The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s FHA Streamlined 203(k) loan allows qualifying home buyers to finance up to an additional $35,000 into their mortgage to improve or upgrade their home before move-in.

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Save money, energy and help the environment by improving the energy efficiency of your home. Take advantage of available cash rebates for qualifying energy efficiency upgrades on most durable goods.

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Image via Wikipedia And you’ve heard of “cash for clunkers?” How about clunker refrigerators?? In Compton, California Southern California Edison (SCE) offers rebates for “energy guzzling” fridges so that people can buy newer, more environmentally friendly ones. The old refrigerators are destroyed and the project is funded completely by SCE. Click here. Related articles by [...]

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If you’re not buying or selling but randy to do something in real estate then add value to your best and likely largest investment, your home with a remodeling project. The contract is a critical step in any remodeling project; it holds the job together and ensures that all parties agree to the same vision [...]

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Bargains in a Bad Economy: By DAN KADLEC Going out of business signs have been popping up all over the country at mom-and-pop furniture stores as well as at giant home furnishing chains like Linens N’ Things, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last year. Inventory reduction sales on furniture and decorative items typically [...]

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Image via Wikipedia BERNANKE: ECONOMY TO TURN UP IN ‘09: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday that the U.S. economy is stabilizing and will begin to rebound later this year, but the recovery will be slow and cautious. At a hearing of the Joint Economic Committee of Congress, Bernanke said consumer sentiment, the housing [...]

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