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Energy Efficiency and Healthy Environment 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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Simple solutions for home water heater Running out of hot water before you finish your morning shower is one of life’s little irritants. If you have an electric water heater, the answer may be as simple as adjusting a thermostat or replacing a heating element. Your first task is to check the settings on the […]
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, […]
1973 SW Savage Blvd., Port St Lucie, FL 34953