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Luxury Homes Sales in 2009 in Westchester County

12 hours ago ago from Armonkhomepage Blog

Anthony Cutugno, the lead specialist of luxury properties at Houlihan Lawrence globally writes in the Houlihan Lawrence Blog and noted the following sales statistics in Westchester County.    There’s no denying that 2009 has been a challenging year in real estate especially for luxury properties. Many luxury properties – defined as properties selling for $2.5Million or more – languished on the market with few showings to prospective ...

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Property scene to continue sparkling next year, spurred by interest in the high-end residential market,

18 hours ago ago from Hot Singapore Properties

Number of mortgagee sales at 12-year low As posted in Straits Times by Joyce Teo MANY expected to see a surge in the number of home loan defaults, what with the worst recession in Singapore's history and the rising tide of jobless people struggling with mortgage instalments. Nothing, it turns out, could be further from the truth. The number of properties put up for mortgagee sale fell to a 12-year low this year, said a report by ...

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Props 13 and 98 key to reform

18 hours ago ago from California Political News, Contra Costa and East Bay

by BGR on December 17, 2008 Now that there's almost serious talk from both sides of the aisle about a possible California Constitutional Convention it's time to get down to buttons. A Constitutional Convention presents a double-edged sword for both California Democrats and Republicans. Once the politicians stop using code words, the two shibboleths in the room, whether elephant- or donkey-sized, are Proposition 13 and 98. These are ...

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Escrow Shortage?!?! Is My Property Tax Too High?

10 hours ago ago from The Sacramento 10 - Top Ten Lists of the Best Restaurants, Businesses, Services, and Everything Else You Can Imagine in Sacramento, CA

I live in a Condo in Sacramento CA. and I bought the Condo for $120,000 with $36,000 down at 6.25% rate back in October of 2008 and my mortgage payment was 642.20 a month which included principle and interest and property taxes impounded ($125/month)with no insurance connected to escrow. Now I received escrow shortage statement in the shortage amount of $871.44. They are raising my monthly payment to 811.09 now. My annual property tax is to ...

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Government property tax foreclosure sales: the tax man taketh and the tax man giveth away

12 hours ago ago from Shauls : Articles and News Resource

For government property tax foreclosure sales the best place is from the horse s mouth, the IRS site. The official site is authorized by the US government to not only list all of the seized property but to also sell it. This government site is www.ustreas.gov/autions/irs. Not only are there vacant lots for sale but homes, and commercial buildings. There are other categories that include coins and precious metals, antiques, art, ...

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Federal estate tax remains in flux

22 hours ago ago from Washington Post - Politics

The federal estate tax is on course to be repealed for one year beginning in January, allowing heirs of large inheritances to temporarily escape the so-called death tax although a little-noted provision in the law would expose many smaller estates to higher tax liabilities. Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic attempt to temporarily extend the estate tax earlier this week, meaning that barring any unforeseen action the levy will ...

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Zero inflation impacts tax rates, government benefits and tax breaks

14 hours ago ago from Washington Post - Business

Tax rates, government benefits and tax breaks designed to keep pace with inflation through annual cost-of-living adjustments and indexing won't budge in 2010. You won't earn much on your savings, either. Welcome to the year of the un-COLA. -- No payroll tax boost. High-income workers, rejoice: The maximum amount of wages subject to Social Security taxes will remain at $106,800, the first time the index hasn't changed since 1971. The tax ...

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'Botox Tax' Out, 'Tan Tax' In New Senate Health Bill

7 hours ago ago from Politics Daily

Goodbye Bo-tax, hello Tan Tax. In the new package of changes to the health reform bill released Saturday morning, Senate leaders have cut out the much-discussed five-percent tax on elective cosmetic surgery, known as the Botox-tax. In its place, the bill will add a 10-percent tax on indoor tanning. According to the language in the bill, the tax would apply to golden glows that come from tanning beds that deliver UV radiation, not spray ...

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The New Senate Health Bill Explainer: Changes You Should Know About

2 hours ago ago from Politics Daily

If you've been following the health debate, nobody could blame you if you were confused today to hear that there is a new health bill that senators will vote on Monday morning. By our count, today's draft, with the so-called managers' amendment, is the ninth version of health reform to emerge from this process. Nobody said passing legislation was easy, but we're here to help you make sense of it all. Below is a breakdown of what the big ...

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Senate Democrats Secure 60th Vote on Health-Care Reform Bill - FOXBusiness.com

7 hours ago ago from FOX Business

Existing users please login User Name: Password: Remember me on this computer Home Saturday, December 19, 2009 Senate Democrats Secure 60th Vote on Health-Care Reform Bill   Reuters   WASHINGTON--U.S. Senate Democrats reached a compromise Saturday ...

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