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First-time homebuyers should begin planning now to take advantage of a new tax credit included in the recently enacted Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008.  For a limited time only, the credit applies to home purchases after April 8, 2008 and before July 1, 2009, it reduces a taxpayer's tax bill or increases the refund, and it is fully refundable.  First-time homebuyers should be aware though that the credit operates much like an interest-free loan, in that it must be repaid over a 15-year period.  Read on for more details about this new tax credit. 

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