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		<title>Tax credit: you still got 3 more days to claim $8K!</title>
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		<title>So the $8000 tax credit expires soon&#8230; where is the market headed?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Top 5 Tax Perks for Buyers, Sellers and Homeowners</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preparing Your Home for&#160;Winter The fall is a good time of year to start thinking about preparing your home for winter, because as temperatures begin to dip, your home will require maintenance to keep it in tip-top shape through the winter. Autumn is invariably a prelude to falling winter temperatures, regardless of where you live. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samtiwana.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10047648&amp;post=29&amp;subd=samtiwana&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Search Entire Memphis MLS!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>10 Ways To Increase The Value Of Your Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a dour housing market, wouldn&#8217;t it be nice to know that your remodeling project would pay off when you went to sell the property? Remodeling Magazine evaluated the top remodeling projects, how the cost-to-value has changed since the housing market implosion, and which projects are still worth the investment. Using the magazine&#8217;s &#8220;Cost Vs. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samtiwana.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10047648&amp;post=27&amp;subd=samtiwana&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>First-Time Homebuyer Credit Questions and Answers: Basic Information</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Updated Nov. 6, 2009, to note new legislation. The new legislation extends and expands the first-time homebuyer credit allowed by previous Acts. The new law: &#160; extends deadlines for purchasing and closing on a home authorizes the credit for long-time homeowners buying a replacement principal residence raises the income limitations for homeowners claiming the credit Q. What is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samtiwana.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10047648&amp;post=25&amp;subd=samtiwana&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tax credit HAS BEEN EXTENDED AND EXPANDED&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tax credit HAS BEEN EXTENDED AND EXPANDED&#8230; 8,000.00 Credit for FTHB&#160;and a new 6,500 credit for move up buyers that have owned for at least 5 years.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samtiwana.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10047648&amp;post=24&amp;subd=samtiwana&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Refinancing Your Mortgage &#8211; Is It The Right Choice For You?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Homebuyer Tax Credit Gets New Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Key lawmakers in the Senate have tentatively agreed to extend the existing $8,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers and also offer a new $6,500 credit for existing homeowners who have lived in their current residence for a consecutive five-year period in the past eight years.&#160; Home buyers must be under contract by April 30, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samtiwana.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10047648&amp;post=22&amp;subd=samtiwana&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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