Archives for the 'Home Owners' Category
Celebrate Boca Raton Earth Week - 25 Tips To Make Your Home More “Green”
Friday, April 23rd, 2010
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There are a lot of steps you can take to make your home more green, whether you are building new to LEED® certification standards or making remodeling improvements to an existing home, to create a healthier environment to live in, more energy efficient, and with less impact on the environment. It will also [...]
How to Keep Your Electricity Bill Down and Allergens Out of Your Home
Friday, May 1st, 2009
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Would you like to open up your windows and let fresh air into your home, but keep the pollen and allergens outside? Then you might be interested in a new Green Home Technology such as PollenTec Screens, which has only recently been made available in the US via . Its unique construction allows fresh air [...]
Green Building is Poised to go Mainstream in Florida
Sunday, June 3rd, 2007
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Florida has lagged the burgeoning national ‘green building trend’, but is now poised to go mainstream.
Maybe it was soaring home energy bills, or the cost of filling up at the pump. Maybe we finally got the message about global warming. Maybe it was sustainable but handsome materials, like cork and bamboo flooring. Maybe we finally [...]
South Florida “Subprime” Mortgage Market
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
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South Florida “Subprime” Mortgage Market - the area has much at stake in the furor over the quality of its so-called “subprime” mortgages.
How do South Florida’s numbers compare to the national average and other areas of the country? The latest twist – were half of the subprime borrowers ripped off? Did they actually qualify for [...]
3 Palm Beach County High Schools in Top 50 of Nation’s Best
Monday, May 28th, 2007
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Three high schools in Palm Beach County made the Top 50 in NEWSWEEK Magazine’s list of the Top 1,200 Schools in the Nation. Suncoast High in Riviera Beach (5), Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach (17) and Atlantic High in Delray Beach (37) also were in the top 50 in last year’s [...]
Drought spurs order to shackle sprinklers
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
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Turn off those sprinklers. Water restrictions are returning to South Florida.
This time, they might be here to stay.
Water managers voted Thursday to impose three-day-a-week limits for sprinklers from Tequesta to the Keys, saying it\’s time for residents and businesses to share the pain of a drought that threatens the region\’s wells and wildlife.
\”Water conservation is [...]
More Growth in Refinancings
Wednesday, March 14th, 2007
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Overall mortgage application volume increased last week despite mixed movement in interest rates, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported today.
The market composite index, a measure of home loan application volume, gained 2.8 percent last week, rising to 690.5 on a seasonally adjusted basis from 671.6 one week earlier.
The index that tracks refinancings posted the strongest growth, [...]
Starting to plan for Spring Home Cleanup?
Friday, February 23rd, 2007
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A great time to start planning for that spring clean-up is now. Spring is just around the corner and here is a list of some ideas to get you started with your own Spring Cleaning Plan.
1. Thoroughly dust your home and clean air conditioning and heating filters, ducts, and vents to decrease your exposure [...]
Group representing small businesses oppose GOP plan to end property taxes
Friday, February 23rd, 2007
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TALLAHASSEE · The head of a group representing small Florida businesses opposed the House Republican leadership’s plan to exchange lower property taxes for a higher sales tax, in testimony Thursday before the Senate Finance and Tax Committee.
Members of the National Federation of Independent Business are worried that such a swap, while providing short-term property tax [...]
Even in a home buyer’s market, it’s important to use your clout wisely
Friday, February 2nd, 2007
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Jenn Vest made what she thought was a fair offer on a house in Broward County, but the seller rejected it and wasn’t much in the mood to haggle. The same thing happened on another property.
Vest later found a two-bedroom house in an eclectic neighborhood near downtown Fort Lauderdale. Originally listed at about $550,000, it [...]
