Real Estate
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Sellers have little, if anything, to gain by waiting with two mortgagesFeb 13, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. My wife and I are 79 years young, and we bought another home in a town 185 miles away from our first home. We are the original owners of our first home and have k...
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Tenant seeks special treatment after buying houseFeb 13, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. I have been a tenant in a rental home for the last few years. A few months ago I signed a new 12-month lease but I just bought a new home and will be moving in ne...
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Home builders predict tax credits will fuel sales boomFeb 12, 2010 10:00 pm - Since Washington has seen fit to extend its very popular first-time homebuyer credit through the spring and has even added a slightly smaller credit for move-up and move...
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How you use a spare bedroom will not add value to the homeFeb 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Converting an unused bedroom into a den or weight room rarely adds to or reduces the value of a property. Q. Our son recently moved out of our home, so now we have a...
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Most bathroom toilet repairs are easy and inexpensiveFeb 11, 2010 10:00 pm - The "throne" in most of our homes is the toilet. We'd be in trouble without it. But sometimes they do have problems. Thankfully, most are simple to fix. We'll cover the ...
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Newest Cambridge Lakes townhouse series optimizes the use of spaceFeb 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Buyers looking for attached living in the beautiful Cambridge Lakes subdivision now have three different series of homes to consider, including the newest Legacy II seri...
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Heating contractor either unqualified or deliberately misleadingFeb 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. I think my heating contractor is trying to rip me off. I hired him to clean my forced air furnace, but he wants to sell me a new one. My furnace makes a few crack...
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Recent reports show a surprise turnaround in homeowner equityFeb 11, 2010 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON - With all the bad news about underwater homeowners and strategic walkaways, you might think that American homeowners' equity holdings are in the tank. But th...
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How to peek the peace on association boardsFeb 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Many associations have a problem getting enough people to serve on the board due to apathy, but that is another subject, for another column, on another day. Other associ...
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Attic 'thumps' may just be fluctuations in the woodFeb 06, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. Every once in a while, when it is quiet in the morning, I hear a thump that seems to come from my attic. There are no animals in my attic, so where does that thum...