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Invest in your future.
Build or remodel your home now and benefit from the stable growth of home value appreciation. |
Lower your taxes.
Deduct mortgage interest and property taxes, putting your home and your money to work for you. |
Fund your dreams.
Interest payments on home equity loans are fully tax-deductible up to $100,000. |
Pay yourself rent.
Enjoy low interest rates, tax breaks and the financial freedom that comes with owning your home. |
Earn profit, tax-free.
A couple who owns and lives in their home for at least two years can sell it and keep up to $500,000 of the profit-tax free. A single owner can keep $250,000. |
Valley Home Builders Association encourages you to take advantage of the Sweet Rewards of Home Ownership.
NEW! Press release--Home Buyer Tax Credit Will Help Stimulate Housing, Economy
Worried about the housing market and all the negative media you see and hear? VHBA has the facts and resources you need...
Housing Facts
VHBA Press Release -- Appleton Housing Market Doing Better Than Most
VHBA Press Release -- Housing Window of Opportunity May be Closing
National Housing Starts -- May 2008
Key Data, Appleton, WI -- 1993 - 2007
WI Foreclosure Data
National Unemployment Map
National House Price Appreciation Map
National House Price Decline Map
National Subprime ARM Exposure Map
National Foreclosure Map
Myth vs. Reality Regarding Today's Housing Market
"Credit Crunch" Facts
Foreclosure Facts
Housing Resources
Federal Housing Tax Credit Web site with details of the recently signed law providing first time home buyer tax credit
Buying and Owning a Home Freddie Mac
Buying a Home Department of Housing and Urban Development
The Home Buying Process Federal Housing Administration
FHA Loans Federal Housing Administration
Homeownership Resources Fannie Mae
Home Loan Learning Center Mortgage Bankers Association
Move.com NAHB's official new homes listing site
Home Loan Guaranty Services Dept. of Veterans Affairs
State and Local Home Buyer Assistance Programs
Housing Publications from the Federal Citizen Information Center (Most in PDF format)
Consumer Information from NAHB NAHB.org
Mortgage information from the Fed Federal Reserve Board
Home Financing Information from the FTC Federal Trade Commission
