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78Model Home Scientific
There are those among us who make it a pastime to visit decorated model home complexes just – because. • Because we may want to get interior design ideas • Because we may want to...
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66Building a Home NOW: Things to Consider
The real estate market -- driven by buyers right now -- is the straw that stirs the soup when deciding to build your own home, just as it would be if you were thinking of buying a re-sale home or a...
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58Realtorspeak: A Language that May Need Translation
How often have you read the words “diamond in the rough” to describe a house for sale, only to find that the house needs every kind of repair conceivable? Euphemisms are alive and well in real...
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54Glitz vs. Reality
Model homes are mesmerizing to many of us But what are we really seeing when we walk through them? In order to separate the glitz of strategically placed furniture and “chotchkies” from the everyday...
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46Put Some Light on the Subject
Time was when lighting fixtures were placed merely to illuminate, such as to do homework on desktops, read music at the piano or to cast light next to a comfy chair where Dad read the evening paper. Hit...
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65Ancient Architecture -- American Style
While homes have gotten bigger, building lots in general have gotten smaller over the past decade, forcing the homebuilders to look for ways to make better use of space both inside and outside a home. As...
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45Preserving Home Equity by Performing the Three "Rs"
They say that the three “Rs”—repair, rehab, and remodel—will help preserve the value of the home, a family’s most important asset. Although a lot of people are opting to stay in their current...
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51The Homebuying Domino Effect
If you know in no uncertain terms that you’ll need the proceeds from your current home to purchase your newly built one, you may be asking the builder to entertain a “contingent” offer. Not all...
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53Carpets Cast Ghostly Dilemma
It’s absolutely ghostly, but you may define it as ghastly. It’s carpet ghosts. Your home is only a year old and your light-colored carpeting has taken on a dark line at the perimeter of every room and...
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51Loading 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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