| Universal design hitting home |
| Builders are doing an admirable job of incorporating universal design features in new homes, but baby boomers continue to be slow in accepting the need for th... |
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| Wheelchair access retrofit: Who pays? |
| Q: We have lived in our apartment, a ground-level unit in a new complex, for several years. Now my husband, who has multiple sclerosis, needs to use a whee... |
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| Failed loan mod? Try again |
| Q: I worked with an attorney and applied for a loan modification. After about six months of making no payments, the bank gave me a three-month trial modifi... |
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| Outsmart timeshare hucksters |
| Scammers love to prey on consumers who are at their most vulnerable -- during difficult economic times -- and the timeshare business isn't immune from their d... |
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| 5-step deck restoration plan |
| Q: I am removing the screws from our 10-or-more-year-old redwood deck. At about 1,200 square feet, it's a big job, and it's taking a lot of time to remove ... |
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| Rancher: Don't fence me in |
| In the case Barnett v. Gomance, Keith Gom... |
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| Sacrificing privacy to get a loan |
| DEAR BENNY: My husband and I recently applied for a home equity loan to help finance a new home we are building until we sell our current home. We applied ... |
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| Agent's 'foolish' fix-it advice |
| DEAR BARRY: When we bought our home, we noticed that the exterior paint looked worn and that the knots in the wood siding were showing through. We pointed ... |
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| Downsizing the McMansion |
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| Find the right real estate stager |
| Buyers in some areas complain about walking into an open house and finding dirty laundry in bedrooms. In places like the San Francisco Bay Area, so many listi... |
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| Preparing for payment shock |
| Many mortgage borrowers with adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) on which the rate has adjusted within recent years are currently enjoying extremely low interest... |
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| Living in a real estate fantasy land |
| I love Tim Burton films. That a single director's filmography includes "Beetlejuice," "Edward Scissorhands," "The Nightmare Before Ch... |
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| Bankruptcy's Catch-22 |
| Q: I filed for bankruptcy in 2008 and then lost my job in 2009. I'd like to keep my condo and my car, even though those debts were included in the bankrupt... |
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| 6 ways to boost curb appeal |
| If you're thinking of listing your home this spring, now is the time to be thinking about one of the most important elements of real estate marketing: curb ap... |
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| Don't twist my ARM |
| By November 2009, the share of the home-loan market flowing to adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) had slipped below 6 percent. In a sense, this venerable produc... |
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