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2010 

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  Taking steps to minimize your energy use is not only good for the Earth, but for homeowners as well. While being altruistic and helping a cause generally means giving—not getting—back, going green provides noticeable benefits to everyone. Here, Mike Vazeii, Director or Marketing, American Home ...
07/25/2010

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Compared to the family trucksters of a generation ago, modern cars require about as much maintenance as a toaster. This is a real liberation from the oil, lube and tune merry-go-round that ruled not so long ago. Curiously, many people haven't adjusted their thinking to keep pace with new car main...
07/25/2010

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The Delaware real estate market bucked a downbeat national trend last month, posting sales gains that look likely to fade in the coming weeks as federal tax incentives end.Home resales were up 36 percent over last June in Kent County, 10 percent in New Castle, and 35 percent in Sussex, according ...
07/23/2010

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  There’s a lot more happening in Kennett Square than fungus spawning. While the Pennsylvania community proudly protects its title as Mushroom Capital of the World, it took more than bushels of baby bellas for Kennett Square to be ranked fifth on Budget Travel Magazine’s list of America’s Coolest...
07/23/2010

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  BBVA Compass recently released a new survey on first-time home buyers indicating that, prior to purchase, a vast majority of first-time home buyers (88%) believe they have accounted for all expenses related to owning a home. Seemingly contradicting that notion, amongst those who had purchased a...
07/22/2010

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  Most homeowners enjoy the every project that they have made in their home. They like to add, improve and make changes all over the house for them to live comfortable and pretty satisfied of what they are seeing around. But it isn’t all about that because everything that we do in our home can ad...
07/20/2010

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The healthcare reform law passed earlier this year includes a little-discussed tax on some forms of real estate transactions. The tax, which supports Medicare, potentially affects couples with adjusted gross incomes greater than $250,000 a year and singles with incomes above $200,000. Existing ho...
07/19/2010

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A reverse mortgage is a type of loan that allows seniors to turn some of their home's equity into cash. Unlike a home equity loan or second mortgage, however, the loan doesn't have to be paid back until the home is sold or it is no longer the mortgage holder's primary residence. With today's toug...
07/19/2010

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There are few things as unsettling as coming home to find that you've been the victim of a burglary. Keep this from happening to you with advice from Matt Johnston and Jon Douglas Rainey, hosts of the Discovery Channel's show, It Takes a Thief: Homes without a security system have a significantl...
07/19/2010

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What's a Phishing Scam? A phishing scam is a criminal act where someone, in an attempt to commit fraud, tries to get you to give up your personal information. Recently, Trulia has been has been helping our users avoid real estate scam artists, prevalent elsewhere across the Internet, who are tryi...
07/18/2010
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