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If this doesn't revive the housing market in California, then nothing will: California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a billing allowing for new home buyers to receive a maximum tax credit of $10,000. And here's the kicker: buyers can use both the California credit and the new federal tax credit for a total benefit of $18,000. Tax credit means that if a consumer owes Uncle Sam and the state $18,000 their tax bill would be, well, zero. Is this a great country or what?..

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