Real Estate
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Stylish shelves offer infinite ways to organizationJan 29, 2017 5:00 am - Organizing yourself toward a better future is often a necessary first step in preparing for any new interior design project. Like most projects, organization is fundamen...
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These luxury home mainstays may be gone in 20 yearsJan 29, 2017 5:00 am - Some real estate amenities are eternal — a sweeping view of a golf course, for instance, or a cozy fireplace. Others, though, might prove unexpectedly faddish: What seem...
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Why old pipes remain after re-pipingJan 29, 2017 5:00 am - Q. Our home was built in the 1950s, and all the original water pipes were galvanized steel. A few years ago, we hired a plumber to replace the old piping with copper. No...
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An organizer's strategies for five problem areasJan 29, 2017 5:00 am - Organizing is always a popular topic around the new year, as people resolve to declutter, de-stress and generally start over with a clean slate. We asked Cris Sgrott-Whe...
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There's help to find a potential roommateJan 29, 2017 5:00 am - Perhaps you are living on a fixed income and need some extra money to pay the bills. Maybe you need some help with daily chores. Or perhaps you simply yearn for companio...
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Gaps surface in national housing marketJan 28, 2017 5:01 am - As the housing market nears full recovery, widening gaps along racial, socio-economic and generational lines are impacting the growth of the housing market and individua...
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Adding amendments to meet new lawsJan 28, 2017 5:00 am - Q. You recently wrote about all the amendments to the Condominium Property Act that went into effect on Jan. 1. In doing some research, it's come to the attention of the...
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Another needed remedy for weaknesses in the home loan marketJan 28, 2017 5:00 am - With a new administration in Washington, the time is ripe to reconsider some fundamental features of our housing finance system. In recent articles, I focused on three w...
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Older couple prefers renting, and that's OKJan 28, 2017 5:00 am - Q. We are 63 and 68 years old and still working. We sold our home and relocated across the country a couple of years ago for our current jobs. We are renting a house and...
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Designers find creative ways to make new products from recyclingJan 27, 2017 5:00 am - Recycling has become the norm in many communities. The detritus of our daily lives — plastic, glass, metal and paper — makes its weekly trek to processing plants across ...