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  • You Won’t Find These Features in Used La Mirada Homes for Sale

    La Mirada Homes For Sale
    Posted on: 26 Sep 2013
    Maybe you're considering buying one of those older used La Mirada homes. The ones that are supposedly cheaper than new homes, have bigger yards and more established trees. Ignore their outdated electrical wiring, the lack of insulation, and the potential...
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  • Brandywine Community Case Study: Renaissance Plaza

    Renaissance Plaza

    Community

    Renaissance Plaza is a vibrant and pedestrian-friendly development on 10 acres that has become the new downtown for the City of Stanton. Brandywine developed the master plan and designed with three integrated home types: Sienna with 39 detached single family homes; Palazzo with 106...
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  • Glass Cleaner that’s Always Greener

    When it comes to cleaning your windows, are you a good guy or a lazy guy?  Good guys whip up their own, wholesome, high-performance glass cleaners from environmentally friendly, non-toxic, inexpensive kitchen ingredients. Lazy guys go to the store and blow their money on one of a number of widely advertised, heavily...
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  • How to Move Into Your New Home

    Moving to new housing that you just bought can be an exciting but tiring experience. It can also be highly stressful if you just rush right into it. Slow down, especially if you have a family in tow, and make the transition as smooth as possible by using the following tips. Start with a plan. When you're still packing...
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  • Common Mistakes When Looking for Homes for Sale

    With the housing market finally picking up, you've finally decided to buy one of those homes for sale that you keep seeing advertised. But before you jump into the biggest investment you'll make in your life, follow a few tips so you don't drown in unfamiliar waters. Find out how much house you can afford. Don't fall...
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  • Today’s Interest Rates Make Now a Great Time to Buy Pasadena Houses For Sale

    After years of falling sales, house prices are now on their way up. In addition, interest rates are still near historic lows. Both factors make now an excellent time to buy one of our new Pasadena houses for sale. You typically have two major ways of financing your purchase with a mortgage. The following examples...
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  • Take the Worry Out of Homebuying

    Although housing prices started to rebound last year and are expected to continue rising in 2013, it's still a buyer's market. Prices remain 30 percent below their peak before the housing crash and mortgage rates hovering at all-time lows. If you are ready to jump in to the real estate market, here are five things you...
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  • Homebuyer Tip: We’ve Moved – settling into your new home

    You’ve just finished moving into your new home. It’s been hectic, stressful and exciting, but now it’s time to kick back and enjoy the new digs. Alas, the settling-in phase involves more than arranging furniture and unpacking boxes. Here are some must-dos when you move from A to B, according to the HGTV...
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  • Green Living Tip | Staying dry: Drought renews interest in water conservation

    Everyone has at least a little bit of green in them.  It might be as simple as switching off a light to save electricity or as committed as recycling every scrap of paper, plastic or aluminum foil that comes your way. But what about water? Are you as careful about using only what you need as you are about, say,...
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  • Green Living Tip: More of Us Walk the Walk

      If you’re running into your neighbors on the sidewalk a lot more these days, this may help explain it: A new study from the Centers for Disease Control shows that six in 10 adults, or 62 percent, reported they’d taken at least a 10-minute walk in the past week. That’s up from 56 percent in 2005. "More than...
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  • Green Living Tip: More reason to de-clutter (and 15 tips to inspire you)

    Recent news out of San Francisco has environmentalists cheering. City leaders there approved plans for 220-square-foot “micro apartments,” complete with pull-down beds that double as dining tables and mini-kitchens. Critics call them shoeboxes, dog houses and glorified prison cells. But city officials and the...
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  • How Buyers Gain Advantage in a Seller’s Market

    by: Scott Schang, FindMyWayHome.com Trying to buy in today’s low inventory market takes time and patience and buyers can use every advantage they can get. Buying a home is not like wandering onto a car lot and picking up the latest make and model from your favorite manufacturer. The housing market is volatile,...
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