Home Building Articles
November 5, 2009
What measures determine if a home is green? Does using recycled materials make a
home green? How about locating the home on reclaimed land? Or, what if the homeowners
have energy bills significantly lower than those for a similar-sized conventional
home?According to the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), it takes more than using
a few sustainable practices to build a...
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November 05, 2009
A good credit score translates into lower interest rates for home-shopping borrowers.
In a mortgage lender's eyes, the higher your score is, the less risk you are, and
the more likely it is you will pay off your debt. For this reason, borrowers with
lower scores usually end up paying higher interest rates on their loans. If this
is you, don't panic. There are a number of things you can do to...
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November 05, 2009
Green building benefits the environment, the builders, the community at large, and
of course the individual homeowner. This article focuses specifically on important
benefits to the homeowner—better durability, energy savings, water savings, improved
indoor air quality—and the green building practices typically used to achieve these
benefits. Durable A green home is a durable home...
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November 05, 2009
Buying a home is about to get cheaper for a whole new crop of homebuyers — $6,500
cheaper.First-time homebuyers have been getting tax credits of up to $8,000 since
January as part of the economic stimulus package enacted earlier this year. But
with the program scheduled to expire at the end of November, the House voted 403-12
Thursday to extend and expand the tax credit to include many...
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November 04, 2009
Hardly anyone enjoys doing the laundry, but today the task is much easier than it
was a few decades ago. A job that once required a washboard and considerable elbow
grease now requires little more than the push of a button. These days, the hard
part is picking the right washing machine to buy. Anyone who goes to an appliance
store to look at washing machines encounters what...
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