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mrkris82
08-20-09, 12:56 PM
Hi
3 years ago, I bought a home via FHA Loan. I recently refinanced to a conventional mortgage. After that, I got married. My spouse has never bought a home and her name has never been added to the loan....would she still be eligible for a firth time homebuyers loan?
Thanks
3 years ago, I bought a home via FHA Loan. I recently refinanced to a conventional mortgage. After that, I got married. My spouse has never bought a home and her name has never been added to the loan....would she still be eligible for a firth time homebuyers loan?
Thanks
johnsonr1
08-23-09, 02:26 PM
Yes she would as long as she was the primary applicant on the application. You would have to be secondary or co-signer.
Melissa_E
08-23-09, 03:19 PM
I found this:
S4. If husband and wife wanted to sell the home that the wife owned when they got married, and the husband had not owned a home within the past three years, could he qualify as a first-time homebuyer for the credit even though the wife would not qualify?
A. No. The purchase date determines whether a taxpayer is a first-time homebuyer. Since the wife had ownership interest in a principal residence within the prior three years, neither taxpayer may take the first-time homebuyer credit. Section 36(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code requires that the taxpayer and the taxpayer's spouse not have an ownership interest in a principal residence within the prior three years from the date of purchase. The husband may not take the credit even if he filed on a separate return.
First-Time Homebuyer Credit: Scenarios (http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=206294,00.html)
Sorry, I was looking up the information on the credit not the loan.
S4. If husband and wife wanted to sell the home that the wife owned when they got married, and the husband had not owned a home within the past three years, could he qualify as a first-time homebuyer for the credit even though the wife would not qualify?
A. No. The purchase date determines whether a taxpayer is a first-time homebuyer. Since the wife had ownership interest in a principal residence within the prior three years, neither taxpayer may take the first-time homebuyer credit. Section 36(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code requires that the taxpayer and the taxpayer's spouse not have an ownership interest in a principal residence within the prior three years from the date of purchase. The husband may not take the credit even if he filed on a separate return.
First-Time Homebuyer Credit: Scenarios (http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=206294,00.html)
Sorry, I was looking up the information on the credit not the loan.
rjhokie
09-02-09, 10:35 AM
If she's not on the current title, then I believe that as long as she takes title and the loan is in her name alone on the new property, then yes she would qualify as a 1st time buyer.