Real Estate
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Home inspector: Exhausted over clothes dryer ventJun 24, 2011 12:00 am - Q. Our home is 3 years old, custom built, and has always had a laundry problem. The clothes in the dryer never become completely dry, no matter how long we run the d...
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The nation’s housing: Fannie, Freddie open foreclosure websitesJun 24, 2011 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — Looking for a deal where the home seller pledges in advance to contribute potentially thousands of dollars to your closing costs? If so, check out the summe...
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Renovating a home leads to a wildly successful blogJun 19, 2011 12:00 am - To the decorating-obsessed among us, John and Sherry Petersik have a gig we dream about: They fix up their home, blog about it and get paid. In the past weeks, they furn...
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Home repair: How to repair seepage in basementJun 19, 2011 12:00 am - Q. We are experiencing water seepage in the front northeast corner of the basement for the first time in the 13 years we have lived in this house. The basement is co...
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Law talk: Be aware of major differences when buying foreclosuresJun 19, 2011 12:00 am - Q. If I'm trying to buy my first home as cheap as possible, am I better off purchasing the property from a bank, at a foreclosure sale or through a short sale? A. Books ...
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Ask the plumber: Throw a ‘curve’ into your kitchen-remodeling jobJun 19, 2011 12:00 am - Q. I know that this may be an easy question for you to handle, but for a lot of readers like myself, we need basic help when it comes to plumbing. I’m remodeling my...
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Ask the broker: Who Floats FHA Losses?Jun 18, 2011 12:00 am - Q. When a home financed with an FHA loan is foreclosed, who covers the loss? Is it the taxpayers? A. The Federal Housing Administration insures low down payment loa...
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On homes and real estate: Use a different agent with same officeJun 18, 2011 12:00 am - Q. My husband and I don’t feel our current selling broker has our best interest in mind. We just finished negotiating an offer on our property. Our broker pushed us ...
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Mortgage Professor: How homebuyers can boost qualifying incomeJun 18, 2011 12:00 am - Editor’s note: This is the second column in a three-part series on how to get approved for a mortgage. The series concludes next Sunday in this section. Borrowers withou...
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Bold new furniture collections grab your attentionJun 18, 2011 12:00 am - LAS VEGAS — Everyone knows the house always wins, especially during the Las Vegas Furniture Market. This past winter, more manufacturers used the venue to launch new pro...