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Home Buyer Tax Credit Is Dead – Long Live the Tax Credit!

by Richard Warren | May 10, 2010
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The end of April in Las Vegas was like using a time machine to go all the back to 2005. We saw something I thought was gone forever – lines at new home developments! Of course we know that it was because the $8,000 or $6,500 home buyer tax credits were expiring. Most local builders [...]

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It’s the economy stupid! Or is it the stupid economy?

by Richard Warren | March 3, 2008

Last week President Bush and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke both expressed the view that the economy is not headed for recession. With the credit markets in turmoil, housing slumping badly, oil prices soaring, the dollar plummeting and inflation rearing its ugly head, how can they be so optimistic? The reason is simple; they can’t [...]

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