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Survey: Hawaii has nation's highest housing costs |
09-23-09 |
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| HONOLULU (AP) — With the highest housing costs in the nation, it's not surprising Hawaii leads the nation in multigenerational households.
More than 7 percent of Hawaii households have at ... |
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Congress wary of 'plain vanilla' bank proposal |
09-22-09 |
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| WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is expected to reject President Barack Obama's proposed mandate that banks offer customers "plain vanilla" financial products, such as a 30-year fixed mor... |
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Some questions that home buyers should ask sellers |
09-22-09 |
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| Questions that new buyers of a home might ask the seller:
1. Are any appliances under warranty?
2. Do you have product manuals for appliances?
3. Can you provide a landscape plan or a list... |
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A home's new owner should ask seller for lowdown |
09-22-09 |
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| After house-hunting, negotiating a price and working out details of his move, Patrick O'Leary was ready to tackle the real work: understanding and operating the various mechanical systems in his ne... |
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CAPITAL CULTURE: Mr. Obama's Chicago neighborhood |
09-22-09 |
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| CHICAGO (AP) — A jogger has to alter his route because of security barricades. But a local barber shop is enjoying a tourism boom. And neighborhood residents have gained a reason to brag to f... |
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Wallpaper returns with new trendy techniques |
09-21-09 |
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| For years, wallpaper conjured up images of peeling, tacky and outdated decor. No more. Aided by new techniques, wallpaper is one of the hotter interior design trends.
"We're seeing the resu... |
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Mowing tips for a healthy, pretty lawn |
09-21-09 |
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Mowing the lawn is at once the most mundane and the most unique form of pruning. Everyone does it, yet what other kind of pruning calls for cutting off only part of a leaf blade — an... |
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Bankrate: fixed rate loan rates fall to 5.38 pct |
09-21-09 |
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| NEW YORK (AP) — The average interest rate for a 30-year mortgage fell this week to the lowest levels since May, edging down 0.02 points to 5.38 percent, Bankrate.com reported Friday.
The c... |
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Clock ticking on first-time homebuyer tax credit |
09-21-09 |
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| ADRIAN SAINZ,AP Real Estate Writer
As days tick off the calendar, the life span of the much-ballyhooed tax credit for first-time homebuyers is drawing to an end — unless Congress decides... |
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Housing and jobless data signal a fragile recovery |
09-21-09 |
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| CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER,AP Economics Writers
MARTIN CRUTSINGER,AP Economics Writers
WASHINGTON (AP) — Adding to evidence the recession has ended, housing construction rose in August and ... |
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$8,000 Tax Credit for First Time Homebuyers
