Healthcare Bill passes House

The US House approved the broadest overhaul of US health care in four decades. 12 hours of bitter debate finalized with a 220-215 vote in favor of the bill, which  amounts to a 10-year, trillion-dollar plan to extend health coverage to some 36 million Americans who...

Discount Brokers – A Good Idea in a Bad Economy?

Q: When is a Savings not a Savings?    A:When there’s a discount broker involved! You may be tempted.  Saving 1%, 2% maybe even 3%.  What’s that? $1,000, $3,000, $5000?  Sounds tempting. What will you spend it on?  New clothes or pay bills?  Nah....

Cap and Trade – Does it affect homeowners?

Claim: “The bill mandates energy audits and labeling before any home in America is sold”. Fact: The bill does not create a federal energy audit or labeling requirement. As introduced the original bill would have required energy audits and labeling at the time of sale....

$8000.00 Homeowner Tax Credit Extended

The Senate voted Nov 4 to pass an extension of the first-time homebuyer tax credit until April 2010. The bill is currently amended to include the extension of an $8,000 tax credit for those buying their first homes as well as an $6,500 tax credit for some borrowers...