurboTax has put a good summary of the Economic Stimulus package up on their website, created by Kiplinger. The tax breaks fall into a number of catagories ...

• Businesses (loss carry-backs & 'bonus' depreciation
• Tax breaks for families & individuals (workers, unemployed, 1st time homebuyers, college students, new car buyers, and retired)

Check out the article for the details.

My March Newsletter Is Now Available

My March 2009 newsletter is available now! This issue features Part 2 of the year-end 2008 sales report. It also has the details of my Outer Cape Cod Real Estate "Stimulus" Package. To request your copy of the March 2009 newsletter, Click HERE...