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Tri-City Herald Outsourcing to the Phillipines?

Posted on May 4, 2010 by

One of our Agents had the need to contact the Tri City Herald subscriber services department recently, and was surprised to learn that the Tri City Herald is now outsourcing their customer service to people in the Phillipines!!!  So if … Continue reading →

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Dinner Theatre in Tri-Cities

Posted on May 3, 2010 by

Neil Simon’s “RUMORS” will open this Friday night, May 7th at the Kennewick Red Lion, 7:00 p.m. for dinner and 8:00 pm performance time. Broken Leg Entertainment, LLC is proud to announce another production that will run 3 weekends (Friday … Continue reading →

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Higher Gas Prices can cause Lower Affordability in Home Purchases

Posted on April 30, 2010 by

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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Rules for Short Sales in Effect

Posted on April 30, 2010 by

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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Tri-Cities Weekly Real Estate Statistics

Posted on April 27, 2010 by

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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Tri-Cities to receive $2.3M in HUD money

Posted on April 26, 2010 by

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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Military serving overseas get’s break from IRS

Posted on April 23, 2010 by

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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Tri-City Americans celebrate 5 years of great play!

Posted on April 22, 2010 by

Do remember the fervor of the Tri-City Americans when they first came to the Tri-Cities in 1988? Do you recall the two young men that became household names here in town? Well Stu Barnes and Olie Kolzig, both went on … Continue reading →

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PNNL gets gold certification for building green

Posted on April 22, 2010 by

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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