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            <author>dhughes@dicksonrealty.com (David Hughes)</author>
            <title>Downtown Reno Heading in a New Direction</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ The recession has hit downtown Reno in a crazy way and the trend is not exactly what Reno officials were looking for. They were working for a mix of housing, shops and restaurants to help the faultering casino industry. The reason for the downturn in casino gaming is the Indian casinos in California which are just about three hours away.&nbsp; The problem is the elephant in the room, which was Nevada's real estate crash. Reno's downtown condo market has floundered.&nbsp; The biggest project down... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:16:49 -0600</pubDate>
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            <guid>http://www.homes-reno.com/blog/reno-first-time-home-buyer-tax-credit-extended.html</guid>
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            <author>dhughes@dicksonrealty.com (David Hughes)</author>
            <title>Reno First time home buyer tax credit extended</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ The tax credit that was scheduled to end at the end of November has been extended until June 30, 2010. You must have&nbsp;a signed purchase contract in place by April 30, 2010. It is for first time home buyers, meaning you have not owned a home in the last 3 years and it is up to a maximum of $8000.They have also made it to include existing homeowners who have owned a home for the last 5 consecutive out of the last 8 years and it is to a maximum of $6500.If you are a fist time home buyer and do ... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:01:05 -0600</pubDate>
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            <guid>http://www.homes-reno.com/blog/reno-aces-sell-out-in-30-minutes.html</guid>
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            <author>dhughes@dicksonrealty.com (David Hughes)</author>
            <title>Reno Aces Sell out in 30 minutes</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ April 4 single game tickets went on sale and they sold out the first game in 30 minutes. There are still some great half and full season packages available. The Reno Aces who is the farm team for the Arizona Diamond backs will open their season on April 17 against the &quot;Salt Lake City Bees&quot;. Our Aces are in the Pacific Coast Triple A baseball league and will be facing other opponents such as the Albuquerque Isotopes and the Sacramento River Cats. I don't know if a lot of people know we ... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:03:47 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>dhughes@dicksonrealty.com (David Hughes)</author>
            <title>Love it or Hate it, the Stimulus Bill Definitely has Some Positives for Home Buyers</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ &nbsp; &nbsp;The following article was written by Stephanie Hanna, Platinum 1st Mortgage&nbsp;It doesn&rsquo;t really matter what side of the political fence you sit on, there&rsquo;s no denying that the new stimulus bill offers good news for potential home buyers.&nbsp; The way I see it, there are two specific portions of this bill that impact buyers most directly:-&nbsp; Increased tax credit benefit for first-time homebuyers.&nbsp; Let me first define a first-time homebuyer because the governm... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:15:01 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>dhughes@dicksonrealty.com (David Hughes)</author>
            <title>10 Fun Things To Do In and Around the Reno Area (Number 3)</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ Go to a UNR gameThe University of Nevada-Reno has a lot going on for all of us to enjoy.Mens Basketball games are very entertaining from the second you step into Lawlor Events Center.&nbsp; The crowd will already be loud and cheering, awaiting the arrival of the Wolf Pack to step onto the court.&nbsp; The team is fairly young, but the games have been really good and most have been nail biters up to the end of the game.&nbsp; The average home game attendance is approx. 7059 screaming fans.&nbsp; ... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:39:03 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>10 Fun Things To Do In and Around the Reno Area (Number 2)</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ Let&rsquo;s go skiing&nbsp; Reno is a great area for skiers.&nbsp; There are 18 ski areas that are reachable within an hours drive of Reno.&nbsp; That&rsquo;s right, 18 ski resorts that offer great skiing, snowboarding and cross country skiing. &nbsp;With the high elevations in Tahoe and the Donner Summit areas we get up to about 20 foot snow packs which means you can sometimes ski from November to the beginning on July.&nbsp; Everyone loves the spring ski season.&nbsp; You can go ski in the mor... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:17:21 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>dhughes@dicksonrealty.com (David Hughes)</author>
            <title>Reno Sparks Land Values Down by 40%</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ The Washoe County Assessor is coming out with a report saying values of raw land are down from 30-40% since the height of the market. The shocking fact is that most homeowners will be hit with a 3-5% tax increase this year because of a report that came out stating the replacement values of actual homes and buildings&nbsp;are up. Nevada&nbsp; property tax caps were put in place in 2004 which states that excess property values were not taxed in prior years and can be pulled from abatement to incre... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:24:21 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>dhughes@dicksonrealty.com (David Hughes)</author>
            <title>Treasury pushing for 4.5% interest rates</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ The treasury department has presented a plan to loan banks money at 3% so they could in turn loan it to new home buyers at 4.5% and actually make a 1.5% profit. It is currently in the developmental stage and may not take effect until Obama is in office. &quot;This will definitely stimulate sales and get buyers who are on the fence to make a move&quot;. What it does not do is address the foreclosure issue, well I guess in a way it does. In this current market, most of the foreclosures in the Reno... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:48:31 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>10 Fun Things To Do In and Around the Reno Area</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ (This is the 1st in a series of blogs about the many fun things to do in Reno and the surrounding areas)&nbsp; &nbsp;Take a drive to Virginia City (about 23 miles outside Reno) and plan to stay for a few hours.&nbsp; It&rsquo;s about a 30 &ndash; 45 minute drive up a curvy road and well worth it.&nbsp; Park your car and walk up the old wooden walkways to all the stores, saloons, museums and more.&nbsp; Take a train ride through the historic mining areas, it takes about 35 minutes.&nbsp; Take the... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:19:32 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>dhughes@dicksonrealty.com (David Hughes)</author>
            <title>Government announces Mortgage relief effort</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ &nbsp;It does not come without some resistance.&nbsp; It is focused on loans either owned or guaranteed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It is for homeowners who are at least 3 months behind on their mortgage and owe 90% or more than the house is worth. They will either reduce total housing expense to 38% of your gross income or extend your mortgage from 30 to 40 years or defer some of the principal and make it interest only so distressed home owners can stay in their homes. There are a lot of hom... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:49:13 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>dhughes@dicksonrealty.com (David Hughes)</author>
            <title>Downtown Reno moving forward</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ &nbsp; Despite the bad economy there are about six construction sites still plugging along in downtown Reno. Baseball is the driving force with the Triple A Reno Aces set to open their season next April in their new downtown stadium expected to bring approximately 5,000 people to the area. There will also be an entertainment district including shops and restaurants.&nbsp; There will also&nbsp;be a renovation of the historic Freight house that will be converted to a restaurant. The Hyatt hotel ch... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:23:12 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>dhughes@dicksonrealty.com (David Hughes)</author>
            <title>Sparks Whitewater Park Has Cloud Over It</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ Well, Reno built one why can&rsquo;t Sparks follow its big brother and be able to have a little white water fun? &nbsp;It was an overwhelming success in the downtown Reno area and was a catalyst for the downtown re-gentrification. The problem, according to the Nevada office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is that it threatens the ability of Native fish to return to their spawning grounds. The big difference in the two projects is that the Reno Park was built on an already disturbed sectio... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:30:14 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>dhughes@dicksonrealty.com (David Hughes)</author>
            <title>48% Of Nevada Homeowners Are Under Water</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ That&rsquo;s right! They owe more that their homes are worth. A good chunk of that is attributed to Las Vegas and their declining values, but in spite of that it is a very troubling statistic. The average &ldquo;Joe the homeowner&rdquo; is teetering on the edge, if they get transferred or lose their job what are the choices if they do not have the money to pay the difference in what they owe and what they could sell for. Nationwide the statistic is 20% of all homeowners owe more than their homes... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:36:25 -0500</pubDate>
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