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$8000 Credit Spurs Home Buying

FILE - In this April 5, 2010 photo, Joann Weber, of Midtown Realty, changes the sign from "Sale Pending" to "Sold" at a home that just sold in Palo Alto, Calif. Real estate agents are working seven days a week. Homebuilders are staying open until 10 p.m. All of this frenzy is to make sure first-time homeowners can qualify for an $8,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers that expires Friday, April 30. (Paul Sakuma / Associated Press)
FILE - In this April 5, 2010 photo, Joann Weber, of Midtown Realty, changes the sign from "Sale Pending" to "Sold" at a home that just sold in Palo Alto, Calif. Real estate agents are working seven days a week. Homebuilders are staying open until 10 p.m. All of this frenzy is to make sure first-time homeowners can qualify for an $8,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers that expires Friday, April 30. (Paul Sakuma / Associated Press)

Joann Weber, of Midtown Realty, changes the sign from "Sale Pending" to "Sold" at a home that just sold in Palo Alto, Calif. Real estate agents are working seven days a week. Homebuilders are staying open until 10 p.m. All of this frenzy is to make sure first-time homeowners can qualify for an $8,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers that expires tomorrow. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Question: How did you come up with the money to buy your first home?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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