{"id":4311,"date":"2008-09-09T14:59:50","date_gmt":"2008-09-09T21:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=4311"},"modified":"2008-09-09T15:02:38","modified_gmt":"2008-09-09T22:02:38","slug":"a-reprieve-for-seller-down-payment-assistance-programs-brian-brady-has-the-inside-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/4311\/a-reprieve-for-seller-down-payment-assistance-programs-brian-brady-has-the-inside-track\/","title":{"rendered":"A reprieve for seller-paid down-payment assistance programs? Brian Brady has the inside track"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Inman News is reporting today on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inman.com\/news\/2008\/09\/10\/congress-weighs-reprieve-seller-funded-gifts\" target=\"_blank\">a possible reprieve for seller-paid down-payment assistance programs like AmeriDream and Nehemiah<\/a>. As you will recall, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=4128\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Brady gave you the heads-up on this initiative on August 27th<\/a>. Brian will be checking in shortly with details of his schmoozing adventures with Barney Frank&#8217;s kitchen cabinet. Cliff&#8217;s Notes: Don&#8217;t tear up those purchase contracts just yet.<br \/>\n<!-- technorati tags start --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;font-size:10px;\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/real estate\" rel=\"tag\">real estate<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/real estate marketing\" rel=\"tag\">real estate marketing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- technorati tags end --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inman News is reporting today on a possible reprieve for seller-paid down-payment assistance programs like AmeriDream and Nehemiah. As you will recall, Brian Brady gave you the heads-up on this initiative on August 27th. Brian will be checking in shortly with details of his schmoozing adventures with Barney Frank&#8217;s kitchen cabinet. Cliff&#8217;s Notes: Don&#8217;t tear [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4311","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-lending","7":"category-marketing","8":"category-real-estate","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9259,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/9259\/consider-a-seller-paid-rate-buy-down-rather-than-price-reduction\/","url_meta":{"origin":4311,"position":0},"title":"Consider a Seller-Paid Rate Buy-Down Rather Than Price Reduction","author":"Brian Brady","date":"July 20, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Listing agents, considering offers might advise their sellers to counter-offer with a mortgage rate buy-down strategy rather than to reduce the sales price. 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