What Stays And What Goes When You Sell? Source: The Wall Street Journal | March 4, 2011 What is customarily left in a home when you sell? Generally, whatever is attached to the house stays; whatever isn't goes. That means that if a bookcase is nailed or screwed to the wall, it's considered part o
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6 Signs Of A Healthy Real Estate Market Source: San Francisco Chronicle | March 4, 2011 Economists, investors and homeowners are all eagerly anticipating the return of a healthy real estate market. Even potential homebuyers want to know when the market will shift so that they can make their move
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03/12/2011
Million-Dollar Home Sales Rise Nearly 20% Source: CNN Money | March 7, 2011 After four straight years of declines, sales of million-dollar homes and condos rose last year in all 20 major metro areas, according to DataQuick Information Systems. On average, these cities saw an 18.6% jump in high-en
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21520 Elmwood WILMINGTON, IL LARGE 2 STORY HOME ON 2.95 ACRES. FEATURING 11 ROOMS, 5 BEDROOMS, FAMILY ROOM, RECREATION ROOM, 2 FULL BATHS. 5BR/2BA Single Family House $194,000 Year Built 1989 Sq Footage 3,181 Bedrooms 5 Bathrooms 2 full, 0 partial Floors Unspecified Parking Unspecified Lot Size
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Four New Mortgage Need-To-Knows For First-Time Homebuyers Source: Wallet Pop | March 7, 2011 If you've been saving your pennies and primping your FICO score in hopes of getting into the housing market while the getting's good (i.e., while home prices and interest rates are low), it must seem like
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03/12/2011
NAHB Study: New Homes In 2015 Will Be Smaller, Greener And More Casual Source: NAHB | March 7, 2011 A recent study by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) shows that while consumer hesitation on home buying is waning, the recent housing downturn has changed what Americans are looking
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03/12/2011
How To Reuse Extra Home Improvement Supplies Source: U.S. News & World Report | March 9, 2011 Here's the scenario: You've just finished painting your living room and you really overestimated how much paint you'd need. As a result, you have an extra gallon of paint and an extra gallon of primer on
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Small Business Optimism Edges Up To Pre-Recession Level Source: The Atlantic | March 8, 2011 Small businesses aren't thriving, but they are feeling about as optimistic as they were heading into the recession. The National Federation of Independent Business' Optimism Index rose again in February t
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03/12/2011
Poll Finds ‘Half-Full' Housing Outlook Source: The Wall Street Journal | March 10, 2011 Dire news about falling home prices abounds, but a new poll finds that a surprising percentage of potential buyers and sellers believe that the market is headed for an upswing. Sixty-eight percent of responden
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03/12/2011
10 Industries That Will Hire The Most In 2011 Source: U.S. News & World Report | March 8, 2011 Millions of Americans want to know: Where are the jobs? Finally, some answers are emerging. There are still about 7.5 million fewer jobs than there were at the end of 2007, when the Great Recession bega
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