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Published: March 4, 2009
FIRST TIME HOME-BUYERS DUE MAJOR TAX BREAK
By Richard Mize, Real Estate Editor
Home sale. Up to $8,000 off for any qualified first- time buyer. Offer good through Nov. 30. That's the effect of the new federal housing tax credit in the $787 billion economic stimulus bill signed by President Barack Obama : a discount. The actual market outcome of the credit for first- time buyers — or those who haven't owned a home in three years — remains to be seen. But Oklahoma home builders, Realtors...
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