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Home Buyer U

Information for home buyers.

By Kstefanin
Published June 10, 2006


* Hope Expo 2006 (Home Ownership for People Everywhere) provides free vendor exhibits and daylong seminar for first-time home buyers, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and state and local housing agencies, 8:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today at Harborview Center, 300 Cleveland St., Clearwater. Free. (727) 461-0618.

* Household Budgeting seminar, designed for people who need assistance budgeting and saving to buy a home, sponsored by the Community Service Foundation, 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and June 20 at the Sunshine Center, 330 Fifth St. N, St. Petersburg, and 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday and June 22 at the Largo Community Center, 65 Fourth St. NW. Free. (727) 461-0618.

* Secrets of Successful Remodeling seminar, designed to help people choose and work with contractors, live with construction mess, get rid of termites, improve energy usage and more, sponsored by the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences and the Pinellas County Extension Service, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. June 24 at 12520 Ulmerton Road, Largo. $15. (727) 582-2673.

Send items to Homes, Kelly A. Stefani, St. Petersburg Times, P.O. Box 1121, St. Petersburg, FL 33731. The deadline is two weeks before publication.

[Last modified June 9, 2006, 11:22:27]


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