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The Motley Fool April 12, 2007 Brian Lawler	Think Your Mortgage Deduction Is Safe? Wrong! Those buying a home just for the mortgage tax deduction could be in trouble.
The Motley Fool January 22, 2008 Mary Dalrymple	Another Tax Break for Homeowners One more reason to buy a home. Lawmakers have extended a tax deduction for private mortgage insurance. You can now take advantage of this little perk through the end of the decade.
The Motley Fool August 28, 2007 David Lee Smith	Housing's Increased Signs of Trouble The number of homes on the market is big, and likely to get much bigger.
The Motley Fool March 19, 2004 Roy Lewis	Buy a Home, Not a Deduction Tax-deductible mortgage interest may not lower your tax bill as much as you think.
National Real Estate Investor August 1, 2011 Tony Downs	The Time for Austerity Measures Is Now Americans need to stop living beyond their means, both in government and their personal lives. For decades, we have spent and consumed much more than we produced, borrowing the difference from abroad.
The Motley Fool November 29, 2007 David Lee Smith	Don't Go Near Housing Stocks Until the mortgage market gets sorted out, you should still avoid the homebuilders.
The Motley Fool July 12, 2007 Rich Duprey	The Newest Homeowners: Big Banks The vortex of price declines sucking down values could spiral out of the investment bankers' control, leading to their own subprime devaluation. Investors, take note.
BusinessWeek October 8, 2009 Theo Francis	Washington Revives the Mortgage Cramdown As foreclosures continue to surge, congressional Democrats are pitching courtroom solutions to homeowners' woes. The Administration is wary.
The Motley Fool January 29, 2008 David Lee Smith	Another Dose of Bad Builder News The latest negative housing numbers, released by the Commerce Department early this week, showed that the sales rate of new houses was lower last year than any time since we started keeping track of housing figures.
The Motley Fool December 18, 2007 David Lee Smith	Are the Builders Getting Bored? The builders still aren't happy, and -- surprise -- they're not as busy as they used to be.
The Motley Fool August 30, 2006 Buz Livingston	Let's Buy a Home Relax -- falling home prices are no cause for panic. Unless you're planning on selling, does it matter what prices are?
The Motley Fool December 12, 2006 Mary Dalrymple	Homeowners' Lucky Day A new tax break could make some homeowners even happier.
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BusinessWeek September 24, 2007 Ellen Hoffman	Is Your Home A Tax Trap? If you've refinanced your mortgage, you may owe the IRS more than you thought.
The Motley Fool September 6, 2007 David Lee Smith	The Mortgage Lenders' Dual Masters Whatever steps some lenders and loan service agents are willing to take to help troubled mortgage holders, the crush of delinquencies and foreclosures, along with radically tightened credit standards in the mortgage industry, will make for a slow recovery for the U.S. housing market.
The Motley Fool April 23, 2007 David Lee Smith	No Light in Horton's Tunnel The homebuilder D.R. Horton saw earnings plummet 85% year over year, and management foresees no real improvement.
The Motley Fool September 19, 2007 David Lee Smith	Not the Time for Countrywide The news certainly isn't all bad at mortgage giant Countrywide these days. It is a solid company that will likely emerge stronger from the current crisis, but it will take time.
The Motley Fool September 16, 2005 Roy Lewis	Deduct While You Can For a limited time, you could save big with sales tax deductions.
The Motley Fool August 15, 2007 Dan Caplinger	What to Do When Your House Won't Sell Times may be tough for people trying to sell their homes, but that doesn't mean you're doomed to failure. There are things you can do to best handle the struggling real estate market.
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The Motley Fool September 16, 2011 Morgan Housel	Trillions and Trillions of Dollars Over the coming weeks, a congressional "supercommittee" will try to find more than $1 trillion in deficit savings over the next decade. Part of their job will be -- or should be -- a dramatic overhaul to the tax code.
The Motley Fool July 9, 2009 Dan Caplinger	Let's Stop the Housing Crisis Once and for All It's hard to believe how easily it all could have been prevented. By simply following an old-fashioned standard for taking out a mortgage loan
The Motley Fool June 16, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Racing to the Bottom in Housing KB Homes reports the same tough conditions as everyone else, but are estimates finally low enough? Investors, take note.
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The Motley Fool August 21, 2007 David Lee Smith	The Credit Crunch on Housing Savvy investors should wait until the homebuilders' business strengthens obviously and meaningfully before accumulating positions in the group.
The Motley Fool March 9, 2009 Rich Smith	Raise My Taxes, Please Let's play devil's advocate for a moment -- and take a look at Obama's plan to cap income tax deductions for high earners.
The Motley Fool December 22, 2003 Carla Pasternak	Is KB Home Built to Last? KB Home's shares may fall as interest rates rise.
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The Motley Fool February 9, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Will the Housing Slump Hurt You? Falling prices may have a big effect on many homeowners. But if you have your financial house in order, you probably won't feel the hurt, and you may be able to turn bad market conditions to your advantage.
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The Motley Fool December 11, 2006 Mary Dalrymple	Tax Presents Under the Tree Among its last acts before heading home to spend the holidays with family and friends, Congress finally reinstated some popular tax breaks that had expired almost a year ago.
BusinessWeek July 30, 2009 James C. Cooper	A Housing Upturn Suggests Recovery Is Near Price declines, low mortgage rates, and first-time buyer perks are sparking real estate gains -- and the beginning of the end of the recession
The Motley Fool January 23, 2007 Mary Dalrymple	Rent or Buy? Is it time to take the leap into homeownership?
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The Motley Fool November 30, 2007 Rich Duprey	Freezing Mortgage Rates Is Not the Answer People who shouldn't have qualified for a mortgage got their keys to a piece of the American dream. But now the bill is coming due.
BusinessWeek February 10, 2011 Peter Coy	Taxation Without Complication It's time for Congress to zero out all the deductions and loopholes and start over
The Motley Fool November 14, 2007 Seth Jayson	Charting the Housing Spin In its latest press release, the National Association of Realtors makes the argument that homes are better investments than stocks.
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The Motley Fool January 14, 2005 Roy Lewis	The Truth About Tax Deductions Much ado has been made about the new sales tax deduction. Much of the information disseminated has been false or misleading. Let's take a few minutes to review this new deduction in order to separate fact from fiction.
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AFP eWire November 8, 2011	Take Action-- Write to Your Member of Congress Take action today to urge your Members of Congress to oppose any tax reforms that would harm charitable giving.
The Motley Fool October 13, 2008 Morgan Housel	Dissecting McCain's Bailout Plan A little "straight talk" on the candidate's mortgage proposal.