Home and Garden
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How to make a home's entrance inviting all yearMar 26, 2016 7:19 am - In summer, it's not so hard to make a great first impression at the entrance to your home. Put out a few baskets of colorful flowers and your work is done. But early spr...
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Mortgage foreclosure rate lowest since 2003Mar 26, 2016 1:01 am - The mortgage foreclosure rate has dropped to a more normal rate. This was the major point in a report recently issued by the Mortgage Bankers Association. "The delinquen...
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Control should move from developer to elected boardMar 26, 2016 1:00 am - Q. I live in a common interest community association that is still under developer control. When is the developer required to turn the association over to the owners? A....
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Five ways a HECM reverse mortgage can help seniorsMar 26, 2016 12:00 am - Here are five ways a HECM reverse mortgage can ease the retirement of homeowners. First way: Use a HECM to pay off an existing mortgage carrying a monthly payment. ...
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Buyer says appraisal was misrepresented as inspectionMar 25, 2016 1:00 am - Q. We just read your article about window requirements for a basement bedroom. The windowsills in our basement are too high to comply with this code, but this was never ...
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Your equity may be growing faster than you thinkMar 25, 2016 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Did you get your share of the estimated $1.2 trillion in equity growth that American homeowners reaped in the past 12 months? Do you have at least a rough i...
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Congress ponders big new tax breaks for rentersMar 25, 2016 1:00 am - A proposal on Capitol Hill would allow renters to deduct their monthly payments, much as homeowners currently do. Q. Is it true that the federal government is going to a...
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Different questions, all asking the wrong personMar 25, 2016 1:00 am - Cash instead of update? Q. We would like to sell our house. The bathrooms are old and dated. Instead of updating them, is it a good idea to offer the $20,000 we wou...
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Martha Stewart on Easter, paper napkins and serving takeoutMar 24, 2016 11:00 pm - Checking in with Martha Stewart is always entertaining. So with spring dinners and Easter and Passover celebrations upon us, we got Stewart on the phone for a few tips a...
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Pre-order native plants for May 7 pickup at McDonald Farm in NapervilleMar 23, 2016 11:00 pm - Homeowners can beautify their yards by planting native plants available from the McDonald Farm Plant Sale offered by The Conservation Foundation, The Green Earth Institu...