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Wilma Horner said no to blue. And it paid off. Horner, a broker for RE/MAX in Bridge City, Texas, had a client with a blue-colored facade. "I said we need to make a change because that's not going to attract people," Horner recalls of her exterior painting suggestion. Her clients agreed to go w...
05/24/2013
Many housing observers agree that Generation Y—people from 18 to 34 years of age—largely prefers downtown living, often in rental apartments with easy access to walkable neighborhoods and public transportation. The real question is whether they’ll outgrow those tastes once they earn higher salari...
05/24/2013
Your entrance is the first thing people see when they come by, so why not make your home stand out from the rest? Although painting your entire exterior would be a big to-do, giving just your door a new look is a doable DIY -- and it packs a lot of punch. We've chosen six paint colors for front d...
05/24/2013
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Realtor Deb Staley has seen it a million times. She pulls up to an open house at a fabulous property, in a great neighborhood, at the right price, only to find an overgrown lawn, a leaf-strewn front porch and a front door covered in spiderwebs. In fact, it's not uncommon for potential buyers to b...
05/24/2013
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As a nascent design and construction recovery spreads from region to region and building sector to building sector, one of the first tangible expressions of this long-awaited turnaround is arriving. Homeowners, and their architects, are looking to add more value and function to two vital and spe...
05/10/2013
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Let’s put it on the table straight away: I do not like torchiere-style lamps. I may even be permanently traumatized by the 1980s salmon-colored pair I encountered in a client’s living room a couple years back. Some people like them, which is great; I honestly love that there are so many styles o...
05/10/2013
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Solo Home Buyers Re-emerge Daily Real Estate News | Thursday, May 09, 2013 Individual home buyers comprised a quarter of all house purchases last year, according to National Association of REALTORS® data. Single women purchase homes at double the rate of single men, according to the data. Howeve...
05/10/2013
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Question: We have recurring problems with insurance claims. Our management company advises that if a unit owner has damage inside their condo (toilet overflow, fire, etc.), the claim should be submitted to the HOA's insurance carrier which will determine whether the claim should be paid by the H...
05/04/2013