Maryann Giacobbe Houlihan Lawrence

Price your house to sell quickly If home lacks features of recent comps, it's time to subtract value   A first-quarter survey of homebuyers and sellers done by HomeGain.com, a real estate services website, revealed that 76 percent of homeowners believe their home is worth mor...

1. Remove debris every day. "You don't want your yard to look like a lot of work to keep up, manager of Cold Creek Nursery in Aiken, S.C. She advises homeowners to be mindful of keeping the grass raked and free of pine needles, pine cones and leaves. A yard full of leaves only shows the amount wo...

Add power outlets with USB ports in rooms that lack them, especially in the kitchen, bathrooms, and bedrooms where they’re most needed. “Younger, more tech-savvy couples and individuals love them,” says Tyler Drew, broker and property investor with Anubis Properties Inc. in Los Angeles. Eliminat...

Did the Housing Crash Affect Home Ownership Views?   Depending on how Americans' experienced the housing crash—whether they were a home owner or a bystander reading about it in the news—as well as t...

Typically, before deciding how much to allocate to different investment categories, you answer several questions about your tolerance for risk. Stock market fluctuations can provide a real world test of your theoretical answers and help you gain a better understanding of your comfort level with r...

The upheaval after a sudden disaster can be overwhelming. People may lack basic needs such as food, water, electricity and phone service - and some even lose their homes and businesses. Disasters also place demands on the employees of insurance companies. If a devastating event               dama...

Community InformationCompare Places  Get information for any place in the USA       Compare up to Five Places Enter the first place. OverviewPeopleHousingEducationVotingTransportationClimate Statistic United States Population 307,829,557 Population Change -2000 9.34% Home Appreciation -3.15% Sin...

  Now that the Supreme Court has upheld the health care legislation, all of its major provisions remain in effect, including the new tax that was designed to affect upper income taxpayers.  The 3.8% tax is imposed ONLY on  those with more than $200,000 of Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) ($250,000 on ...

  For the last year HomeActions has been following the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. They are charged with cleaning up policies and procedures when consumers borrow money or otherwise engage financial services companies. The Bureau just announced that they are taking oversight authority ...