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Senators agreed Wednesday to extend a popular tax credit for first-time homebuyers and to offer a reduced credit to some repeat buyers. http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/28/real_estate/homebuyer_credit/index.htm?cnn=yes
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Top 5 America’s Safest Cities
1. Minneapolis, Minn.
Violent crime: 9 of 40
Workplace deaths: 1 of 40
Traffic deaths: 7 of 40
Natural disaster risk: 7 of 40
2. Milwaukee, Wis.
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wis.
Violent crime: 24 of 40
Workplace deaths: 11 of 40
Traffic deaths: 4 of 40
Natural disaster risk: 1 of 40
3. Portland, Ore.
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, Ore.-Wash.
Violent crime: [...]
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Tags: Seattle, bellevue, American Safest Cities. ranked #4, Forbes. violent crime, dworkplace deaths, taffic deaths, natural disaster risk
It is a good start. I recommend consumers or agents to hire home inspectors not only with licensed but review inspector’s credentials. Members with associations in their field assured standard and requirement of practice, ie. ASHI – American Society of Home Inspectors.
Inspectors are expertise in various areas. Some home inspectors may not do further chemical [...]
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If you are behind mortgage payments, you may need help from professionals.
The WA Department of Financial Institution organizes FREE workshops:
•Thursday, July 23 – Everett (Cascade High School)
•Friday, July 24 – Seattle (Cleveland High School)
•Saturday, July 25 – Tacoma (Evergreen College Tacoma Campus)
Call 1.877.894.HOME for more information or you can visit www.dfi.wa.gov
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Tags: Everett, foreclosure, mortgage, real estate, real estate tips, Seattle, short sale, Tacoma. free, WA
If you feel there may be mistake of your property tax, you can show that the value does not reflect the market value, please contact:
King County Equalization/Appeals: www.kingcounty.gov/property/propertytaxappeals;
Snohomish County: (425)388-3433
Good luck!
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Tags: Property Tax Value
We should not be surprised that Michigan is the first state that has reached 15%. States with 10% unemployment are: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Tennessee.
Our state, Washington, comparatively not the worst but jobless rate has ticked upward as well.
Are we at the [...]
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#11 – International School
#18 – Newport High
#34 – Interlake High
#47 – Sammamish High
#78 – Bellevue High
To see Newsweek’s list of top high schools, go to http://www.newsweek.com/id/201160.
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Tags: Bellevue High, eastside, high schools, Interlake, International, Newport, newsweek, Sammamish, top 100, WA
FHA just announced that for all qualified first-time home buyers who are allowed the $8,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit to be applied directly toward home purchase costs by using a FHA-insured mortgage. However, it will still require home buyers to provide a minimum 3.5 percent downpayment.
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Tags: $8000, First-time Home Buyer, tax credit
According to Barbara Corcoran on Today’s Show, 5 markets have higheer potential to rebound in housing market due to strong first time buyers, good weather, growth in population, job growth potential, employment rate, cities do not have over-built, well educated population and high foreclosure rate early.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/30825142#30825142
5 Markets with High Potential to Rebound
1. Denver, CO
2. Raleigh, [...]
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Tags: brand new property, CA, market, potential, real estate, rebound, San Francisco, Seattle, WA
There is recent recall of appliances by Maytag, Jenn-Air, Amana, Amiral, Magic Chef, Performa by Maytag and Crosley brand refrigerators. There may be electrical failure in the relay, the component that tuns on the refrigerator’s compressor, can cause overheating and pose a serous fire hazard. Those affected units were sold via retail or homebuilders nationwide.
To [...]
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Tags: Maytag Refrigerator Safety Recall
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