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Lawmakers eye adds to new-home tax credit

May. 13, 2009
Three months after the California Legislature created a state-tax credit for new-home purchases, a group of lawmakers - backed by home builders - is pushing to expand or extend it. One bill, AB765, would add $200 million to the $100 million originally...
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