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Housing Prices: Bottoming Out or Still Falling?

Tweet Quick: Home prices have bottomed out or they could still drop an additional 25%. Depending on what you read and whom you believe, you will hear diverging, even contradictory

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January Home Sales Drop, But Beat Expectations

Tweet For January 2008, U.S. home sales dropped by 0.4% to an annual pace of 4.89 million homes. According to the National Association of Realtors, which tracks home sales, the

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You Can Track Local Crime Online

Tweet Today’s mobile-high tech society means that your next door neighbor could be a complete stranger to you, an oddity of our times. We’re better connected with online “friends” in

Home Building

A Fresh Approach to Outfitting Your Lawn

Tweet This article is part of our ongoing home construction specification plan series. Assembling a Home Construction Specification Plan — Spec Plan S: Landscaping First impressions of a home are

Home Buying Relocation

Home Buying 7-Step Plan, Step 2

Tweet Taking the Next Step: Finding A Home There are two big reasons why many consumers are thinking about buying a home today: the weather is getting warmer and mortgage

Achieving Success

A Success Building BLOG (part VI.c)

Tweet BLOG postings: (link to Achieving Success BLOG for all posts and PDF downloads) Discipline to Success: The Components of Well-Roundness So they committed themselves to the will of God

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Should I Refinance Now Or Wait?

Tweet Seizing an opportunity is all about timing, therefore for the person who owns a home and is looking to refinance, consideration must be given today whether to seek a

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Using Your Stimulus Check For Home Improvements

Tweet When the U.S. Treasury starts sending out economic stimulus package checks this June, the hope is that the billions of dollars of money received by eligible citizens will be

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I.D. Theft Remains #1 Consumer Complaint

Tweet What was the chief complaint received by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 2007? If you guessed “identity theft” then you answered correctly. Last year, the FTC tallied more

Home Building

Garage and Pathways That Get Noticed

Tweet This article is part of our ongoing home construction specification plan series. Assembling a Home Construction Specification Plan — Spec Plan R: Garage, Pathways Not many people who are

Home Improvement Money Management

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Car Loan Applications Done Right

Tweet You’ve found the car that you want and at a price that you can afford. Well, at a price that you can afford if you are able to wrap

Achieving Success

A Success Building BLOG (part VI.b)

Tweet BLOG postings: (link to Achieving Success BLOG for all posts and PDF downloads) Discipline to Success: The Components of Well-Roundness So they committed themselves to the will of God

Money Management

What It Really Costs To Own A Car

Tweet If you are in the market for a new or used car, have you ever stopped to consider what your true costs of car ownership will be? You not

Consumer Financing

Payday Lending Under Legislative Scrutiny

Tweet Payday loans, those easy to get but expensive to pay off unsecured personal loans, are coming under intense scrutiny in many states across America. Consumer advocates are pushing for