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Gravity Furnaces

If you’re buying a home with a gravity furnace, you should have the furnace replaced.  Gravity furnaces are those huge ‘octopus’ furnaces that can just about fill up a whole...
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Are there any buyers out there?

More than ever this year, sellers are asking if they should list their home now or wait until spring.  They are asking…are there any buyers out there? Media reports make it...
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Sunday’s Site – Fish Lake Regional Park, Maple Grove

When I stopped by Fish Lake Regional Park about a week ago, just before leaving for a week in California, some leaves were still ablaze with color as evidenced in...
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Repairs Before Selling Return Rewards

I ran across another great article by Elizabeth Weintraub and thought I would pass it along:   Quick fixes before selling a home always pay off, but which repairs bring...
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New vistas

This has been a wonderful week filled with new vistas as we have explored the California desert…from the flat desert valley below sea level to skytop views atop Mount San Jacinto nearly...
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Mortgage Rates Fall after Election

The 30 year fixed mortgage rates dropped to 5.75% the day following the election on conventional loans.  The government’s 30 year fixed rates on FHA mortgages dropped to 5.50% at...
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Wednesdays Unplugged – Banana Cranberry Nut Bread

I've been mostly unplugged this whole week, actually made the recipe I am sharing this week yesterday for munching while we watched the historic election returns. We're going hiking in the...
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Converting Two-Prong Outlets

A common question I get about older homes is whether two-prong outlets can safely be changed over to three-prong outlets.  Most home buyers today don’t want to be stuck with...
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Water runs through it

I have talked before of how flowing water is important to my sense of place…how the places most meaningful to me have all had a creek running through them. This week we...
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Sunday’s Site – St. Anthony Park

NOTE: see the bottom of Sunday's Site posts for homes for sale in the area St. Anthony Park (not to be confused with St. Anthony Village) is a delightful neighborhood situated between downtown...
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