Good Times Ahead For The Homebuyer?

If you missed the April 30 homebuyer tax credit deadline without snagging a house, pat yourself on the back: You just may turn out to be one of the lucky ones.

While the credit is now history, savvy buyers may be able to make up that money -- and then some -- through some shrewd house hunting over the next two months, industry experts say.

"Savvy buyers can put their feet back into the market," says Rona Fischman, principal broker at 4 Buyers Real Estate in Cambridge, Mass. "It will be more sane and less of a sellers' market."

Thanks to the tax credit, buyers came into the market over the past year who otherwise might have waited on the sidelines, says Olivier Garret, chief executive officer of Casey Research in Stowe, Vt.

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