To qualify, you must have owned and used the
home as a primary residence for at least two years out of the five years leading up to the sale.
The coverage options and pricing for rental homes, vacation homes, seasonal homes, or homes
used as a primary residence may be different.
Thirty - four percent of vacation - home buyers said they plan to use the
property as a primary residence in the future, as did 10 percent of investment buyers.
In 1996, the reverse mortgage program is adjusted to allow for loans on residences that have up to four units as long as the borrower occupies one
unit as their primary residence.
Many homeowner insurance forms use policy definitions that result in the home being insured (trap two) only as long as that named homeowners are living
there as their primary residence.
Secondary residence: any residence that is not the primary residence of the buyer or seller nor will be used
as a primary residence by anyone else (such as a tenant).
Another factor to keep in mind is that recreational property hasn't benefited from low interest rates as
much as primary residences.
That popularity extends to both retirees as well as to locals, who buy
condos as primary residences, vacation homes and as investment properties.
The benefit of treating a boat or
RV as your primary residence, is to take allowable homeowner tax deductions that can decrease your overall tax bill.
The subject property must have been held, used and treated
first as your primary residence and subsequently as an investment property or used in your trade or business.
To start, buying a property
as a primary residence gives you more favorable financing terms as you can get a lower interest rate as an owner occupant compared to an investor loan.
If you are the only one on title, then you won't qualify for the Section 121 capital gain exclusion until you complete two years
occupancy as a primary residence.