Habitat blitz gets house ’skeleton’ built in two days
The sun beat down on the stacks of wood and new foundation Saturday morning as volunteers sipped mugs of coffee, preparing for the hard weekend of work ahead.
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Color ends a traditional bland look The slanted edge on this ceiling is painted with a lattice while the ceiling features clouds.read more...
VIDEO: Keep it simple Walking through the mid-century Coastwise tract home, interior designer David Turner had one piece of remodeling advice for his friends, Sharon and Eliot: Keep it simple.read more...
Mortgage Insurers Raise Bar Mortgage insurers are dramatically tightening their standards, further squeezing potential home buyers. Lenders are offering borrowers fewer ways to avoid purchasing private mortgage insurance.read more...
Development on key corner in Estero The palmettos and scrubby grass and weeds, and even the cabbage palms, are gone to the graders, but big, shady oak trees remain.read more...
Mortgage lenders see opportunity beyond the border (Everett Herald) The cold domestic housing and mortgage markets have lenders looking for warmer possibilities, and a few are spending more efforts to finance Americans who choose to purchase primary residences and
Incomes Lagging Behind Home Values "Houses out here are almost like a 401k" An Associated Press analysis of new census data provides insight into the reasons for the slumping housing market: Since 1990, homeowners