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Portland Real Estate

Fall Giveaway Party

October 6, 2011

Each year we like to show our gratitude to our clients for their business and referrals.  Our annual client appreciation celebration comes every fall and is always a good time! This year’s featured giveaways include: Angela Todd Designs An interior design concept for one room in your home (not including the kitchen or bath) from [...]

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10 Reasons to Buy a Home

September 29, 2010

By Brett Arends, Wall Street Journal From September 16, 2010 Enough with the doom and gloom about homeownership. Sure, maybe there’s more pain to come in the housing market. But when Time magazine starts running covers that declare “Owning a home may no longer make economic sense,” it’s time to say: Enough is enough. This [...]

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Q & A About the First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit

November 10, 2009
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Below is a Q and A from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) website about the tax credit, www.federalhousingtaxcredit.com.  Thanks NAHB! What is the definition of a move-up or repeat home buyer? The law defines a tax credit qualified move-up home buyer (“long-time resident”) as a home owner who has owned and resided in [...]

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The Votes are In – First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit Extended and Expanded!

November 5, 2009
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In what feels like great relief after a hard fought battle, the House of Representatives voted almost unanimously this morning (403-12) to extend the existing first time homebuyer tax credit.  Here are some of the details: “The new tax credit extends the existing credit for first-time homebuyers, worth up to $8,000, and offers a new [...]

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Possible Extension of the First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit

October 28, 2009

For the last few months, several different organizations and politicians have been lobbying to have the first time homebuyer tax credit extended – and the National Association of Realtors has been at the forefront of this effort.  While we in the industry have been hopeful, we clearly have not wanted to get our “hopes up” [...]

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First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit

June 21, 2009

There are a lot of great reasons to buy right now, but one of the most incredible advantages for first time homebuyer’s is the tax credit that was passed in recent months as part of the Recovery and Re-investment Act. You have most likely heard of this, but a lot of people aren’t sure how [...]

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We Have Finally Launched!

June 21, 2009

I am very excited to finally be accomplishing the goal of getting this site to a place where my clients can really use it as a resource! Between the significant increase in business that 2009 has brought and the craziness of preparing to welcome our son into the world, it’s very easy for things (even [...]

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