The House voted 403-12 Thursday to extend and expand the tax credit to include many buyers who already own homes. The Senate approved the measure Wednesday, and the White House said President Barack Obama would sign it Friday.

Buyers who have owned their current homes at least five years would be eligible for tax credits of up to $6,500. First-time homebuyers — or anyone who hasn’t owned a home in the last three years — would still get up to $8,000. To qualify, buyers in both groups have to sign a purchase agreement by April 30, 2010, and close by June 30.

If we all contact Congress to extend and expand this program so that more buyers can purchase the small uptick seen in the economy will continue and grow.  The above link is a very short video put together by the National Association of Realtors with real agents expressing the need for an extension and expansion of the program.  Take a look at it then contact your representatives and urge them to extend this program in the interest of the entire country.