Lifestyle Columns
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Home repair: Overhead heat registers fail to keep basements warmApr 30, 2011 2:00 am - Q. I own a ranch-style home with a partially finished basement. The two outside walls in the family room are paneled with 2-by-2 framing. The walls are below ground ...
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How to handle a husband who hides at family dinnerApr 30, 2011 2:00 am - Q. My husband and I host a Passover Seder for his family every year. One of his cousins was married several years ago to a non-Jew. At their first Seder as a married...
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Airline's service soars above competitionApr 30, 2011 2:00 am - Remember when flying to your destination was half the fun? Those were the days when air travel meant dressing in your finest. Close friends and family drove you to the a...
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On homes and real estate: Prequalified vs. commitmentApr 30, 2011 12:00 am - Q. Can you please explain the difference between being prequalified for a mortgage and having a mortgage commitment? A. When you have a mortgage commitment, the len...
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Mortgage Professor: Refi into ARM for faster mortgage payoffApr 30, 2011 12:00 am - One of the interesting features of the current mortgage scene is that some borrowers with adjustable-rate mortgages, or ARMs, are refinancing into fixed-rate mortgages (...
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The nation’s housing: Loans with a green touchApr 29, 2011 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — If you’ve been looking for a way to pay for energy improvements to your house, two little-publicized new mortgage programs could provide you the cash you ne...
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About Real Estate: Tips to unload an unwanted time shareApr 29, 2011 12:00 am - An estimated 5 million Americans now own a time share. Selling one is a lot harder than buying one. Q. We have a time share at a hotel in a resort town...
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Home inspector: Shed fuels conflict over property rightsApr 29, 2011 12:00 am - Q. My neighbor has a storage shed that is built against the side of my garage. It encroaches onto my property and prevents me from painting the garage wall. I’d like...
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Super Handyman: Tips for keeping allergies at a minimumApr 29, 2011 12:00 am - Indoor air quality suffers when your home is closed up tightly. In the northern parts of the country, winter is high season for allergies. But in the South, the summer m...
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A rave review for chicken recipeApr 28, 2011 12:00 am - We recently received a lovely note from Tammy Tanner, a column reader and desperate mom from Radisson, Saskatchewan. Here is a portion of her story. To read the entire l...