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Where Home Prices Are Suddenly Hot
Nov 10th, 2009 - BusinessWeek
The real estate market continues to send mixed signals. Home sales are rising. They were up 11% in the third quarter from the same period last year to a 5.3 million-a-year annual pace.
The sales are coming thanks to a lot of financial incentives...Tax credit: Home buyers get a second chance
Nov 6th, 2009 - StarTribune
House hunters will get an early holiday gift from Congress. Hoping to keep the fragile housing market humming along through the winter months, Congress voted to extend and expand the home buyer tax credit...
House votes to extend jobless benefits, expand home buyers' tax credit
Nov 5th, 2009 - Washington Post
Congress gave final approval Thursday for an additional $24 billion to help the jobless and support the housing market as climbing unemployment poses a growing liability for elected officials. The bill...
Senate votes to renew tax credit for first-time home buyers
Nov 4th, 2009 - Washington Post
The Senate voted Wednesday to renew the government's $8,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers for another six months as part of a broader bill designed to extend unemployment benefits. For the first time...
Senate OKs extension of home-buyer tax credit and jobless aid
Nov 4th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Washington - The Senate today voted to extend and expand a tax credit for home buyers as an added boost for the recovering real estate market, and also approved a provision to continue giving aid to the long-term unemployed.



