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Keeping track of Grandma in your own back yard

The idea is pure genius. If you're like a a lot of Americans, you'd do anything to keep an elderly loved one out of a an elder-care...
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Brad Pitt launches new book on New Orleans rebuilding effort

Pitt's efforts to help rebuild New Orlean's Lower Ninth Ward are featured in a new book. blogs.babble.com This column reported on Brad Pitt’s...
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Making the choice to default

Do consumers keep to their commitment as a moral imperative when it comes to making their mortgage payments? In today's real estate freefall, many...
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Casa occupado: House sitters help foreclosed homes seem more appealing

Empty houses up and down a street don’t help neighborhood values. In her article, No More Lonely Home: Details About House-Sitting Strategy,...
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Congress Exploring Plan to Keep At-Risk Homeowneers as Renters

In the face of mounting frustration over the nation’s foreclosure rate, the administration and Congress are exploring some alternatives for...
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Just whose market is this?

In his article/blog, Sellers Market, Buyers Market or. . . Lenders Market? Realtor William Johnson, asks, “Buyers rule? Not so fast....
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New credit scoring criteria can be a game changer

800 just might be the new 750. To what are we referring? It is that pesky credit score number wreaking havoc on consumers due to tough economic...
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The wearin' 'o the green can translate into green in your pocket

Now that the green building revolution has traction, how can we judge its long-term effects not only by fading the carbon footprint but also by the...
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Custom architecture and design comes to the homebuying masses

Designers and architects, whose appeal in the past has been out of reach of the average homebuyer, are no doubt finding it difficult to survive in...
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'Nobody home' becomes everyone's problem

Lazy summer days are usually the ‘busy’ season for real estate professionals, characterized by families making moves between school...
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