Homebuyer credit helps keep area housing market afloat by MAI HOANG Yakima Herald-Republic Buy YHR Photos Enlarge photo ANDY SAWYER/Yakima Herald-Republic Real estate agent Thomas Parker shows a home to Maria Valdez Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. YAKIMA, Wash. — Since he was a young boy, Ricardo Velasco was told by his parents that he needed… Read More