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It's not easy to admit that it's our own behavior that sets the tone in our home. We are just as responsible for the mess as we are for the good taste in decor. SPRAY PAINT FOR FABRICS We all hate it when mats, lamp shades or throw pillows don't come in the colors we like. Upholstery Fabric Paint by Simply Spray is a non-toxic, non-flammable aerosol spray can that allows you to paint over couches, chairs, pillows, linens, lampshades and more. Eco-friendly and water-based, the paint is an alternative to other harsh-smelling indoor sprays. Another plus is that it remains soft to the touch and is fade resistant. (It won't rub off either.) Cost is $12.99 per can. Details: simplyspray.com. BAD HABITS LEAD TO CLUTTER I know it seems that way, but clutter doesn't just happen. Most of the time, it's the direct result of a few bad habits that you may not realize lead to clutter, according to an article in the June edition of Good Housekeeping. The four habits mentioned a...

RISMEDIA, February 16, 2010-Marty Van Diest lists and sells homes in the Malanuga-Susitina Borough of Alaska through his Valley Market Real Estate office located in Wasilla, Alaska. It's an area bigger than North Carolina. He lives in Palmer and his office is in Sarah Palin's hometown of Wasilla. He's been a real estate agent for 19 years. Despite having his office in Wasilla, he can't see Russia from there, but he sees success on the Internet every day. When you are in a place as unforgiving as Alaska in winter, organization and efficiency are essential If you ever read Jack London's great stories earlier in your life, you know that Alaska in winter can be an unforgiving place. If you saw the movie Into the Wild , you also know it's no place for beginners at any time of year. If you had to earn your living in an area the size of North Carolina, you'd do whatever you could to make your job easier and your performance stronger. Marty started trying to make th...

The popular first-time homebuyer tax credit that was scheduled to end this month is being extended. President Obama signed a bill that extends the up to $8,000 tax credit for first-time homebuyers for seven months. An additional incentive for the housing industry is for homeowners . The $6,500 tax credit will benefit some existing homeowners who are also buyers and whose primary residence has been owned, used, sold, or being sold within at least five consecutive years of the previous eight years. The legislation is part of a bill that also extends unemployment benefits. Bruce Walker, Director of Marketing, RealEstate.com Reportedly, the credit would be available for people earning up to $125,000 a year and couples making up to $225,000 per year. This is an increase from the current income limits of $75,000 and $150,000, respectively. The extension of the first-time homebuyer credit lasts through June of next year. Buyers must sign a contract by the end of April 2010. The incentives ...

RISMEDIA, November 21, 2009-Trulia, Inc. has announced that 25.6% of homes currently on the market in the United States as of November 1, 2009 have experienced at least one price cut during the past 12 months. More than 40% of the top 50 major metros across the U.S. are experiencing price reduction levels above 30%, significantly higher than the national average. The average discount for price-reduced homes continues to hold steady at 10% off of the original listing price.

RISMEDIA, -President Barack Obama has approved the first-time homebuyer tax credit extension which will extend the tax credit until April 30, 2010. The extension is part of a $24 billion economic stimulus bill that will extend the $8,000 tax credit for homebuyers who are purchasing their first home from the current November 30 deadline and expands the program to offer a credit of $6,500 to homeowners who have lived in their current home for at least five years and are seeking to relocate. The following details apply to the homebuyer tax credit expansion: Who is Eligible -First-time homebuyers, who are defined by the law as buyers who have not owned a principal residence during the three-year period prior to the purchase, may be eligible for up to an $8,000 tax credit. -Existing homeowners who have been residing in their principal residence for five consecutive years out of the last eight and are purchasing a home to be their principal residence ("repeat buyer"), may be eligi...

RISMEDIA, September 24, 2009-The number of homes for sale declined nearly 3% in August 2009, compared to July, and is down more than 23% compared to a year ago,

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Buy a Ticket RISMEDIA, July 15, 2009-(MCT)-With a housing market sinking to lows seldom seen in this country's history, some people are resorting to seldom-used practices to sell their houses. Don and Karen Carroll count themselves among that group. With plans to move to Painesville Township, the Eastlake couple is trying to sell their home of five years but to this point haven't had much luck. "Our house has been on the market for almost a month and a half, but only one person has come to look at it," said Don, 40. "That being the case, we're kind of worried." So, they've come up with a Plan B. "I was sitting in the living room last week, and I said to my husband, 'What if we tried to raffle this house?' " said Karen, 50. "Somebody in this big world had to have done it before." In fact, someone has. Last year, a Maryland couple raffled off their four-bedroom farmhouse - which was appraised at $390,000 when it was first p...

I never buy extended warranties , but this sure sounds like sound logic . This month I want to share with you a little trick that I learned to help choose the best appliances when building your own home . When we built our house I did not know this little gem so we wound up with some new appliances that have not been that great. After a couple of years we started to have some issues with them breaking and the result was having to come up with the cash to repair them. I figured out a great way to tell if an appliance was reliable or not. Here it is in a nut shell: First find the appliance that fits your need and budget. Price the extended warranty on each appliance model that you are interested in. The higher the cost of the extended appliance warranty the lower the reliability and the more costly it is to own over the long term. The insurance companies that back these warranties do studies on the cost of repair and dependability of the models and companies that produce the appliances....

Foreclosure leaders focused on 4 states in new metro list Catherine Clifford, CNNMoney.com staff writer Wednesday April 22, 2009, 9:47 am The 26 cities with the highest foreclosure rate in the nation are all located in four hard-hit states, with Las Vegas topping the list, according to a report released Wednesday. Metro areas in California, Florida, Nevada and Arizona topped the foreclosure filing list for the first quarter of 2009 in a report from RealtyTrac, an online marketer of foreclosed properties. A foreclosure filing includes default papers, auction sale notices and repossessions. Las Vegas had the highest rate of foreclosures of any city, with one in every 22 homes subject to a foreclosure filing in the first three months of the year. The rate of foreclosure filings was 4.5%, seven times the national average. Merced, Calif., had the second highest rate, with Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Fla., Stockton, Calif., and Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif., rounding out the top five. ...

Foreclosure Posting Activity - April 2009 Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex Following Last Month's Dip in Postings, D/FW Homes Posted for the April Foreclosure Auctions Surged again & Topped 5,000 for the Second Time on Record. Residential Foreclosure Postings Climbed to New Record Highs in Denton & Collin Counties . The filing deadline has passed for foreclosure postings to be filed at county courthouses throughout the State of Texas for the upcoming foreclosure auctions on Tuesday, April 7 th , 2009. Therefore, Foreclosure Listing Service, Inc. has completed our research of the April foreclosure postings. The following points offer a few highlights of these statistics. These quotes should be attributed to George Roddy, Sr., President of Foreclosure Listing Service, Inc. DALLAS/FORT WORTH METRO "Following last month's dip in foreclosure posting activity, postings filed on D/FW homes again surged for the April foreclosure auctions. For only the second time on record, ho...