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Latest News
- Protesters Call for Affordable Housing
Category: Real Estate
Publish Date: 12-01-2008 09:00 PM -0800
More than a hundred people gathered in front of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's local field office on First Street NE yesterday in recognition of World AIDS Day and to protest a...[more]
- Readers Shine Light on Credit Crunch, Real Estate Woes
Category: Real Estate
Publish Date: 11-29-2008 09:00 PM -0800
My inbox is overstuffed with comments and suggestions from readers. Here's an edited sample.
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- Benny L. Kass: Housing Counsel
Category: Real Estate
Publish Date: 11-28-2008 09:00 PM -0800
Q We bought a home last year. Beyond the back yard was a large vacant lot. The fence between the properties was old and falling down.
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Category: Real Estate
Publish Date: 11-28-2008 09:00 PM -0800
Q We have periodic power failures in our area that are a real nuisance. Is it practical to install a generator to supply emergency power to our home? -- Edward
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- Patuxent Manor, Where You Can See Stars and Hear Pins
Category: Real Estate
Publish Date: 11-28-2008 09:00 PM -0800
Betsy and Matt Cizek enjoyed living in their tidy brick Cape Cod in northern College Park, but their sky-watching hobby was stymied by smog and suburban lights.
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- Jack Guttentag: The Mortgage Professor
Category: Real Estate
Publish Date: 11-28-2008 09:00 PM -0800
Many mortgage borrowers are tempted to finance their closing costs -- that is, to add the costs to the loan amount. This could be attractive to borrowers who can earn high returns on their free...[more]
- Tim Carter's Ask the Builder
Category: Real Estate
Publish Date: 11-28-2008 09:00 PM -0800
Q DEAR TIM: I need a chain saw and am flummoxed as to which type to buy. I'm certain that I want a gas chain saw, but wonder whether to get an 18-inch or a 14-inch model. I've never used one before...[more]
- Associations Feel the Pinch
Category: Real Estate
Publish Date: 11-28-2008 09:00 PM -0800
Some results from a survey of condominium community managers:
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- 30-Year Mortgage Rates Fall Below 6%
Category: Real Estate
Publish Date: 11-28-2008 09:00 PM -0800
Rates on 30-year mortgages sank for a fourth straight week, falling below 6 percent for the first time since early October, and are heading lower because of the government's massive new effort to...[more]
- Want to Shrink Your Carbon Footprint? Think Food.
Category: Real Estate
Publish Date: 11-28-2008 09:00 PM -0800
In moving for a year to New York City from Ann Arbor, Mich., a small Midwestern college town, the biggest change for me has not been the shift from a house to a high-rise and a living space that is...[more]
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