Home Improvement
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- When it comes to routers, spare no expense
- Don't rush to rehab shake roof
- Everything you wanted to know about wood
- Get the squeal out of bathroom faucet
- What's with this funky bathroom soot?
- Heavy lifting help for do-it-yourselfers
- Better roof longevity: composition or conc...
- HOA: Replace windows or face wrath
- Replacing kitchen range difficult in older...
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- Add some jazz to home's walks, driveways
- Central heating's come a long way
- Storm windows offer alternative to full re...
- Kitchen cabinets from scratch
- Is it time to upgrade your attic insulation?
- Gas starter addition to old fireplace requ...
- Save money installing hardwood floors
- Best home fixes to reduce water bill
- Stained bathtub gets shine of a lifetime
- Backyard deck a perfect DIY project
- Douglas fir a versatile flooring material
- Sound dampening improves livability
- Should I paint roof to better match house?
- Home improvement gifts to make Mom's day
- Staining techniques bring out redwood shine
Mortgages
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- Goodbye piggybacks, risky loans
- Financing closing costs may be unwise
- Is predatory lending a thing of the past?
- Prospects brighten for hard-money lenders
- Breaking the financial crisis
- HUD hikes reverse mortgage loan limit
- Loan modifications hard to come by
- Is rate lock wise in today's market?
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- Are interest-only mortgages good for retir...
- Economy allays fears of huge home-price de...
- Fed tightens against housing bubble fears
- Jobs report puts mortgage rates in free-fall
- Real estate rates slide on shaky job gains
- HUD hikes reverse mortgage loan limit
- Stricter lending rules impact borrowers
- Mortgage rates expected to rise on job report
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- Credit losses too large to recognize
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Rentals
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- Landlord refuses to part with '70s shag
- Landlord: Lawyers too risky as tenants
- When tenants fight, stay neutral
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- Delinquent renter makes eviction difficult
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- Can whistleblowing rental manager be fired?
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- Parking rules may violate tenant rights
- Landlord may have valid reason to evict li...
- $3,000 deposit should've been red flag
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- Dog's carpet accident could cost thousands...
- Disabled tenant wants larger unit at reduc...
- Low rent at risk if apartment building sells
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- Renters: Are you prepared for an emergency?
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Buying & Selling
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- Selling in '09? Follow these rules
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- Think twice before buying REO, short sale
- Signs you need a better home inspector
- The short-sale nightmare
- Buyers cancel purchase for odd reasons
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- Settlement cracks concealed by sellers
- Multiple offers making a comeback
- Downsizing the down payment
- Buyer hates high-pressure tactics
- Home-buying red flag in bathroom
- Top reasons home won't sell
- Trading up (or down) is hard to do
- Think twice before buying 1950s home
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- Unmarried couple seeks $500,000 home-sale...
- Sound advice would have guaranteed real es...
- Paying over asking price can be a good deal
- Why not pay all cash for a property?
- Paying back taxes to acquire home has down...
- Previous home sale affects real estate taxes
- Slab disclosure comes back to haunt seller
- Real estate appraisal a hard road for newbies
- Last-ditch ways to sell your home
- Foreclosed home's strange surprise
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- Time heals real estate tax dilemma
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Investing & Personal Finance
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- How do I transfer condo title into trust?
- REO bank: When will you accept my offer?
- Upside-down homeowners thrown lifeline
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- Tips for buying at foreclosure auction
- Gifting home may cut Medicaid benefits
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- Homes are tougher to sell when vacant
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- Paid off home, now how to get title?
- Selling home in '07 requires new approach
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- Are 'ranch condos' good investments for em...
- Rent now, buy later in Dallas
- Something about this home purchase stinks
- Does soldier qualify for $250K tax break?
- Paying off home equity loan easier said th...
- Bathtub preservationists speak up
- Is capital gains tax owed on sale of inher...
- I'm 'cutting' my asking price
- When can my rental become my dream home?
- Twentysomething on fast track to real esta...
- Best reverse mortgage funded by family
- IRS rule makes it easier to swap property
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