Keep Unwanted Summer Guests Away
Summer is a great time to entertain visiting friends and family. There are some guests, however, that you shouldn’t allow into your home — pests such as ants, roaches, rats, and termites.
Pest infestations are more than a nuisance. It is important to protect your family from disease due to food contamination and allergens and your property from wood and foundation damage caused by ants, mice and termites.
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Home Buyer Tax Credit May Now Be Used At Closing
In an effort to help accelerate the recovery of the housing market, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan announced new rules that would allow the $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit to be used to help with certain downpayment and closing costs.
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New Government Program Helps Struggling Home Owners
As the recession causes hardships for families across the country, one of the most stressful thoughts is the possibility of losing your home. Home owners may no longer be able to afford monthly mortgage payments due to a change in personal finances or an interest rate increase, and tightened lending standards make it difficult to refinance. According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, the share of mortgages in foreclosure hit an all-time high at the end of 2008.
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