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From HousingPredictor.com The hottest buyers housing markets are places you may find comfort in the worst housing crash since at least the Great Depression. The top 10 buyers markets listed by Housing Predictor at mid-year are markets that aren't necessarily big arts and entertainment centers, mo...

Model Homes 3 to choose from. Visit: Meadowlark Ranch or call or email me for details. A lifetime of treasured moments await. Meadowlark Ranch believes in the saying "Home is where the heart is." And if you've thought about what makes a home what it can be, you realize it includes a place where ...

7/20/2009, 10:31 a.m. EDT The Associated Press (AP) — GREAT FALLS, Mont. - A 112-year-old Montana man has become the world's oldest living man after 113-year-old Henry Allingham of England died Saturday. Walter Breuning was born Sept. 21, 1896. He learned to read by kerosene lantern, remembers h...

Eight months after it tumbled into bankruptcy, the posh Yellowstone Club has a new owner, and a new lease on life. By Jonathan Weber , 7-17-09 Sam Byrne, principal at CrossHabor Capital Partners and the new owner of the Yellowstone Club. The sale of the Yellowstone Club to Boston-based CrossHarb...

HUD Action Allows Home Buyers To Use $8,000 Tax Credit For Downpayments On FHA-Insured Loans       May 13, 2009 - HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan's decision to allow consumers to use the $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit to help cover their downpayment and closing costs on FHA-insured mortgage...

  Having trouble reading this newsletter? Click here to see it in your browser. Go Skiing for Downtown Bozeman on Sunday, April 5th Bridger Bowl will be conducting a special fundraising event on April 5th, the last regularly scheduled day of the 2008-09 season.  In an effort to raise money to ass...

(AP Photo/Mike Albans)NTSB investigators, local police and members of the sheriff department investigate the scene of fatal plane crash outside the Butte Airport in Butte, Mont., on Sunday, March 22, 2009. A small plane, possibly carrying children on a ski trip, crashed Sunday as it approached t...

  Updated: March 13, 2009 06:41 AM MDT The cause of the explosion and fire that rocked downtown Bozeman last week is expected to be released Friday morning. Officials had planned to provide the public with the results of the investigation on Thursday, but Bozeman City Manager Chris Kukulski said ...

A CONSUMER GUIDE TO THE FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER FEDERAL INCOME TAX CREDIT   As Modified in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act February 2009   FEATURE   FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER FEDERAL INCOME TAX CREDIT: EFFECTIVE FOR PURCHASES ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2009 AND BEFORE DECEMBER 1, 2009 Amount of Cr...

I'm sure you've heard the good news about the new tax credit: The new legislation bumps up the maximum credit amount from $7,500 to $8,000 for homes purchased on or after January 1, 2009. The new law also extends the credit through the end of November 2009. The credit ONLY has to be repaid if the...