The first-time home-buyer tax credit may be motivating some to take action and buy a home this spring, according to ZipRealty survey results released this week. Sixty-two percent of first-time buyers said that the $8,000 tax credit is giving them an incentive to buy in 2009.
Of those who weren't motivated by the credit, 29% think it's not enough money to make a difference, 28% didn't think they would qualify and 24% think home prices will continue to decline.
But perhaps not enough is being done to promote the perk, according to some in the home-building industry. In a recent article on "Nation's Building News," a publication of the National Association of Home Builders, one industry executive suggested just that.
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