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A recent report from the Pew Research Center found that older adults feel younger out west. Fully 78% of adults ages 65 and older who live in the West say they don’t feel old, compared with 67% of older adults who live in the rest of the country.
Not that we’re tooting our own horn [...]

Tax credit: 10% of the purchase price of a primary residence, up to a maximum of $8,000 for first-time homebuyers and $6,500 for repeat buyers. First-time homebuyers are defined as people who have not owned a home in the previous three years. Repeat buyers must have owned their current home at least five years. The [...]

What did the Pilgrims really eat on Thanksgiving? Think it was turkey? Find out at the History Channel’s Thanksgiving page.
But, don’t you gobble til you wobble on this Thanksgiving Day! Check out these sites instead!
Got your feathers ruffled worrying about having the folks over for Thanksgiving? “Stuffed” with dozens of recipes, cooking tips, with a [...]

Why has Halloween grown into the second-most-profitable seasonal even, after the colossus Christmas? Halloween has become a huge party holiday. Many experts say that Halloween sales can be an early indicator of consumer confidence entering the critical shopping season at Christmastime, when many retailers generate more than a quarter of their annual revenues. And this [...]

I’ve put together a series of articles on the state of our market here in the Valley. I’ve included some resources that might help in knowing more about the recent phenomenon we’re all experiencing, and perhaps you in particular or friends or relatives.