Real Estate
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Makeover gives garage the loving it deservesMar 11, 2018 6:00 am - No part of a typical home takes more of a beating than the garage. It is routinely open to the elements, houses automobiles and other machinery that tend to track in dir...
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Modern masterpieces can be found with a little searchingMar 11, 2018 6:00 am - In the home furnishing world, you pay dearly for a known designer's name, just like when you buy haute couture. Would you consider paying $7,000 for one dining chair? Wo...
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Advice on rolled linoleum flooringMar 11, 2018 6:00 am - Q. Being an avid reader of your weekly column, I would like advice for remodeling work on my 11-year-old home in Vermont. When I had this home built in 2006, I decided t...
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The five most and least affordable places to buy a homeMar 11, 2018 12:11 am - Whether you can afford a home depends - a lot - on the city you want to call home. A modest income can go a long way in Cumberland, Maryland, the metropolitan area with ...
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Should this reverse mortgage borrower modify or refinance?Mar 10, 2018 5:00 am - Jane took out a HECM reverse mortgage on her house five years ago when she became 62. Because she was still employed at the time, she elected to take a credit line, whic...
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Buying first investmentMar 10, 2018 5:00 am - Q. My husband has a chance to buy the house next door to us. They would give us a mortgage, and we would rent it out. He was wondering whether you have any guidelines fo...
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Amendments to declarations are legalMar 10, 2018 5:00 am - Q. You recently responded to a concern about a number of owner-occupied units that must be maintained, and once the maximum number of units permitted to be leased is rea...
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Did Lincoln sleep here? Question derails plans to tear down St. Charles houseMar 10, 2018 12:00 am - A St. Charles home Abraham Lincoln might have visited and slept at multiple times is creating tension between a pastor and the past. The Baker Memorial United Methodist ...
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Rapidly accumulating late fees cause hardshipMar 09, 2018 5:00 am - Q. I have been renting a condominium for about six months. I have been having some issues with work and have not been able to pay my rent on time the last four months. R...
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Housing-related interest deductions are still availableMar 09, 2018 5:00 am - WASHINGTON - It's official: Despite widespread fears to the contrary, the IRS has clarified that last year's big tax bill did not kill all interest deductions on home eq...