November, 2007 // Posts published in November, 2007
The Heat is On!
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Whether your battling mild or severe winter weather in your neck of the woods this season, you’ll no doubt want to rely on your home’s heating system to keep you warm and comfortable. When was the last time you evaluated your home’s heating system-or even performed a cursory check-to ensure that it is in proper...
Feasting on Forclosures (Part 2): Great New Research Tool
MLSHomeQuest just got wind of this extremely easy to use tool that can be used to find properties that are in foreclosure anywhere in the country. Foreclosures, and the methodologies that surround their successful acquisition can be tricky – but very profitable ventures for anyone looking for ways to leverage capital. ForeClosureData.com has released a...
Mission Control for Your Home: Great New Tool for Busy Families!
The folks over at Springwise point us to a great new tool for for coordinating family schedules….. Launched about a year ago, Cozi Central is an online service that helps busy families manage schedules, appointments, shopping and communications from wherever they are—the kitchen, car, office or even the grocery store. Available both as a software...
Real Estate Advertising on the Move
According to a new release from Borrell Associates, real estate agents, who initially tried to appease home sellers by advertising more on traditional channels, this year cut their print budgets and pushed more money into the Web. Total ad spending on real estate has declined 3 percent this year, while spending on the online segment...
What To Do If Your Home Is On The Line
Even if you’re a fiscally conservative homeowner, you may be feeling the pressure of high housing costs, particularly if you have a mortgage with a rate that’s headed up or if your income has taken a hit. Kiplinger.com offers this advice about what to do if your home is on the line: Spot trouble early....
Online Matchmaker for Renters & Neighborhoods
Real estate may be all about location, location, location, as the old saying goes, but most rental apartment listings offer very little information on that critical point. A new apartment search website called Hubbuzz hopes to fill that gap by giving rental-hunters a way to get a better feel for neighborhoods and communities. While most...
5 Tips for Overcoming Homebuying Hurdles
Recently media attention has been heavily focused on the difficulties home sellers face with the current glut of inventory and the tightening of the sub-prime mortgage market. However, according to a Fall member survey and report released by NAEBA in November 2007, home buyers are also facing new challenges. The report, titled “Under-Reported Home Buying...
Properazzi Sighting: Distinctive Dome Dwelling Available
One of LA’s most unusual homes: This pioneering work of vertically interconnected spaces defies domestic convention, using ideas once promoted in The Whole Earth Catalog now staples of architecture and sustainable design. Flexible live-work arrangements are accommodated within the lower levels, illuminated by a dozen skylights, earth sheltered and topped by a green roof for...
Best Cities for Singles: Minneapolis Ties for #12
It’s been a long time since single adulthood was just a hurried way station between adolescence and marriage. Today the median age of first marriage is rising for both men and women, and singles make up 41% of American adults 18 and over. In fact, most Americans can expect to spend fully half of their...
Mortgage Money: 4 New Rules for Success
True, lenders are getting a little testy, but here’s some advice from Alex Markels of U.S. News & World Report on making it easier to get that home loan you need: With house prices falling and inventory surging, it might seem that home buyers have it made. But lending standards have tightened, and even borrowers...
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