Good morning... here's the latest news on the homebuyer tax credit... The House of Representatives has approved legislation that would extend and expand the credit. The House vote comes after the Senate voted yes on Monday night, and while there is more work to be done, word has it that an agree
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11/05/2009
Tax Credit Extension Considered in Senate Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, is supporting a four-month extension of the home buyer tax credit.Two other proposals in the Senate would, respectively, extend the credit through June and, most generously, increase the deduction to $
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10/27/2009
Genius Junk Food Comment Share Email Print Save By Jeff Volek, Ph.D., R.D.Men's Health Did you know there are more than 15 types of saturated fat? And despite the fact that they've been damned as a whole by nutrition experts for decades, some of them are actually heart healthy. That's good news,
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10/26/2009
Certification can aid minority- and women-owned business BY LESLIE WIMMER October 19, 2009 Minority- and women-owned business certification can be a beneficial venture for businesses in some industries, and less so for others. The threshold for certification requires a business to be 51 percent o
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10/21/2009
Officials release more details on Dream Gardens project BY ROBERT FRANCIS October 19, 2009 Grapevine officials on Oct. 14 unveiled more details about the planned internationally themed Dream Gardens, part of The Springs at Grapevine development during a visit from Chinese officials involved in th
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10/21/2009
TEXAS FORECLOSURES UP 17 PERCENT HOUSTON (Houston Business Journal) - Texas foreclosures rose 17 percent between August and September, with 13,216 default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions filed last month. Year over year, foreclosures were up 43.7 percent in September, according
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10/19/2009
Economic Growth Expected to Slow in First Half of 2010 before Picking up in Second Half RISMEDIA, October 16, 2009-MBA expects economic growth to continue through the rest of 2009 before slowing in the first half of 2010. Unemployment is expected to climb to 10.2% by the middle of 2010 before beg
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10/16/2009
Forget What You Know about Short Sales - The Rules Just Changed Published on Monday, September 14, 2009, 8:23 PM Last Update: 4 day(s) ago by Laurie Moore-Moore Category: All Articles » REO's and Foreclosures There's an old saying, "It's not always what you don't know that hurts you, it's what yo
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10/16/2009
PLEASE help if any of you possible can. German Shepards make great pets and will gladly watch your home while you are away. Even if you're not a "dog " person please at least forward this to anyone you can think of, please! You never know who may want to help these poor animals. They are innoc
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10/07/2009
U.S. Treasury set to finalize home "short sales" plan By Al Yoon Al Yoon - Fri Oct 2, 7:13 pm ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury will soon finalize a plan to expand its incentives for mortgage companies to include "short sales" as a way to stem a rising tide of foreclosures, according to a
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10/06/2009
