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Sorry for the one-liner question, did not know how to add all the details in the question itself. Here they are: We purchased out first home on October 15th; we file under married filing jointly status, and our combined income is above the 150,000$ limit (that was in effect before Nov 6 2009) but below the 225,000$ limit (for home purchased after Nov 6 2009). Do you know if there is any way I can claim any tax credit for our home purchase? Not knowing that congress was going to increase the income limit for the second tax credit extension, I decided to go ahead with house closing on Oct 15th w/o waiting for the new extension to start, now it just seems a bit unfair that I cannot get any tax credit just because I purchased the house 3 weeks before Nov 6th!