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2007 

 Too bad a house doesn't come with an owner's manual. And a week-long seminar where you learn what every button, switch, and wire is for. Alas, the keys to the castle come with no troubleshooting guide to dog-ear-and, we're betting, no wise master to unlock the mysteries of the place you call hom...
11/14/2007
Have you ever considered hiring an inspector to go through your house and identify any problems that currently exist? There are a couple of reasons an inspection is important.Keeping you and your family safe Saving money by making repairs while the problems are small  One of the most critical ste...
11/14/2007
In their latest bid to counter shrinking print revenues, a group of major U.S. newspaper companies has formed an alliance with Zillow.com to extend their classified ads to the popular real estate site. The Zillow partnership comes a year after many of the same publishers forged an alliance with Y...
11/13/2007
We hear the message day in and day out: It's time to go green. But figuring out where to start can be daunting.When you look for advice, you often find wildly impractical schemes about remaking your entire life to reduce your "carbon footprint." Or you end up having to sort through heaps of perpl...
11/13/2007
Singer Beck, pictured, and his wife, Marissa Ribisi, have purchased a $7-million home in West L.A. According to the LA Times, we know what likely will be in Beck's moving boxes: two turntables and a microphone, of course. Yes, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter-guitarist has bought yet another ...
11/13/2007
 Online entrepreneurs can respond to changing economic conditions with a speed unthinkable in the pre-web era. The folks over at Springwise point us to UK startup Propertysnake, which helps buyers find properties whose priced have dropped. While the real estate downturn in the UK hasn't been as s...
11/12/2007
Imagine a solar panel without the panel. Just a coating, thin as a layer of paint, that takes light and converts it to electricity. From there, you can picture roof shingles with solar cells built inside and window coatings that seem to suck power from the air. Consider solar-powered buildings st...
11/12/2007
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Here it is, our second installment of the weekly Trend Report....(Just click on the image below to open up the file.) And again, feel free to post or email us directly with any comments or suggestions.Thanks!
11/12/2007
You've heard by now of credit scores, the three-digit numbers lenders use to gauge your creditworthiness. Credit scores predict how likely you are to default on a credit account or loan; they're used to help set interest rates and terms.What you may not know is that credit scores are just the sta...
11/12/2007
Architect Richard T. Foster has created a residence that attempts to captures the wonder of a heavenly landscape from unlimited angles. Floating 12 feet off the ground and 72 feet in diameter, the Round House is walled in glass, covered over and under with cedar shingles, and set on a cylindrical...
11/09/2007
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