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  • Looking to cut your energy bills? Act fast and you could cut your tax burden at the same time. Tess asks Andrea Coombes how to take advantage of deductions expiring in 2008.

  • In this mortgage mess, even a cautious homeowner can end up stuck with an impossible loan. Marketplace's Alisa Roth tells us what to do when you realize you're in over your head.

  • President Bush has announced his plan to help homeowners in crisis but is it too little too late? Tess asks Nick Retsinas at the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard.

  • It's no secret the dollar has been falling compared to other currencies this year, but will it impact you? Tess asks economics professor Catherine Mann.

  • Is it time for the government to step in to stop the housing crisis? Chris Farrell sets the story straight on an expected subprime interest rate freeze.

  • Seattle investment club Meridian Pacific
    (Tess Vigeland)

    Tess makes a final visit to Seattle's Meridian Pacific investment club see how its members fared in the market this year.

  • Is it time for the government to step in to stop falling house prices? Tess talks to economist Robert Shiller about the next steps in the housing crisis.

  • Dec 1, 2007

    Taken for a ride

    Home for sale at reduced price.
    Getty Images

    With home prices dropping all over the country, how do you choose the right time to buy? Ethan Lindsey walks us through his home buying experience in Bend, Oregon.

  • Life is hard enough without having to decipher everything. We take a look at a phrase that sticks up for the little guy: "proxy access."

  • Our economics editor Chris Farrell answers your burning money questions. This week — calculating cost of living, credit card terms, selling at a loss and interest rates overseas.

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