Home Improvement
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- Window mandates put safety first
- Become master of your energy bills
- Fireplace demo done right
- Winterizing your chimney
- Insulation advice varies by climate
- Building regs: help or hindrance?
- Devil's in the home warranty details
- Taking a stand on floor insulation
- Downside to high-efficiency furnace?
- Secret to painting galvanized steel
- Go green ... or else
- Winterize your home
- Foam roof a 2-for-1 deal?
- Right wrench for the job
- DIY fix for stained stucco
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- Go green ... or else
- Backyard deck a perfect DIY project
- Redwood deck unleashes black soot attack
- How to control home's shop dust
- As home ages, some defects unavoidable
- Finding space for home office
- Insulating a crawlspace the Norwegian way
- Small improvements make most of utility room
- Got workbench?
- Simplifying home's door installation
- Beware of falling in love with remodeled home
- Keep concrete, asphalt safe from water int...
- Spring into home maintenance
- Access a top concern for attics, crawlspace
- Homeowner hesitant to resolve mold problem...
Mortgages
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- Top mortgage secrets exposed
- Debunking refinance myths
- Mortgage mission impossible
- Dos and don'ts of mortgage shopping
- No way around FHA's 'flipper' rule
- Dire prediction for jumbos
- Mortgage shopper's dream come true
- Reporter relives housing nightmare
- Avoiding costly mortgage mistakes
- Savvy borrowers know their PNPs
- Double-digit mortgage rates on horizon?
- Mortgage qualification dos and don'ts
- Why fewer Danes default on loans
- Real estate 'deadbeats' stay but don't pay
- Popular reverse mortgage cuts loan limits
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- Troubled borrowers fall prey to scams
- Securing a legitimate mortgage price
- Economic landing looking softer than expected
- A model mortgage market
- Fed's action finally expected to hike long...
- Mortgage rates slip this week
- Where are mortgage rates headed?
- More home sellers stuck paying buyer's clo...
- Uncovering true cost of interest-only real...
- Cut mortgage payment in half upon retirement
- Some borrowers get more aid than others
- Fed poised to put brakes on economy
- Housing opinion likely to annoy everybody
- Modifying option ARM a major headache
- Does Greenspan favor adjustable mortgages?
Rentals
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- Nonrefundable rental deposits stir debate
- Get-out-of-lease-free card?
- Favoring families over frat boys
- Deadbeat tenants on the rise?
- A foreclosure protection strategy?
- Rent reduction sought for pool closure
- Rules for charging 'pet rent'
- Who gets security deposit in divorce?
- Tenant to take fall for bath damage?
- Can landlord stop animal-killer?
- Mom's lease duties lost in details
- Tenant turnover doesn't add up
- Identifying a truly 'green' rental
- AC outage could bring rent strike
- Cashing in on vacationers
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- AC outage could bring rent strike
- Is tenant entitled to reimbursement for ne...
- Can townhouse community ban RV parking?
- Can tenant break lease because of illness?
- $3,000 deposit should've been red flag
- Does federal tax credit for renters exist?
- Need lodger? Use word of mouth
- Deadbeat tenant finds way to live rent-free
- Hoping for a renters' insurance miracle
- Can hot tub land homeowner in hot water?
- Condo values at risk in HOA cost-cutting?
- Summertime...and the break-ins are easy
- Tenants upset over mandatory renter's insu...
- Renter worried about handing out credit re...
- Family challenges 'cure or quit' notice
Buying & Selling
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- Casualties of bidding wars
- Make real estate a design tool for life
- Many REO buyers hit financing snag
- Unwed homebuyers tie financial knot
- Attack of the 'pushy' agent
- Home inspector no-nos
- Better off renting or buying?
- Unlocking future home-price gains
- Must-haves when buying from builder
- Buyer $5,000 short: How to close the gap
- 5 ways to avoid mover's remorse
- Timing a holiday home sale
- Winning a multiple-offer competition
- 5 things to never tell a buyer
- Purchase power: Know your true max
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- Tips for avoiding surprise defects
- Dos and don'ts of home selling
- What home buyer calls defects really aren't
- Home sale subject to existing mortgage hur...
- How financially stable are reverse mortgag...
- Three ways to profit from foreclosures
- Homeowner seeks way around real estate cap...
- Home repair costs climb higher than antici...
- Home remodel sidetracked by building-permi...
- How can I calculate real estate depreciati...
- Investors cash in on real estate depreciation
- Vacation cottages can be challenging to bu...
- Mediation, arbitration present tough choi...
- Make real estate a design tool for life
- Check permits before purchase
Investing & Personal Finance
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- Debt collectors must play by rules
- Real estate realism vs. optimism
- Real estate 'experts' book 'hit and miss'
- Relief in mortgage forgiveness, PMI deduction
- IRS rule makes it easier to swap property
- Avoid problems with home-improvement contr...
- Tips for buying at foreclosure auction
- Best reverse mortgage funded by family
- Refinance not best choice for everyone
- Grandma's real estate partner may be a fraud
- Renter priced out of market ponders altern...
- Think before buying home in today's market
- Home insurer won't fix existing roof damage
- Before buying condo, beware of rules favor...
- 'Creative financing' tactics to lure home...
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- How close is housing market to bottoming...
- Think before buying home in today's market
- Home insurer won't fix existing roof damage
- Legal remedies when buyer skips out on clo...
- Real estate realism vs. optimism
- Do tax breaks exist for elderly home sellers?
- Renter priced out of market ponders altern...
- Higher property taxes feared on inherited...
- Parents shouldn't place kids' names on rea...
- How to divvy up mortgage-interest tax dedu...
- 'Creative financing' tactics to lure home...
- IRS rule makes it easier to swap property
- Refinance not best choice for everyone
- Maximizing rental income: Should I trade...
- Update wills when moving cross-country
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