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Tips For Moving
More than one in five Americans will move this year. Preparation and research will help your moving process go much smoother. Get a binding estimate from movers ahead of time and move during off-peak times to save money.
Increasing Your Home’s Energy Efficiency Can Pay Off This Summer
A few simple tweaks can reduce your energy costs in peak times by up to 50 percent and help reduce air pollution. Summer is a key time for rising energy costs, but a few techniques will make your home more efficient.
Terence Conran’s New House Book: The Complete Guide To Home Design
More than 1,000 photos showcase elegant ideas for restoring interiors. Learn what to do before decoration starts, including assessing a home, putting ...
The Latest And Greatest From The National Hardware Show
With more than three thousand vendors hawking more than a quarter of a million new items, it's easy to be overwhelmed by choice, texture and design at the annual National Hardware Show, held in August at Chicago's McCormick Place. In addition to the usual items, such as outdoor furniture in this year's exciting palate of floral prints, and travel coolers in colors such as grape, raspberry and watermelon, the 1999 show featured a few gadgets and gizmos you might find interesting and useful.
Making A Gambler Feel Right At Home
The rewards of creating the right "home away from home" are rich. Many gamblers will hop on a plane a half dozen times a year, check into the same hotel, and play the same tables, no matter if they win or lose $500,000 each time. Is Las Vegas the place to build your getaway?
Green Real Estate Developments
Green real estate is about looking at environmental issues as opportunities to make better places for people. Green real estate is residential, commercial and industrial developments where preservation of nature and the environment has been a high priority.
Fixing Up A Tear Down
More often, home buyers with money to spend want a brand new house in an old, established community. Instead of fixing up and even expanding existing homes, the bulldozer is brought in to start from scratch.
Trends From The Home Builders Convention: Part 2
Building a home? The National Home Builders Convention is the place to be if you are interested in home building and the real estate industry. It's where you'll find more home builders and more building supplies vendors - literally - than anywhere else in the world. The big findings at the show were stainless steel appliances, copper roofing, stone accessories, swimming fitness equipment and water filtration systems.
Moving Turns Into Memory Lane
Moving can be traumatic. What many senior sellers don't count on is how difficult is might be to let go of the home where they've spent a significant portion of their lives. Worse, most seniors trade down, often moving from a large family-sized home to a smaller house or condominium, where there may not be a lot of room to store a life's treasures. Use these strategies to make the moving process easier.