All Stories from May 12, 2012 (Change date)
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Mortgage professor: Those lured by smaller mortgage payments should reconsiderMay 12, 2012 5:42 am - The case for 15-year fixed-rate mortgages has never been stronger because, in the post-crisis market, the rate advantage over the 30-year has never been larger. The rate...
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On homes and real estate: Parents plan to sell home to childrenMay 12, 2012 5:42 am - Q. Our parents are in their late 80s. Three years ago, they moved from their home to a rental apartment. I moved in to their house and have been renting it from them. M...
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CondoTalk: Collection of unpaid assessmentsMay 12, 2012 5:42 am - Associations are seeing record amounts of assessment liens being extinguished when a unit is sold at a judicial sale at the conclusion of a mortgage foreclosure. That do...
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How to know when to call in the painting prosMay 12, 2012 5:00 am - It’s hard to escape the commercials. In just 30 seconds, two average homeowners pick a shade, move some furniture, pull out the rollers and, voila!, a new room. Pai...
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Top home furnishings companies debut new lines at Las Vegas showMay 12, 2012 5:00 am - LAS VEGAS — “Metal with wood is big right now,” said Cameron Cook of Four Hands. The Texas-based company debuted its Irondale Collection during the winter...
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Sweet-smelling Mother’s Day giftMay 12, 2012 5:00 am - Take a fresh look at garden herbs
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Refine oil on our side of the borderMay 12, 2012 5:00 am - Build a refinery on this side of the Canadian border. The president is against a costly pipeline from Canada to the Gulf area. With a refinery on this side of the border...
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Blessings of liberty must continueMay 12, 2012 5:00 am - One of the purposes for forming our Constitution as written in the Preamble and attributed to Gouverneur Morris was that of “securing the blessings of liberty to ourselv...
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Bible-based beliefs not always preciseMay 12, 2012 5:00 am - Welcome to our chauvinistic world. All four recent letters about abortion and contraceptives were written by male contributors (except one). All seem to be religious exp...
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All women know real-world problemsMay 12, 2012 5:00 am - I have a question for Ms. Hilary Rosen, a senior Democrat strategist. Since stay-at-home mom Ann Romney is not qualified to speak for “working” women since, according to...