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Below are six questions that design pros recommend asking. Home owners waffling on whether to stay put and make changes or look for another home can use the same analysis:  Who should you call? Allan J. Grant, AIA, of Grant Architects in Chicago advises calling in an architect when an addition is...

Pending home sales have leveled from a market swing driven by response to the home buyer tax credit, according to the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®.The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contracts signed in December, increased 1 percent to 96.6 from 95.6 in Novembe...

Fannie Mae, the largest provider of residential home funding in the United States, announced Friday that it would pay the closing costs on purchases of foreclosed homes in its inventory. The government-controlled company said buyers of qualified properties will get up to 3.5 percent in closing co...

The Seven Costly Mistakes Mistake 1: Putting the home on the market before it's ready. Most times this happens because the seller gets impatient or is a procrastinator and has pushed himself up against a moving deadline without getting the pre-sale work done. So it comes on the market with the ho...

Paul Cardis, CEO of AVID Ratings Co., which conducts an annual survey of home buyer preferences, said there are 10 "must" features in new homes:                                          1. Large kitchens, with an island. "If you're going to spend design dollars, spend them where people want them-...

SAVING MONEY CALENDAR IN FEBRUARY     2 - Think taxes: Your 1098, 1099 and W-2 statements should arrive by today. Finish gathering tax documents and put them in a folder for later.4 - Your Money Bus stops in Charleston, S.C.7 - Billions of dollars in bets will be riding on Super Bowl XLIV.12 - I...