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Campaign promotes buying in Tri-Cities

The Tri-City Chamber of Commerce wants to help the Tri-Cities remain vibrant in the face of the national economic slump. There’s no better way for Tri-Citians to show they care about their own community than to shop local, said chamber … Continue reading

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HUD: Homebuyer Tax Credit Loans Still on Track

May 21, 2009 News reports that the federal government is backing away from its plan to permit eligible borrowers to monetize the first-time homebuyer tax credit are off the mark, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban … Continue reading

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Tri-City Home Sales Pick Up

The Tri-City housing market got off to a slow start this year, but low interest rates, a first-time homebuyer tax credit and the return of confidence have jumpstarted home buying and selling, industry officials say. Agents were showing a lot … Continue reading

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University of Phoenix opens satellite learning center in Kennewick

The Eastern Washington campus of the University of Phoenix recently opened a new satellite learning center in the Tri-Cities. The new resource learning center will offer extra support for the growing number of Tri-City students enrolled in the online school, … Continue reading

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Tri-Cities Real Estate Hanging In There

Credit crises, mortgage scandals and home prices falling like a rock…in some places. Yet Pasco and the Tri-Cities continue to avoid the worst. Mortgage money is still available locally – though you do need a reasonable credit score to get … Continue reading

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Tri-City jobs outlook stays strong

For the first time since 2000, the Tri-Cities showed an annual loss in jobs, with about 200 fewer jobs reported in March, the State Employment Security Department said Tuesday. Jobs were lost in construction, wholesale trade and transportation, manufacturing, and … Continue reading

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Area market has stayed relatively stable

Nationally, questionable real estate lending led us into this mess, and real estate will lead us out. Irresponsible lending and borrowing have caused a large number of foreclosure nationwide and driven prices down in a lot of areas where “irrational … Continue reading

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REAL ESTATE NEWS AND UPDATES

The road construction is a mess but we still have had real estate active in our subdivision. The home at 157 Erica Dr has gone under contract and should close soon the sale price was approx. $213,000. 118 Erica Dr … Continue reading

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Union Credit Union opens new Tri-Cities branch in Kennewick

The new credit union to serve union members and their families opened in February in Kennewick. The Union Credit Union’s Kennewick branch is at 3021 West Clearwater Avenue. Members of Bricklayers Local 3 in Spokane started the Union Credit Union … Continue reading

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