Going Green at Home

When it comes to investing, there aren’t many sure things, especially in our current economic climate. Playing the stock market, while always a bit risky, seems like the place money goes to die, more than ever before. While Wall Street…

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Beware of a Mortgage Rate Spike This Spring

A looming shift in Federal Reserve policy could send the 30-year fixed mortgage to 6% or higher, up from Monday’s rock-bottom rate of 5.02%. For all the hullaballoo about the stimulative impact of last week’s decision to extend the $8,000…

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First Time Homebuyers Leading Market Back

Propelled by the first-time homebuyers tax credit, nearly half of home sales are now being made by first-time purchasers, according to an industry report released Friday. In fact, 47% of all Americans who purchased homes this year had not owned…

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Drinking For Dollars

Which muckraking journalist observed that nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public? I may as well just tell you the answer, since chances are you can find it the way I did, in 10 seconds or…

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Simple But Elegant Home Decorating Tips

Have you ever walked into someone’s home and you were just in awe. You probably thought, wow I’d love to be able to do that or I wish I could do that, or I’d love to have that. Home decorating…

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