Create Your Own Before-and-After

Do-it-yourself products have emerged as the one positive trend in the otherwise moribund home-improvement business. Stores are reporting an increase in paint and flooring sales.

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Can't refinance? Call your congressman

Several lawmakers whose districts are drowning in foreclosures are taking unprecedented steps to help people stay in their homes.

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'Gossip Girl' producer Levy buys in Hollywood Hills area

The redesigned 1965 house has an open plan and views.

“Gossip Girl” executive producer Bob Levy has purchased a Hollywood Hills-area home for $1,005,000.


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'Gossip Girl' producer Levy buys in Hollywood Hills area

Obama sends consumer-protection bill to Congress

The plan would create a Consumer Financial Protection Agency and make banks and non-banks subject to the same rules. Some Republicans and business groups say it threatens economic freedom.

President Obama, pushing a key part of his overhaul of financial regulations, sent to Congress a draft bill that would create the Consumer Financial Protection Agency, which he said would better protect Americans from unscrupulous practices and make financial products easier to understand.


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Obama sends consumer-protection bill to Congress

U.S. home prices still falling, but not quite as steeply

S & P/Case-Shiller index shows a decline of 18% in April from a year earlier. The January year-to-year drop was 19%. In the L.A. area, prices fell 21% from April to April; the January drop was 25%.

U.S. home prices continued to fall sharply in April but are no longer doing so at a record-breaking pace, according to a widely followed index released Tuesday.


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U.S. home prices still falling, but not quite as steeply

Michael Jackson's notoriety could hurt resale value of his old haunts

Negative aspects of the pop singer’s life may dampen the enthusiasm of potential buyers of his old Neverland Ranch or the Holmby Hills estate he was renting, experts say.

The homes of even the most beloved stars rarely see any appreciable gain in value from their celebrity cachet, and in the case of Michael Jackson’s old Neverland Ranch and the Holmby Hills mansion the pop icon leased, the association may work against the property.


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Michael Jackson's notoriety could hurt resale value of his old haunts

Realtor Association of Acadiana: What's the scoop on Lafayette … – The Daily Advertiser

Realtor Association of Acadiana: What's the scoop on Lafayette
The Daily Advertiser
Although it doesn't have "for sale by owner (FSBO)" statistics, it does contain most of the sales in the Acadiana area because the majority of homes are

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Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Phoenix home sold

A Phoenix home that famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed for his son has been sold for $2.8 million.

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Canada's economy continues to shrink

Canadaa TMs economy shrank in April for the ninth consecutive month as the country slipped further into recession.

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Parkway Properties a 'Best Place to Work'

Jackson-based Parkway Properties Inc. has been named one of the 25 Best Medium Companies to work for.

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