Painting Without That Smell
For consumers, buying eco-friendly, “zero-VOC” paint means parsing an array of sometimes confusing marketing claims and government rules. Here’s a roadmap—from choosing colors to why all paints aren’t low-VOC.
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Dow closes above 13,000 Far from being the cruelest month, April has turned out to be one of the most profitable in recent memory for investors in the stock market. via Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Contrator again charged with lacking license The New Jersey-based contractor who employed the man accused of murdering a New City mother was charged yesterday with a second count of unlicensed home improvement.via
Suit Says Neighborhood?s Boom Was Built on Mortgage Fraud (New York Times) A housing boom in Indiana provided fertile ground for mortgage fraud, as rising home prices served as cover for quick-flip plans.read more...
Calvert Foundation Taking on Predatory Lenders, Mortgage Foreclosures (PNN) Some investors worry about the damage being done to their communities by predatory lending and escalating mortgage foreclosures.read more...
Will U.S. Baby Boomers Cross the Border to Retire? As residential sales start to slow at home some builders are casting a hopeful eye on Mexico, predicting that a growing population of North American retirees will want to buy
Spring May Be Housing Sector's Season Of Reckoning SAN FRANCISCO Springtime usually means good times in the housing industry, but this year it's threatening to become a grim season of reckoning.Commentread more...