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Latest News
- Sales Of New Houses Plummet
Category: Real Estate
Publish Date: 12-28-2007 09:00 PM -0800
New-home sales in November fell 9 percent from the previous month and were down 34 percent from a year earlier, more dismal figures for an industry facing bloated inventory, declining prices and...[more]
- Stretching and Shrinking Rooms With a Color Innovator
Category: Real Estate
Publish Date: 12-28-2007 09:00 PM -0800
What happens when you hire an architect; he designs your project; and, halfway through construction, you realize you don't like it?[more]
- There's Reason For Hope Next Year
Category: Real Estate
Publish Date: 12-28-2007 09:00 PM -0800
Queen Elizabeth II once famously referred to her "annus horribilis," a horrible year during which almost everything went badly, from royal-family scandals to a fire in Windsor Castle.[more]
- New-Home Sales Plunge by 9 Percent
Category: Real Estate
Publish Date: 12-28-2007 07:20 AM -0800
WASHINGTON -- Sales of new homes plunged last month to their lowest level in more than 12 years, a grim testament to the problems plaguing the housing sector.[more]
- Gas or Wood, It Makes People Glow
Category: Real Estate
Publish Date: 12-22-2007 09:00 PM -0800
Pile up the kindling, turn on the gas or flip the switch. It's the time of year when even the most occasional of users decides it might be nice to see some flame.[more]
- Can't Blame the Builder for a Down Market
Category: Real Estate
Publish Date: 12-21-2007 09:00 PM -0800
Q: We bought a new house in January for $709,000. The builder is now selling similar homes in our community for $200,000 less. My neighbors and I are thinking of seeking legal advice because the...[more]
- Energy-Saving Debate: Constant Temperature, Programmed Changes, or Chilly When Vacant?
Category: Real Estate
Publish Date: 12-21-2007 09:00 PM -0800
Q: DEAR TIM: My heating bills are going up faster than a jet at an air show. Settle a debate among my fellow employees: Some say it is better to leave the thermostat at the same temperature all the...[more]
- Legal Responsibility for Snow Removal Varies Across the Region
Category: Real Estate
Publish Date: 12-21-2007 09:00 PM -0800
Children and skiers appreciate snowstorms, but many homeowners dread the trek into the cold to shovel driveways and sidewalks.[more]
- Looking for a Clue to the Future? Ask an Architect.
Category: Real Estate
Publish Date: 12-21-2007 09:00 PM -0800
Because they work at the front end of the development process, architects are bellwethers of the building industry, signaling changing trends in design, the real estate market and the economy....[more]
- Senate Finally Acts to Help Borrowers
Category: Real Estate
Publish Date: 12-21-2007 09:00 PM -0800
Reversing months of inaction in a single day, the Senate recently passed two major bills that could help thousands of homeowners struggling with unaffordable mortgages or heading for foreclosure.[more]
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