Real Estate
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Ban on trans fats would be boon for canola growersJan 25, 2014 12:56 pm - TULSA, Okla. — From Oregon to Oklahoma, farmers have started planting canola in earnest, rotating the yellow-flowered crop that could blossom into a replacement for arte...
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Breaking the logjam on HECM reverse mortgagesJan 24, 2014 11:34 pm - People reaching retirement age are living longer than ever, and retiring with less capacity to maintain their living standards. With good reason, this situation has been...
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How long to wait when switching agentsJan 24, 2014 11:30 pm - Q. We are trying to sell my deceased mother’s house. The listing contract expires this month. At that time, we plan to delist until late March. We are unhappy with the R...
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Winter sales are slow, but provide opportunityJan 24, 2014 11:06 pm - Good things are happening in the local real estate market, but it is also experiencing some growing pains, said Bob Wisdom of RE/MAX Horizon in Elgin, who sells as a tea...
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In the home office, organization is Job 1Jan 24, 2014 11:00 pm - As technology has evolved so rapidly in the past 10 years, so has the notion of a home office. We increasingly carry around work and personal files on a handheld device ...
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Tips for tackling home organization in 2014Jan 24, 2014 11:00 pm - Nicole Anzia, owner of the professional organizing business Neatnik and a monthly organizing columnist for The Washington Post, was the guest recently on The Post’s Home...
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Landscape fabric isn’t pretty, but it beats weedsJan 24, 2014 12:00 am - Cleaning up the farm before winter is often a scramble, but this year it was a sprint. Imminent ice, snow and an early cold snap threatened to bury any detritus the wind...
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A faux marble house built from corrugated paperJan 24, 2014 12:00 am - Marble is having (another) design moment, both as a building material and in trompe-l’oeil form, with printed images of the imposing, age-old stone being used to add wit...
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Rebounding market is no guarantee of riches for potential agentJan 23, 2014 11:49 pm - Home sales in most neighborhoods continue to rise, but it’s not an automatic ticket to millions for folks who want to get a real estate license. Q. The real estate marke...
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Some options for mortgage shoppers as standards tightenJan 23, 2014 11:42 pm - WASHINGTON — The verdict was nearly unanimous at a recent hearing on Capitol Hill: The new federal “ability to repay” and “qualified mortgage” regulations that took effe...