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November 29, 2009

Real estate poll: Are you in the market?

Winter, as you've probably heard many times before, is not a big season for home buying and selling. But this winter, there's the federal tax credit of up to $8,000 for first-time buyers and up to $6,500 for repeat buyers to entice people into searching, icky weather or no.

There's some spring in there, to be sure -- you have until April 30 to sign a contract. But most of the time between now and then is decidedly winter.

I'm curious: Are you planning to buy or sell during the season? Or, for that matter, go apartment-hunting? Weigh in:

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I am always in the market if the numbers work.

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About Jamie Smith Hopkins
Jamie Smith Hopkins, a Baltimore Sun reporter since 1999, writes about the regional economy. Her reporting on the housing market has won national and local awards. Hopkins is a Columbia native and has lived in Maryland all her life, save for 10 months spent covering schools in Ames, Iowa.
She trained to become a wonk by spending large chunks of time as a geek and an insufferable know-it-all.
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