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Existing Home Sales in April
calculatedriskblog.com - 5/27/2009
Existing Home Sales in April
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The NAR reports: Existing-Home Sales Rise in April Existing-home sales – including single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops – increased 2.9 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.68 million units in April from a downwardly revised pace of 4.55 million units in March, but ...
Congress Considering A National Sales Tax
sayanythingblog.com - 5/27/2009
Congress Considering A National Sales Tax
— sayanythingblog.com — No, not the Fair Tax plan.  They’re planning on keeping our existing income tax and just adding... a national sales tax on top of it.  Because the federal government is falling short on revenues. And, you know, they can’t just cut spending. With budget deficits soaring and ... (more) Congress Considering A National Sales Tax

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calculatedriskblog.com - 6/2/2009
Pending Home Sales Index Increases
— calculatedriskblog.com — From the NAR: Pending Home Sales Up for Three Months in a Row The Pending Home Sales... Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contracts signed in April, rose 6.7 percent to 90.3 from a reading of 84.6 in March, and is 3.2 percent above April 2008 when it was 87.5. ... [Lawrence Yun, NAR ... (more) Pending Home Sales Index Increases
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We like to think of “smart” as more of a goal than an existing quality
tbogg.firedoglake.com - 6/1/2009
We like to think of “smart” as more of a goal than an existing quality
— tbogg.firedoglake.com — You may remember that one of the prime movers behind the Great Teabagging of America (besides the... people who funded the astroturf groups. And Fox news. And talk radio.) was a blog called Smart Girl Politics which is kind of like a meeting place ... (more) We like to think of “smart” as more of a goal than an ...
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