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 Existing-home sales are projected to trend up in 2008, with pending home sales showing a slight near-term rise, according to the latest forecast by the National Association of Realtors®.  However, a recovery for new-home sales is unlikely before 2009. Full Story

As a follow-up to my posting on Homes for the Holidays: 4 Reasons Now is a Prime Time to Sell a Home, here are some quick tips from MLS HomeQuest for easy and inexpensive ways to make your home more appealing for potential buyers:Keep driveways & walkways neatly shoveled. Keep your snowblower/sho...

According to RISMedia, FranklinCovey released the results of its third annual New Year's Resolutions Survey, which polled 15,031 customers. The survey found that respondents' top three New Year's resolutions or goals for 2008 are to (1) get out of debt or save money, (2) lose weight, and (3) deve...

Dallas or Houston? Tampa or San Antonio? While there may not be any snow, and you're more likely to need sunglasses than a coat, these southern cities are tops when it comes to decking the halls. According to data provided by Superpages.com, Dallas outdoes New York as this year's Holly-Jolliest C...

Serious home buyers are always ready to make a purchase when they find the right home at a good price. That's why the holiday season is just as a good a time as any to sell a home-in fact, it can be a great time.Home sellers need to seize the opportunity by preparing their home, so that it is rea...

 Built on a foundation of shared respect for technology, sustainability and prefab chic, WIRED magazine and LivingHomes partnered to create an amped home of the future in Los Angeles. Wired for the green and high-tech life, the 4,057-sq.-ft. space utilizes many reclaimed or recycled resources. Ac...

Seniors are among those most likely to move, as they downsize or head off to sunny retirement digs. Yet moves can be especially hard on them, with heavy lifting and countless details to deal with, from emptying an attic to reconnecting an entertainment system. The folks at Springwise point us to ...

In addition to past ranking successes like livability, place to raise a family, green living, biking, and more, it turns out that the Twin Cities are fun, too. Bizjournals.com-the nation's largest publisher of metropolitan business newspapers, including the Minnneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal-...

Actually, Jennifer Chait of OffBeatHomes points us to barrels of houses. They are fun though.The pickle barrel house - think they ever got the smell out?The beautiful whiskey barrel house - recycled living in Findhorn Foundation Community.The worst use of an old barrel ever.Next the most amazing ...

Good Magazine has a great graphic depicting the economic implications of leaving appliances plugged in for an entire year. We all know that a minuscule amount of energy is being consumed just by leaving a device plugged in - but, an average consumer with a reasonable electronics collection will w...