Residential sprinklers saved home but result was water-damaged possessions DEAR TIM: Recently our neighbor's house burned to the ground, and the fire spread to our home. The firefighters and our domestic fire sprinklers helped save our house, but the water damage was enormous. I'm wondering what we could have done differently to minimize the damage and prevent the fire ...
Fact or fiction? The health-care law and real estate tax Rumors are flying that the health-care legislation Congress passed this year will impose a sales tax on all real estate sales. But the rumors are based only partly on fact. Although there is a new tax, it will not apply to everyone, and existing tax breaks for home sales will remain in place.
Prepare for the worst to have an easier time saving or replacing valuables Important paper records and documents, photos with great sentimental value and so forth can be duplicated with relative ease. There are digital scanners that can scan stacks of paper in just seconds per sheet. Dedicate 20 minutes each day until you're finished going through all your things. Once ...
Low mortgage rates have yet to fuel home sales Mortgage rates for 30-year fixed loans were unchanged this week at the lowest point in decades, but it hasn't been enough to jump-start the housing market.
A closer look at Maryland's Colmar Manor BOUNDARIES: Bladensburg Road on the north, the Anacostia River on the east and south, and Fort Lincoln Cemetery on the south and west.
