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Healthy home 101: Simple steps to clean indoor air |
08-03-09 |
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| People spend most of their lives indoors, but the air they breathe can be up to five times more polluted than the outside city air.
Toxins lurk in every corner, from carpet and furniture to deterg... |
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States awash in stimulus money to weatherize homes |
07-17-09 |
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| MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Ready or not, states are getting a tenfold boost in federal money to weatherize drafty homes, an increase so huge it has raised fears of waste and fraud and set off a ... |
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NJ woman cooks up bake sale to end foreclosure |
07-17-09 |
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| EANECK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey woman is hoping her bake sale will help forestall foreclosure and keep a roof over her head.
Angela Logan has until July 26 to raise $2,559.54 due her lender... |
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Sears Tower renamed Willis Tower in ceremony |
07-17-09 |
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| CHICAGO (AP) — The Sears Tower, one of the world's iconic skyscrapers and the tallest building in the U.S., was renamed the Willis Tower on Thursday in a downtown ceremony, marking a new chap... |
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Mortgage rates fall again |
07-17-09 |
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| McCLEAN, Va. (AP) — Rates for 30-year home loans dropped for the third-straight week, inching toward a record low reached earlier this year, Freddie Mac said Thursday.
The average rate for 3... |
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Rising unemployment accelerates foreclosure crisis |
07-17-09 |
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| WASHINGTON (AP) — Relentlessly rising unemployment is triggering more home foreclosures, threatening the Obama administration's efforts to end the housing crisis and diminishing hopes the eco... |
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Firm: NorCal median home price rises in month |
07-17-09 |
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| LOS ANGELES (AP) — A tracking firm says the median home price in Northern California increased more than 3 percent last month from May to its highest level since October.
San Diego-based MDA... |
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Firm: NorCal median home price rises in month |
07-17-09 |
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| LOS ANGELES (AP) — The median home price in Northern California jumped more than 3 percent last month from May to its highest level since October, a real estate tracking firm said Thursday.
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After decades, light-rail trains run in Seattle |
07-17-09 |
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| SEATTLE (AP) — More than four decades after political wrangling and recession ran a mass transit rail plan for Seattle off the tracks, trains are finally running.
Passenger service on the ne... |
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Meltdown 101: Preparing for your loan modification |
07-17-09 |
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| Homeowners worried about missing mortgage payments and entering foreclosure may have another option: a loan modification.
Despite some signs of stability in the housing market, foreclosures remain... |
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