How Biden’s tax proposal would help Orlando homebuyers

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Central Florida resident Javier Guillan said his family’s $500,000 budget to buy a house doesn’t go as far in the Maitland area as he had hoped.

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“Some of these [listed] houses are move-in ready, but they aren’t up to date at all,” said the artist.

Guillan, 38, predicts getting a new home up to date will take a great deal of investment, which is why he is cheering a couple of proposed tax credits aiming to help first-time homebuyers. “Anything we can get back from our upfront costs … of course it would help,” he said.

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