Experts can paper over design rough spots
January 1, 2006 If picking fabrics, color, and shapes for your home overwhelms you, consider hiring an interior designer.
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Homeowners Love Cul-de-Sacs, Planners Say They're Perils A popular feature of suburbia is under attack as hundreds of local governments pass ordinances to limit these dead-end roads or even ban them in the future.read more...
Mortgage Payment Reset? The Saturday WSJ reports that "More than $2 trillion of U.S. mortgage debt, or about a quarter of all mortgage loans outstanding, comes up for interest-rate resets in 2006 and
S.F. Federal Reserve chief sees more mortgage trouble ahead (San Francisco Chronicle) The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco said Wednesday the mortgage meltdown and financial services turmoil are likely to be a "major drag" on the national economy
Government Intensifies Mortgage Investigation (New York Times) The F.B.I. and the criminal unit of the I.R.S. have formed a task force to examine mortgages made with little or no proof of borrowers? earnings or assets, an official
Mediterranean magic in Aoyama By Krista Kim-Pickard Special to The Japan Times Alain Ducasse is proving to be more than a master chef and successful entrepreneur; he is an envoy of French bien-vivre, importing the finest cuisine,
The Hunt is On By Jim Remley RISMEDIA, June 15 + You're not prospecting enough. That's what I told a coaching student who asked me why he wasn't selling more real estate.via