Home Improvement
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- 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
- Sizing up electric wall heaters
- Gas pipe removal risky
- Extending furnace ducts after remodel
- Patch those plaster cracks
- Building inspectors vs. building codes
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- Downside to high-efficiency furnace?
- Excavation's the first step in deck building
- Chimney fumes present real estate danger
- Replacing bathroom floor for the last time
- Fixes for a noisy water heater
- Fire-retardant wood curbs damage
- Feeling the pressure for a great cleaning job
- How to find good home-improvement contrac...
- Does my house have the wrong roof?
- Best ways to rid real estate of puddles
- Warm weather ideal time for fence project
- Restore brick fireplace the safe, easy way
- Do-it-yourself roof repairs
- Special mixes for concrete fixes
- A home heating system with brains
Mortgages
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- 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
- Common-sense guide to mortgages
- A model mortgage market
- The jumbo loan mod 'pipe dream'
- Turbulence seen for reverse mortgages
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- Default or family: Which comes first?
- Mortgage rates slip below 6%
- Last week's credit market worries all reve...
- Popular reverse mortgage cuts loan limits
- Lease-to-own real estate deals can be win-win
- Home prices threaten Fed balancing act
- Wholesale mortgage prices uncover true costs
- Piggyback loans more costly in today's market
- Borrower beware of 'dead home equity' offers
- Should stated-income loans be banned?
- Americans rush to judgment on 'bailout'
- The week in real estate rates
- Bernanke wrong about subprime
- Tips for paying off mortgage early
- What isn't disclosed under Truth in Lendin...
Rentals
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- 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
- Rental perks for divorcing tenants
- Beware when co-signing lease
- Fees target lease-breaking renters
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- Tenant turnover doesn't add up
- Roommate fallout threatens to collapse ten...
- Medical marijuana use draws mixed reaction
- Don't get too specific when posting roomma...
- Tenant: Splitting cost of new floor is unfair
- Another sleepless night in Rentersville
- Landlord: No more leeway for late rent
- Should tenants be wary of signing estoppel?
- The water-billing nightmare
- Can renter break lease to buy a house?
- Beware when co-signing lease
- Tenant discount raises fair housing debate
- IRS rule makes it easier to swap property
- Parents have good reason not to cosign lease
- Break lease, repay rent discount?
Buying & Selling
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- 5 things to never tell a buyer
- Purchase power: Know your true max
- Commission shoppers beware
- Little house of septic system horrors
- Get real with unrealistic sellers
- Understanding home seller behavior
- Contemplating $10M condo repair
- Beating out multiple bids
- Signs it's too late to renegotiate offer
- House of horrors
- 'War stories' of a home inspector
- House-hunting personality test
- Make your short sale shine
- Homebuyer's tax savings plan foiled
- Sellers, don't fret over repairs
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- Bridging the divide on REO inspections
- Seller: Price cut calls for lower commission
- How buyers, sellers are closing deals in t...
- Buying real estate with 'nothing down'
- Is home inspector liable for missed defects?
- How to avoid renting to deadbeat tenants
- Fast real estate profits require elbow grease
- Homeowner faces nearly $1M in fines for bu...
- State Farm's alleged mishandling of insura...
- How can home prices rise as sales sink?
- Satisfying home purchase requires the righ...
- Sellers should always get home inspection
- Renovating home's exterior pays off
- Why homeowners bury St. Joe
- Selling subdivided land? Keep eye on taxes
Investing & Personal Finance
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- 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...
- IRS to step up enforcement of Starker exch...
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- Relief in mortgage forgiveness, PMI deduction
- Best reverse mortgage funded by family
- 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
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