If you purchase an energy-efficient product or renewable energy system for your home, you may be eligible for a federal tax credit! So you have probably heard about this tax credit of up to $1,500 on various commercials, but didn't know how to take advantage of it. Well this article will shed some light on this and another tax credit that you might not have heard about! $1,500 Tax Credit for 2009/2010 per Household This tax credit is not a dollar for dollar credit for the money you spend; it is calculated at 30% of the cost up to a maximum credit of $1,500, which is still a great deal! You will receive 30% off an energy efficiency product or home retrofit plus continue to benefit from reduced energy costs for years to come. So how do you take advantage of this tax credit? First, the e... 09/29/2010

"The more we express our gratitude to God for our blessings,  the more he will bring to our mind other blessings. The more     we are aware of to be grateful for, the happier we become."           Ezra Taft Benson                                                                                  09/28/2010

                                                             GRANADA HILLS CONDOS SOLD IN AUGUST 2010 Property Type:   Residential       Status:   Sold SubjectProperty                           # MLS# Type A/D Address City/ Area TGNO Trct/M Bed B t/f St Gar A/D SqFt YBlt Sold Price SP/ SqFt SP/LP SP/OLP Sold Date DOM 1  F1849502  CONDO  A  16866 Kingsbury St 201  GH/ WNS  501D3  OTHR /0  2  2/2  1  2     1,546  1980  $165,000  $106.73  100.06%  94.34%  8/13/2010  15  2  F1844392  CONDO  A  10760 Woodley Ave 5  GH/ WNS  501E3  OTHR /0  3  3/1  2  2  D  1,238  1976  $248,500  $200.73  101.43%  90.36%  8/26/2010  43  3  F1848854  CONDO  A  16857 San Fernando Mission Blvd 46  GH/ WNS  501D2  OTHR /0  3  3/2  2  2     1,373  1984  $268,000  $195.19  94.07%  94.07%  8/19/2010  9  Average 3  ... 09/27/2010

Men best show their character in trifles, where they are not on their guard. It is in the simplest habits, that we often see the boundless egotism which pays no regard to the feelings of others and denies nothing to itself.    Arthur Schopenhauer   09/23/2010

There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.    Epictetus 09/21/2010

If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying. Dale Carnegie         09/10/2010

I wish all my Jewish Friends a HAPPY ROSH HASHANAH     09/08/2010

New Listings:72 Average Listing Price: $ 487,552 Listings  Under Contract: 33 Average Listing Price $ 453,320 Listings Sold: 33Average Selling Price: $ 445,469 % Diference Between Listing Price versus Selling Price: 98.56 % % Diference Between Sales Price Versus Old Listing Price: 90.94 % Average Days On The Market: 91 08/31/2010

"Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil."    James Allen     08/31/2010

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit. Aristotle         08/30/2010

To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: "Leave no stone unturned."     Edward Bulwer Lytton   08/26/2010

Govern thy life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one, and read the other. Thomas Fuller 08/23/2010

Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success.   Courtesy of Napoleon Hill     08/21/2010

New Listings:70 Average Listing Price: $ 435,769 Listings  Under Contract: 32 Average Listing Price $ 425,404 Listings Sold: 46Average Selling Price: $ 448,834 % Diference Between Listing Price versus Selling Price: 98.46 % % Diference Between Sales Price Versus Old Listing Price: 94,20 % Average Days On The Market: 67 08/16/2010

     Single Family Residence  Time Period Number of Sales Median Sale Price   Jun 2010 5,338 $343,000   Jun 2009 5,234 $326,000   May 2010 5,149 $350,000   May 2009 4,481 $310,000   2010 YTD 32,103 $340,000   2009 54,225 $324,000   Condominium  Time Period Number of Sales Median Sale Price   Jun 2010 1,823 $324,000   Jun 2009 1,850 $360,000   May 2010 1,732 $338,250   May 2009 1,451 $324,000   2010 YTD 10,885 $320,500   2009 18,387 $336,500  08/16/2010

California Housing Finance Agency also known as Calfha received 700 Million in federal funding through the Us Teassury Housing Finance Agency to keep Your Home Initiative, a 240 Million program that will target low and moderate income households struggling with their mortgages. They will provide qualified homeowners up to $ 50,000, to qualify for the assistance, a family must earn less than $ 68,000 annualy, be delinquent on their mortgage or in imminent danger of defaulting, but have adequate income to continue paying the mortgage after receiving the Calhfa assistance.  The "Keep Your Home Initiative" is not intended to assist those who refinanced and took cash out. it is anticipated that the program will help 40,000 Californians on a first come, first serve basis, starting with the ha... 08/15/2010

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.   Ralph Waldo Emerson   08/13/2010

A man may conquer a million men in battle but one who conquers himself is, indeed, the greatest of conquerors.   Buddha   08/11/2010

Don't waste your life in doubts and fears: spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours or ages that follow it.    Ralph Waldo Emerson           08/07/2010

Our character is but the stamp on our souls of the free choices of good and evil we have made through life.   John C. Geikie 08/06/2010