If you're doing remodeling work or building a new home, it takes very little extra work to extend traditional cables to the various walls in a home that might eventually have a TV on or near them. Be sure to include in your budget money needed to extend these cables. If you can't do that, at leas...


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Is that right? Beware bed bug remedies
Washington Post (blog)
Every fleck of lint or fuzz elicits a close-up inspection. I don't think I'll ever sleep comfortably in a hotel bed again. I inspect friends' guest beds and ...

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Retail sales, number of home contracts increase
Washington Post
... their will to spend, according to a modest and surprising bump in retail sales last month and the number of contracts signed by home buyers in July. ...
Summary Box: Pending home sales up 5.2 pct in JulyWashington Post
Pending home sales rise 5.2 percent in JulyWashington Post

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Here's how lawmakers can help the mortgage industry evolve.



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Can home cooking be hazardous to your health?
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AP New research suggests that at least one in seven home kitchens would flunk the kind of health inspection commonly administered to ...

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Whether the struggle is saving for retirement, organizing your bank files, or talking about money responsibility with your spouse or loved one, Post personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary offers her advice and answers your questions.


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Obama's Iraq speech: a salute, not a victory lap
Washington Post (blog)
And lastly, I am also glad the Obama admin is taking care of them when they get home. That extra mile is really what it is all about. ...
The politics of 'taking credit' for IraqWashington Post (blog)

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Home prices rise, but gains may soon end
Washington Post
Home buyers had to sign contracts by the end of April and close on their purchases by Sept. 30 to be eligible for the credit. Because the Case-Shiller index ...
Political Economy: Home prices increase in 20 major cities, with Washington ...Washington Post
Home prices increase in 15 major cities, with Washington among the leadersWashington Post (blog)
Home prices rise in 17 cities in JuneWashington Post

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Clarett joins United Football League
Washington Post
Delegation leader Harold Mayne-Nicholls said the seventh and final inspection tour in Europe would last four days. Only the United States and Qatar remain ...

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The risk of the 'nutbaiting' strategy
Washington Post (blog)
On closer inspection (unless you can think of a credible explanation for a seven point swing in the net margin in one week) it's almost certainly a blooper. ...

Details of FIFA World Cup inspection tour
Washington Post
... dine with local soccer and political figures; and inspect FedEx Field, the 92000-seat home of the Redskins which has hosted the 1999 Women's World Cup, ...

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Suicide blaze kills 9 in Russian nursing home
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The prosecutor-general's Investigative Committee, Russia's top investigative body, said a preliminary inspection showed that the nursing home resident ...

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Beck: No Beck-Palin 2012 ticket; Crist supports gay marriage ban; Meek 'pretty ...
Washington Post
Both Crist and Meek said that they would push for an extension of the administration's $8000 tax credit for first-time home buyers. ...

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In this era of high unemployment, flat home prices and do-it-yourself retirement savings, some traditional rules of saving and investing are due for an overhaul.


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Let's assume home values are down in the area where you like to vacation. Truth be told, you wouldn't mind retiring there one day.


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Anyone who reads Green Scene regularly probably knows my opinion about using bird feeders to attract feathered friends to our gardens. Once birds discover that the feeders are filled with their favorite foods, feeders are very effective for attracting flocks. The issue is that feeders don't attra...



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LOS ANGELES -- So you're a renter and you want to green your space, but your landlord won't splurge on solar panels.


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Mortgage rates fell to the lowest level in decades for the ninth time in 10 weeks as concerns grow that the economy is weakening.


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I want to insulate my attic, which now has almost no insulation. The choice appears to be between blown-in cellulose and fiberglass blankets. Which is best? -- Fran



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Despite earlier reports to the contrary, it turns out that your mortgage lender will not have to pull a second full credit report on you hours before closing on your home purchase or refinancing.