Home and Garden
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U.S. housing market should slow to sustainable growth rate this yearJan 15, 2016 12:00 am - Home prices are expected to continue rising in 2016, but not as fast as they have over the past few years. Q. The housing market in our area seems to be slowing down. Wh...
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Home buyers not using new mortgage shopping toolJan 15, 2016 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - If you're planning to buy a home with a mortgage in 2016, you're virtually certain to encounter a new consumer-friendly federal disclosure - the Loan Estima...
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Chocolate vine provides privacy in narrow spaceJan 12, 2016 5:00 am - Creating privacy is a common landscape desire. Trees or large shrubs are appropriate choices if there is room for them to spread their branches, but if the need for priv...
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British artist exhibited at Royal Academy of ArtJan 11, 2016 5:01 am - Q. Enclosed is a photo of a framed engraving titled, "Thoroughbred." It was an engraving by R.S. Parkes of an original painting by Haywood Hardy. It is a scene of a youn...
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Explore the possibilities with cypressJan 11, 2016 5:00 am - Inspired by popular home-improvement television shows and information-rich social networks, homeowners and savvy design professionals are using natural materials like cy...
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5 ways to keep warm -- but safe -- in your homeJan 11, 2016 4:00 am - With temperatures dipping below zero this week, people are resorting to all sorts of creative — and not always wise — measures to keep warm. That could include running s...
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Winter snow and ice can damage your plantsJan 10, 2016 6:16 am - When it snows, carefully shake snow off plants during heavy, wet storms to minimize damage. Once the snow or ice has frozen on, it is best to let it melt off. Removing f...
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Feng Shui from the front door onwardJan 10, 2016 12:01 am - One always makes resolutions for the New Year, some which are kept, and most not. But the beginning of the New Year is a great time to consider making changes to your ho...
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Board can refuse to disclose owner assessment delinquenciesJan 09, 2016 12:00 am - Q. I am an owner in a condominium. I am concerned about the assessment delinquencies in the association, so I made a written request to the board for a list of the delin...
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First bid should not be a lowball offerJan 09, 2016 12:00 am - Q. You wrote that if a house has been for sale at a certain price for a long time, it probably isn't worth that much. But what about a condo or a townhouse, where there ...