Real Estate
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Home inspector: No one disclosed leaking shower panAug 26, 2011 12:00 am - Q. After buying our home, we discovered a leak in the floor of our upstairs shower. The surprise came when water began dripping from the downstairs ceiling. Worse st...
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About Real Estate: Home-warranty sales jumpAug 26, 2011 12:00 am - A growing number of homeowners are offering to pay for a warranty plan in an effort to sell their property faster and, perhaps, save them from getting sued if so...
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Foreclosures made up 31 percent of home sales in 2QAug 25, 2011 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — Foreclosures made up roughly one-third of all home sales this spring. While that’s a smaller share of sales from the previous quarter, it’s six times the pe...
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HGTV's no-nonsense builder delivers the facts about going greenAug 21, 2011 6:00 am - From the time he was very young, Mike Holmes, who grew up in Toronto's East End neighborhood, watched his engineer father work on their home and learned the tricks of th...
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Tips on finding a home inspectorAug 21, 2011 12:00 am - Home inspections are a vital part of the home-buying process, but finding a qualified home inspector isn't always easy. Here, building pro Mike Holmes, host of HGTV's “H...
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Ask the plumber: Sump pump and generator protect your basement investmentAug 21, 2011 12:00 am - Q. I hope you can help me decide on a good backup power system for my basement sump pumps. We recently invested a lot of money to finish our basement, and it’s beau...
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Rental forum: How much is too much carpet cleaning?Aug 21, 2011 12:00 am - Q. Is it reasonable that I have the carpet cleaned every time a tenant moves out? My current tenant has lived there for only six months and he is already requesting ...
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Seeking peace in home decor? Give stone a chanceAug 20, 2011 9:00 am - It was in the ancient city of Bath, England, and particularly while relaxing in a stone-walled soaking pool in 2006, that Elizabeth “Pinky” Edens became enchanted with t...
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Green cleaners tackle dirt but vary in strengthAug 20, 2011 12:00 am - We’ve all seen the commercials. Just spray on a cleaner and magically, as it drips down the surface … Voila! It’s clean! But is it? Really? We all want an easier way to ...
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Industry Insider: Ed Prodehl, owner, Coldwell Banker Honig-BellAug 20, 2011 12:00 am - There has never been a better time for people with good credit ratings to buy a home, Ed Prodehl believes. “Prices are at historic lows. They really can’t fall much more...