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Green Property Management: Radon Prevention

Radon has no taste, smell or color and a residential real estate property can have dangerous levels of it. Radon is the number one cause of lung cancer deaths for non-smokers in America and its presence in a property can be a huge danger to tenants.

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3 Tips for Preventing Pest Infestations

Pests make a residential rental property look poor and can cause major physical damage to property. Involving tenants in preventing pests, property managers and landlords can avoid wasting time and money...

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Green Property Management: How to Improve Indoor Air Quality

Research shows that people indoors spend 90% of the time and so greater health risks exist from indoor pollutants. The young, the elderly and the chronically ill spend most of their time indoors and they are exposed to more indoor air pollutants.

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Cash for Caulkers?

A “cash for caulkers” program has the potential to get contractors working again, as well as keep more money in homeowners’ pockets.

Tagged as: Weatherization, Energy Efficiency, Buildings (Structures), United States Economy, Law and Legislation, Car Allowance Rebate System, Economic Conditions and Trends, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (2009)

Tax credit to steady, not rescue, shaky U.S. housing

Don't expect the expanded home buyer tax credit to be a permanent cure for the U.S. housing market. It won't.

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Ten Questions on the Volatile Housing Market

The U.S. housing market has been in a slump for the past four years. When will it ever end? Here is a guide to navigating a fractured and volatile market.

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Who's to Blame for the Housing Bubble?

If the housing bubble began during the Clinton administration, it can be blamed on the Democrats and their efforts to expand homeownership to people who, in some cases, may not have been quite ready for it.

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Even the Rich Are Treating Their Houses Like Piggy Banks

Traditionally, the super-rich didn't bother with mortgages, but that changed in the boom years -- and it is still going on. Recent big-time borrowers include hedge-fund titans and baseball magnates.

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15 Cities for People Who Hate Driving and Long Commutes

many Americans are still trying to flee their cul-de-sacs and long freeway commutes for walkable neighborhoods closer to public transportation and their jobs.

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New home buyer credit is a boon for boomers and retirees looking to move or trade down.

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Beazer Homes posts profit in fiscal 4th quarter

NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of Beazer Homes USA jumped 15 percent Tuesday after the homebuilder posted a fourth-quarter profit

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Median home prices fell nationwide in 3Q

A real estate group says home prices fell in eight out of every 10 U.S. cities in the third quarter of this year as heavily discounted

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Home Buyer Tax Credit: Now, More Are Eligible

Boon to go beyond first-time buyers. What it means for real-estate market.

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House votes to expand homebuyer tax credit

Buying a home is about to get cheaper for a whole new crop of homebuyers $6,500 cheaper.

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Fannie to Rent to Owners in Foreclosure

Fannie Mae will allow homeowners facing foreclosure to stay in their homes and rent them for up to one year in a new program to help troubled borrowers.

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Chinese drywall has higher levels of some chemicals than domestic versions, here’s how to tell if your home has the imported drywall.

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Housing Inventory Fell in October

The supply of homes available for sale in 27 major metropolitan areas at the end of October was down 2.8% from a month earlier, according to figures compiled by ZipRealty.

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September pending home sales rise 6.1 percent

The volume of signed contracts to buy previously occupied homes rose for the eighth straight month in September as buyers scrambled to take advantage of a tax credit for first-time owners that expires at the end of this month.

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Landlords Offer Renters Incentives to Stay Put

Amid the jobless recovery, tenants are being offered flat-screen TVs, cash and other incentives to renew apartment leases..

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Drywall needs more study

The federal government said Thursday it found elevated emissions of sulfur and other chemicals from drywall imported from China, but it can't yet link them to the illnesses or corrosion reported by th...

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