Lifestyle Columns
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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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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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Super Handyman: New light switch may be brightest of ideasJun 17, 2011 12:30 am - There are lots of ways to turn lights off and on. The traditional switch is the most common method, but there are others, and they can make life so much easier. Here are...
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Even when you’re right, it never hurts to cool offJun 17, 2011 12:00 am - Being right is not the same as arguing right. Now, I knew my friend was wrong. As upset as he was, he simply hadn’t gotten his facts straight and was just plain wrong. ...
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Home inspector: Ethical challenges to home inspectorsJun 17, 2011 12:00 am - Q. I’ve been a home inspector for more than 10 years and have had some ethical challenges. On a few occasions, agents have asked me to “omit” information from a repo...
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About Real Estate: Buying a home doesn’t allow tenant to break existing leaseJun 17, 2011 12:00 am - Tenants who have signed a lease may be responsible for making future rental payments, even if they plan to buy a home soon. Q. I have rented the same a...
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The nation’s housing: How medical bill errors lead to higher mortgage costsJun 17, 2011 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — Are medical bill collection accounts buried away inside millions of consumers’ credit files — even bills that were fully paid or settled years ago — functio...
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Burgers heat up dinnertimeJun 16, 2011 12:00 am - Just in time for Father's Day, here's a wonder-burger for all those meat-eating men in your life. Bacon Blue-Cheese Burgers are easy to fix and sure to please. And men a...