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How America got its first Christmas tree

Christmas trees now sparkle in millions of homes, but did you ever wonder how the tradition began? No doubt there are several stories regarding the start of this custom, and here’s one I’d like to pass along. “It’s now been more than 150 years since Professor Charles Minnigerode decorated Williamsburg’s first Christmas tree,” says Robert [...]

23Dec2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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How America got its first Christmas tree

Christmas trees now sparkle in millions of homes, but did you ever wonder how the tradition began? No doubt there are several stories regarding the start of this custom, and here’s one I’d like to pass along. “It’s now been more than 150 years since Professor Charles Minnigerode decorated Williamsburg’s first Christmas tree,” says Robert [...]

23Dec2010 | | 0 comments | Continued
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1 Million First-Time Home Buyers To Owe IRS

More than a million first-time home buyers are likely to get unfriendly letters from the IRS, brief little notices from Uncle Sam which say we want our money back. A report by the Treasury Department’s Inspector General for Tax Administration shows that nearly 1.8 million taxpayers filed claims under the government’s First-time Homebuyer Tax Credit [...]

15Sep2010 | | 0 comments | Continued
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How America Got Its First Christmas Tree

Christmas trees now sparkle in millions of homes, but did you ever wonder how the tradition began? No doubt there are several stories regarding the start of this custom, and here’s one I’d like to pass along. “It’s now been more than 150 years since Professor Charles Minnigerode decorated Williamsburg’s first Christmas tree,” says Robert [...]

18Dec2009 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Making The First-Time Buyer Tax Credit Better — Or Worse?

There is now a new effort on Capitol Hill to increase the first-time buyer credit from $8,000 to $15,000. Under S1230, first-time buyers would be able to get a credit equal to as much as 10 percent of the purchase price, up to $15,000. Not only that, but the time the home would have to [...]

19Jun2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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FHA — Yes (Sort Of) To No Money Down

HUD has come out with new regulations which will allow borrowers to get FHA financing with no money down — but only in very limited circumstances. On May 11th HUD said first-time buyers could use their $8,000 tax credit to fund their FHA downpayment. In effect, borrowers would get a short-term bridge loan that would [...]

1Jun2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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500,000+ Grab First-Time Homebuyer Credit

More than 500,000 buyers have used the first-time homebuyer credit to purchase a home. Amazingly enough, more than 38,000 buyers have already claimed the write-off but do not qualify. Why? In most cases because they owned a home during the past three years. Figures from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration show that a [...]

24Apr2009 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Existing Home Prices Rose In March, Says NAR

Existing-home sales — including single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops — declined 3.0 percent to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 4.57 million units in March, according to the National Association of Realtors. Prices Typical existing homes sold for $165,400 in February, but rose to $175,200 in March, a 4.2 percent increase. However, some of the sale [...]

23Apr2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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How To Write Your First Cover Letter (With Sample)

A resume without a cover letter is like a plane without wings, it just won’t fly. If you have not previously been in the civilian workforce, if you are just finishing school or military service, then you will need to develop both a resume and a first cover letter. Why You Need A Cover Letter [...]

2Mar2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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How To Write Your First Resume (With Sample)

No resume is easier to write than the first one — and no resume is harder to write than that first specimen. A first resume is easy to write because there’s very little to note. You don’t yet have a work history, or much of a work history. On the other hand, a resume can [...]

2Mar2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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