Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Real Estate Update - August 2010

EXISTING HOME SALES SLOW IN JUNE BUT REMAIN ABOVE YEAR-AGO
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With the scheduled closing deadline for the home buyer tax credits, existing-home sales slowed in June but remained at relatively elevated levels, according to the National Association of Realtors®.
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Feature PhotoAUTHOR SARAH SUSANKA TALKS BUDGET-SMART REMODELING
For Sarah Susanka, architect and author of the Not So Big House series of books, remodeling is an opportunity-not just for realizing your improvement and decor dreams, but for making your home comfortable, right-sized, and energy efficient.
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SAVE WATER AND MONEY WITH A RAIN BARREL
Using rain barrels to harvest rainwater from your roof is a simple, low-expense solution for conserving water and saving on your water bill. Why pay to pour thousands of gallons of municipally treated tap water on your lawn and garden every summer if you can irrigate for free?
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(CNNMoney.com) - Home prices rose slightly in May compared with a month earlier, appearing to have stabilized at the lower levels that followed the end of the residential real estate bubble, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index of 20 major housing markets released last week. Prices were up 1.3% from April, and 4.6% from 12 months earlier.

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