President Barack Obama on Tuesday unveiled details of a proposal that
would give rebates at the cash register to people who want to make
their homes more energy-efficient.
Reeling from the recession's one-two-three-punch of job woes,
climbing mortgage payments and evaporating equity, desperate homeowners
are dipping into a nearby income stream to avoid foreclosure.
More than 40 years after her family was forced from their home because they were black, Sallie Sanders received the keys to a new house built to settle one of the longest-running cases of housing discrimination in the United States.
Behold the house of the future. It’s just like the house of the past, only with some subtle nip-and-tuck work. Across the U.S., home builders are redesigning houses using a set of strategies they call "value engineering" – the art of building a house on the cheap without making it look cheap.
The struggling furniture industry is getting some much-needed cushion from some unlikely sources. Who’d have thought that things like "reclaimed" wood, bike rims and bourbon barrels might help the struggling sector pull through the recent retail sales funk?
The struggling furniture industry is getting some much-needed cushion from some unlikely sources. Who’d have thought that things like "reclaimed" wood, bike rims and bourbon barrels might help the struggling sector pull through the recent retail sales funk?
Few borrowers read every line of the avalanche of paperwork that comes with a mortgage, and even the most well-intentioned consumer might have difficulty understanding all costs associated with their loan — and how it compares with what other lenders are offering.
