By WeHo News Staff, West Hollywood, California (May 31, 2009) Five years ago, the highly successful Wrecking Ball Tour was born as a stroll through central West Hollywood with an emphasis on endangered or destroyed landmarks including structures in the historic district. Five years later, there are still buildings threatened from the Golden Era of Hollywood, but there are also success stories in preservation to celebrate. This revival of the walking tour will originate in front of Tara, the graceful intact Colonial Revival mansion and grounds in the historic district of North Laurel Avenue.

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Update1: California has announced that their portion of the “Cash for Appliances” program will be extended. The original deadline of May 23 will be pushed back until all the funding allotted for the program has run out:
The California Energy Commission continues to tweak the state’s $35 million cash for appliances rebate program. Last week [...]

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Update12: The votes keep coming — we’re up to 4,023 votes! Here are our current results:
*Be sure to read about our mention in MarketWatch.com*
Original Post (published 04/09/10): We started a poll back on March 30 asking readers if they were depending on the homebuyer tax credit to be extended for a second time. The results [...]

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Earth Day is the ultimate celebration of all things “green.” In keeping with the theme of Earth Day, as well as the emerging trend of “green” home improvements, we want to know:
Click here to learn more about Energy Efficient Mortgages, Energy Improvement Mortgages and which energy-efficient products can get you a Federal tax credit [...]

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Update1: As we wrote yesterday, “This week could really give us a sense of homebuyer demand: both existing and new home sales reports are due to be released by week’s end.”
According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), existing homes sales rose 6.8% last month, a direct result of the homebuyer tax credit’s [...]

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Pending home sales rose in February, potentially signaling a second surge of home sales in response to the home buyer tax credit, according to the National Association of Realtors®.

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Existing-home sales fell in January but are above year-ago levels, according to NAR.

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While the recent recession negatively impacted commercial real estate, there is hope for improvement.

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