(article via California Association of Realtors Newsline)
Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief extended
Late Tuesday night (1/1/2013), Congress reached a settlement in the “fiscal cliff” negotiations. As a result, the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act has been extended for another year. The measure will continue to exempt from taxation mortgage debt that is forgiven when homeowners and their mortgage lenders negotiate a short sale, loan modification (including any principal reduction), or foreclosure.
C.A.R. would like to thank the 26,296 California REALTORS® who sent messages to their members of Congress and made 1,862 calls in response to C.A.R.’s Call-for-Action.
Also under the agreement, so called “Pease Limitations” that reduce the value of
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