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46Facing a Hurricane Head-on
A big one was named Katrina. They also have names like Fay, Gustav and Hanna. Hurricane season makes the news each and every year. And each year, American ingenuity tries to find ways to protect people...
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44A Window on the World of Energy Savings
Window shopping – your favorite pastime? How about shopping for real windows? At the risk of sounding like Tom Hanks’ character in Forrest Gump, describing every imaginable shrimp dish on earth,...
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51What's Behind YOUR Walls and Ceilings?
Insulation, the material between the walls of our houses, is not a popular topic of conversation at parties these days, but it definitely undergoing metamorphosis within the building industry-- replacing the...
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61Loading Up Your New House with Resale Potential
Can you tell just by looking whether a new home community will eventually become a good resale area in the future? What is the formula that can assure you that the neighborhood will age well, keeping values...
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52The Neighbors in Question
You can choose your car, you can choose your friends, but can you choose your neighbors? Even though you are in love with the home you are considering purchasing, the location of the neighborhood, and...
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51Homebuyer Homework: Required Reading
The house seems like everything you ever wanted. Judging by the layout of the model home, it's literally made for you. Just right floor plan, a lovely exterior, a yard that has tons of potential and the...
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45Presentation is EVERYTHING in a Buyer's Market
There has been a long-running debate among both home sellers and real estate professionals whether a vacant or furnished home attracts more buyers and reaps a higher sales price when all is said and done....
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48Location is No Accident in Real Estate
The real estate community has contended for decades that real estate is all about “location, location, location” – but what may be paradise to some buyers may look like purgatory to another just...
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45The Governator Hugs a Green Future
Since California has historically been first on so many other fronts, it may come as no surprise that we also became the first state in the nation to adopt a building code for green construction practices. ...
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50Price or Terms? It's Your Decision When Making an Offer
No one will deny that this buyer’s market has been a wild ride so far. The first thing that enters the heads of most buyers today, however, is how low a seller will go. Asking for terms instead of a...
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