Heavens cannot make recommendations about contractors, realtors, mortgage services or neighborhoods.
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This is one of my foolish annual exercises. I call it providing information on shoveling snow, from buying shovels to rearranging your snowfall without breaking your back or giving you a heart attack.
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A few weeks back, I wrote about a National Consumer Law Center study reporting that some of the same people who sold subprime loans now sell reverse mortgages.
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Inquirer real estate writer Alan J. Heavens is the author of "Remodeling on the Money" (Kaplan Publishing). His columns appear Fridays in Home & Design.
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Question: I'm hoping you can give a brief explanation of the tankless water heater. I can't seem to make my husband understand. Our water heater is on the opposite side of our house from the bathrooms and laundry room. Consequently, it takes running the water a long time before we get any warm/hot water. Isn't the tankless heater something that allows you to tap into hot water on demand?
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Today's real estate market certainly differs from the not-so-long-ago boom years. Sales volume is still down, for the most part, as are prices.
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Continuing our efforts to get this region and our homes ready for winter, this week's tips will focus on rearranging the tons of snow that some weather forecasters predict this year.
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A couple of weeks back, Croydon homeowner Theodore Frimet shared what happened when he tried to navigate the turgid waters of mortgage modification.
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We're taking questions today that continue the topic "Getting your house ready for winter." Question: A couple of years ago, I had no-freeze faucets installed on my foundation. I know that they're not supposed to freeze, but is there a chance that they might?
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Ralph Zimmerman did something that most of us wish we could, but few of us manage: In 1996, Zimmerman paid off the mortgage on the Whitpain Township house he bought in 1983. Thirteen years instead of 30, when fixed interest rates were as high as 18 percent and rarely lower than 8 percent.
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Winter is approaching, and despite predictions that the months of December to March will feature milder weather and lower energy prices, it never hurts to be prepared for the worst.
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Inquirer real estate writer Alan J. Heavens is the author of "Remodeling on the Money" (Kaplan Publishing). His columns appear Fridays in Home & Design.
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Theodore Frimet of Croydon describes himself as an "unemployed clerk trying to save his home." After several months of working on his own with his lender to modify his mortgage, he even has had "a vision of success."
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