January 27, 2012

Green Facts and Energy Savings Ideas

Green Facts and Energy Savings Ideas
Start with small changes that make a big difference in your own energy use and the pollution we generate on our planet. If every American home replaced their five most frequently used light fixtures or the bulbs in them with ones that have earned the ENERGY STAR label, we could save close to $8 billion each year in energy costs, and together we would prevent the greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions from nearly 10 million cars!

Detroit councilman walks away from mortgage

Detroit councilman walks away from mortgage

The former residence of Detroit City Councilman Kwame Kenyatta's is the ugly duckling on its block. Dead grass spreads gray across the lawn. Withered advertising circulars are strewn about the porch and the hedges.Add Detroit City Councilman Kwame Kenyatta to the list of the many homeowners who have walked away from a mortgage rather than keep paying for a property that is “under water.”




Buyers cautiously sniffing housing market

Buyers cautiously sniffing housing market

The number of house hunters out this spring is an encouraging sign that the real estate market is beginning to turn around. There's just one problem — a lot of them are in no hurry to buy, according to interviews with dozens of shoppers at open houses last weekend.With white tin ceilings, original woodwork, bay windows, and a $699,000 price tag, the two-bedroom apartment at 719 Carroll St. in Brooklyn would have been snatched up in a New York minute a couple of years ago.




Despite housing downturn, renters get no relief

Despite housing downturn, renters get no relief
For homebuyers, affordability is the best it’s been for decades, but for millions of renters coast to coast affordability is still getting worse, according to a study released Tuesday.

Administration expands housing aid plan

Administration expands housing aid plan
The Obama administration said Tuesday it is expanding its plan to stem the housing crisis by offering mortgage lenders incentives to lower borrowers’ bills on second mortgages.

Save Money With Eco Green Homes!

Save Money With Eco Green Homes!
Eco friendly products are back with a bang. They are not only cheap and eco friendly but also fashionable. The best feature of such products is they are not harmful to nature and can be recycled. What more can we ask for in the present scenario when climatic change is taking its toll on every aspect of our life?

Administration expands housing aid plan

Administration expands housing aid plan
The Obama administration said Tuesday it is expanding its plan to stem the housing crisis by offering mortgage lenders incentives to lower borrowers’ bills on second mortgages.

Administration expands housing aid plan

Administration expands housing aid plan
The Obama administration said Tuesday it is expanding its plan to stem the housing crisis by offering mortgage lenders incentives to lower borrowers’ bills on second mortgages.

Some homeowners see giving up as best option

Some homeowners see giving up as best option

“It dawned on me that you have to save yourself before you sink,” Teresa Bondora says of her decision to give up her Atlanta-area home. Teresa Bondora and her family abandoned their two-story brick home in Atlanta rather than fall behind on their mortgage and $30,000 worth of home renovation debt.




NYT: Squatters call foreclosures home

NYT: Squatters call foreclosures home

Members of Mary Trody's family at home in North Miami, Fla., in February.Advocacy groups are moving people into vacant homes, some in secret, others openly, as civil disobedience.