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Category Archives: Real Estate News
Easy Fixes for 4 Household Problems
OIL STAINS IN GARAGE FLOORS – You can remove most of a stubborn stain with a bit of elbow grease and scrubbing. First remove the surface oil by sprinkling some cat litter on it to soak it up. Then clear … Continue reading
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Tagged drywall screw, elbow grease, faucet leaks, garage floors, leaky faucets, squeaky stairs, stubborn stain, surface oil
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Higher Gas Prices can cause Lower Affordability in Home Purchases
Nobody is thrilled with the slowly rising cost of gas prices, and of course now that summer is fast approaching, we all know the prices will jump a little higher a little faster because refiners typically switch to more expensive … Continue reading
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Tagged gas prices, hanford area, home purchases, household income, Kennewick, long distances, pasco, richland, transportation costs, tri cities
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Rules for Short Sales in Effect
The Tri-Cities housing market has been fortunate compared to other parts of the nation as far as the number of foreclosures that have occurred here, but some folks have had to sell their homes in a short sale situation. It’s taken more than … Continue reading
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Tagged housing market, short sale, tri cities, tri cities wa
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Tri-Cities Weekly Real Estate Statistics
Here are the weekly real estate statistics for the Tri-Cities area. Read more http://www.distinctiveprop.com/files/files/4.27Stats.pdf
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Tagged Kennewick, pasco, real estate, real estate statistics, richland, tri cities, tri cities wa
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Tri-Cities to receive $2.3M in HUD money
Community development, feeding seniors, creating affordable housing & first-time homebuyer assistance are all focus projects for the forthcoming $2.3 million in federal funds that will be awarded to the Tri-Cities. The Department of Housing & Urban Development Community Development Block … Continue reading
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Tagged community development, first-time homebuyers, focus projects, home investment partnerships, housing and community development, hud money, Kennewick, kennewick WA, pasco, Pasco wa, payment assistance programs, richland, richland wa, three cities, tri cities, tri cities wa
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Military serving overseas get’s break from IRS
There are quite a few Tri-Citians who are serving in our nation’s military and we wanted folks to know that members of the military serving outside the U.S. have an extra year to buy a home and qualify for the … Continue reading
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Tagged Kennewick, military break for tax credit, pasco, richland, tri cities, tri cities wa, tri-citians, West Richland
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PNNL gets gold certification for building green
New laboratory building for PNNL in Richland have been built with green technology and materials, and that in turn has earned PNNL with a gold certification level from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program. The Biological Sciences Facility and … Continue reading
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Tagged building green, earth day, energy savings, environmental design, going green, gold certification, gold status, green technology, LEED, pnnl, richland, richland wa, tri cities, tri cities wa
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Trail along Richland’s shelterbelt to get art & landscape
For years the shelterbelt lineal park that follows along the Richland bypass has gone pretty much without attention, and consists mainly of dirt. But soon a group of volunteers will address that and plant flowers to add color and a … Continue reading
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Tagged city of richland, community, donated materials, enhancement, grant for park improvements, parks improvements, paul liddell park, plant flowers, richland, richland bypass, richland community, richland wa, shelterbelt, volunteers
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