Homeowner’s Toolkit Archive
RISMEDIA, Nov. 10, 2007-Many homeowners and buyers have their eyes peeled on the housing market. While groups like the National Association of Realtors continue to manage consumer expectations and provide reassurance that the housing market will steadily improve by 2008, hopes can fall hard for homeowners who are preparing their ...
RISMEDIA, Nov. 2, 2007-Concrete, and all it's decorative options and styles, has become the material of choice for homeowners and builders wanting to accentuate a particular home style. From a coastal home style to a classic ranch or colonial style home, The Concrete Network outlines design ideas and tips for ...
RISMEDIA, Oct. 30, 2007-With falling temperatures and changing leaves, unwelcome friends may soon find their way into homes as pests seek refuge from the changing seasons. Pests, like people, crave warm places, especially those that provide food, water and shelter. Homes often provide exactly this. The National Pest Management Association ...
By Amy Hoak, MarketWatch ...
RISMEDIA, Oct. 24, 2007-Closing up a home for winter weather can make allergies and asthma worse, due to sealing in aggravating indoor air pollutants. Indoor air pollution poses a greater health risk than air pollution found outdoors. Dangerous gases such as formaldehyde and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) come from items ...
RISMEDIA, Oct. 19, 2007-With oil prices topping $88 a barrel this week, and prices at the pump sure to follow, the Alliance to Save Energy is once again calling on Congress to enact, immediately, higher Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. It will take time for the standards to become ...
By Marshall Loeb, MarketWatch ...
RISMEDIA, Oct. 17, 2007-In October, haunted houses across the nation are filled with creepy critters seeking to scare their many visitors. One of the most popular and frightening images of Halloween are spiders. Although ideal for this holiday, spiders, especially brown recluse spiders, are insects that can pose severe health ...
By Rex Nutting, MarketWatch ...
RISMEDIA, Oct. 10, 2007-New Jersey's current and future homeowners can now use the Web site www.njhometax.com to tell state legislators that they don't want to pay hundreds of dollars more for a local Home Sales Tax. ...
By Sarah Baicker, Medill News Service ...
By Jim Carlton, The Wall Street Journal ...
RISMEDIA, Oct. 8, 2007-Most Americans believe they have at least 10 minutes to get out of their homes during a fire. This is a deadly mistake. Unfortunately, a person only has three minutes or less to escape to safety before smoke or flames can become fatal (Source: National Fire Protection ...
