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Is the stimulus package working?
Is the stimulus package working? Whether you're on the left or the right, this is the question that is in front of us.  My answer would be yes, I feel we've had more phone calls, more e-mails in the last few months then we would have through the past winter months. I feel like the $8000 tax credit for first-time homebuyers has definitely made a difference.  The spring market is here, you already have people coming out of the woodwork looking for great price home deals. They are looking for foreclosures trying to get a great deal, or a short sale, which you can get a great deal on if you're in it for the long haul.  But more importantly I think the $6500 "move up buyer tax credit" has made a difference. I also have people that bought during the before the bubble that now have an option of selling and making some money on their house and getting a great deal in another house.  So the question I get from other agents is the home stimulus work tax credit working out.  I believe it has I feel it has made a difference.  I do feel that it won't be ... more

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