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One swallow does not make a summer, but one skein of geese, cleaving the murk of March thaw, is the Spring.
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Which home improvements pay you back?
Want to get a 30 percent return on a home improvement project? Replace your front door.
Spend $1,000 on a steel door and you’ll get $1,290 back, according to Remodeling magazine’s most recent Cost vs. Value report. A steel door provides increased security and safety from extreme weather. And it can be stylish too, with custom colors and double-paned glass windows. . . . read more Read More
Falling home prices stir fears of new bottom
The housing slump isn’t over.
Tax credits and historically low mortgage rates have failed to lift home prices so far this year. Prices fell 0.5 percent in March from February, according to the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city index released Tuesday.
That marks six straight months of declines — a sign that the housing market is going . . . read more Read More
