Cliff Lee and Ben Francisco are heading to the phillies for four prospective players. It could be official within 12-24 hours. Lee is expected to make his next start for philadelphia next friday. The Indians in turn will get pitchers Carlos Carrasco and Jason Knapp, and catchers Jason Donald and Lou Marson. Read the rest of this entry
Cliff Lee is making 5.75 million in 2009. Ben Francisco is only making 421,400 this year. Many believe the Phillies are giving up …
The month of June has been the third straight month to see high sales increasing. This is great news because it was the real estate bubble that got us into this economic mess. When that starts to steady it seems the rest of things will begin to steady.
Much of house sales increasing has to do with federal and statewide credits that are being granted this year for first time home buyers. So many people are becoming motivated to get their feet wet in this market now that they see a benefit.
There are different state wide credits so you should look to see what your state is doing to encourage home sales. Maybe you could benefit from one of these incentives.
I am very intrigued by the $8,000 federally offered tax credit this year for first time home buyers so I wanted to look into what it is all about. I have discovered some great news. If you alone make less than $75,000 a year or as a couple make less than $150,000 then you qualify for this credit.
In the last three you cannot have been a home owner. For those of us who are first time home buyers this is perfect because it allows us to get our feet wet.
If the value of your home is less than $80,000 then you get 10% of its cost. After this you only get $8,000. Another thing to remember is that rates are incredibly low right now and it is cheaper to have a good rate than to wait for house prices to drop and rates to go up.