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Home Financing Money News

Relief: Mortgage Rates Heading Back Down

Tweet Low mortgage rates are perhaps the only thing that will get people to buy a new home or refinance their current home in this difficult market. And that is

Home Improvement

Does Your Home Have A Safe Room?

Tweet I live in the southeast US where tornadoes occasionally happen but not to the degree as they do in tornado alley. Thus, very few of my neighbors have basements

Home Improvement

Durable And Bright Vinyl Fencing

Tweet A neighbor on our block recently replaced his wood slat fencing, choosing to go with vinyl instead. Time, the elements and a family of moles took its toll on

Autos Express

4 Tips To Make Your Car Road Ready This Summer

Tweet Hitting The Road: Is Your Car Up To The Task? Families who are planning to hit the road this summer for an extended vacation may be doing so for

Home Buying

4 Timely Tips For First Time Home Buyers

Tweet You’re in the market for your very first home – congratulations! Yet, you know that these are unusual times in which to buy a home with unemployment levels pushing

Travel Tips

TSA Offers Timely Air Travel Reminders

Tweet Vacationers departing for their destinations by air this summer are being reminded by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to allow plenty of time to go through their airport screening

Travel Tips

Plan Today For Fall Travel

Tweet After a late start due to a cool spring, you took off the cover to your swimming pool a month ago and finally got full use of it over

Commentary

Recession? Not In These States!

Tweet Unemployment continues to rise even as President Obama promised that it would stay below 8% if his multi-billion dollar spending package was passed as it was last winter. Through

Home Improvement

Plan Now For Next Winter’s Home Improvement Projects

Tweet Like so many homeowners, you’re enjoying the warmer weather and longer days, the perfect time of the year to take in a vacation, hold a backyard BBQ or take

Home Tips

Protect Your Pets This Independence Day

Tweet The 4th of July holiday is one of the most favorite summer celebrations for young and old alike. As our nation prepares to celebrate its 233rd birthday, Americans are

Travel Tips

More Modest Vacation Plans On Tap This Summer

Tweet A Mintel study reveals vacationers are embracing the practical while eschewing the expensive. Five star vacations are a thing of the past. At least that is the conclusion of

Autos Express Education Tips

What You Need To Know About The Car Scrappage Program

Tweet SayEducate has been keeping tabs on the “cash for clunkers” legislation as it was being debated in Congress. For the past several months members of the House and the

Education Tips

Pool Safety Can Prevent Serious Injury

Tweet One of my favorite books as a youth was Joni, the story of a teenage girl who became a quadriplegic as a result of a diving accident. During the

Travel Tips

Low Airfares? Going Up!

Tweet Thursday’s issue of The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) pointed out a trend that travelers need to take note of. In, “After Months of Sales, Airfares Take Off,” the WSJ

Travel Tips

Saving Money On Last Minute Travel Arrangements!

Tweet It is Friday afternoon and you’re home from work, enjoying your company’s early release schedule that kicks in between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Suddenly it dawns upon both