filing part you can t, you have to remember that you have to mention it in your 2011 tax forms. you re not going to get a mail-in credit if you just purchase these items. arthel: exactly. are there other tax credits that homeowners can get if their purchase these energy-saving items? reporter: there are. i m glad you asked because you can also get state credits. now, it depends on where you i live. go to energy saver.gov. it depends on what items you purchased, but you can also get a credit through your state and also your utility company depending on where you live. you can get a rebate from them as well. so you can get a federal, state and utility rebate, just make sure to get it done by friday as far as the federal rebate is concerned. arthel: that s good stuff. thank you very much. rick: all right. coming up, a husband busts his cheating wife by reading her e-mail. facing possible jail time for his snooping ways, our legal panel will debate that straight ahead. arthel: and strand
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for. people are able to hold on to the mortgage long enough for the market to come back. those are the ones that are going to be okay. for instance, home prices in california. one of the state s hardest hit by the crisis, rose dramatically last quarter. thanks to state credits, state tax credits, i should say, on top of federal credits. home prices in florida, though, and arizona, still haven t bottomed out. it will take a while for this to all sort out. so under water mortgages and therefore extension foreclosures, are gointo be a problem going forward. you can see it already in the four hardest hit cities, las vegas, nearly three of every homeowners owe more than their house is worth. in phoenix, orlando and reno, the rate is like 60%. a lot of people still feeling the pain of this housing crisis, and it is going to continue for a while. kate? all right. felicia taylor at the new york stock exchange for us. thanks so much, felicia. sure. a pair of escaped killers and an accompl
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