February 12, 2012

Tax credit fuels surge in April home sales

Tax credit fuels surge in April home sales

A sold sign is posted outside a home April 27 in Mariemont, Ohio. Home prices rose in nearly 60 percent of U.S. cities in the first quarter of this year, thanks in part to a government tax credit.A now-expired homebuyer tax credit and low mortgage rates helped boost sales of previously occupied homes in April. The improvements aren’t likely to last.