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Why 2013 Might of Been Housing's Best Year Ever
After nearly a decade of disaster that reached levels of despair not seen since the Great Depression, 2013 was more than a turnaround year. Within its short life, it changed housing from a liability to an asset so favorable that it had to power to take the rest of the nation's economy along for its ride upward, in the eyes of the Bernankes and Obamas. In some ways, it changed the housing economy for years to come. Like a human life, its true place in history won't be known until it is gone and some time has passed, but it will be hard to argue with the hard numbers achieved in 2013. Some examples: Home prices are rising faster than they have since the housing boom. The S&P/Case-Shiller index of property prices in 20 cities recently released climbed 13.6 percent from October 2012, the biggest 12-month gain since February 2006, after a 13.3 percent increase in the year ended in September. Annual existing home sales should reach 5.1 million in 2013, the highest total in seven years, a...
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Home Selling 101: Capital Gains
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Freshen Up Your Home, Naturally
(Family Features) Homes trap all kinds of smells - last night's salmon dinner, dirty gym clothes in the laundry basket, the cat's litter box and more. When it comes to ensuring the home looks, feels and smells clean, 64 percent of homeowners have even gone to extreme measures to rid their homes of pungent odors, such as replacing a rug or carpet (34 percent), purchasing a new trash can (26 percent) or replacing a couch or another piece of furniture (17 percent), according to a recent survey.
But if you've become accustomed to the scents of your own home, how can you really know if it's odor free? Healthy living expert, building biologist and author Lisa Beres shares these simple solutions to naturally create and maintain a fresh home:
Kitchen refrigerator
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A Resolution You Can Keep All Year: The One-Day Identity Checkup
Exercise. Lose the weight. Answer every incoming email. Those are the hard kinds of New Year's resolutions, because you have to think about them every day for the rest of the year. Many are forgotten long before Valentine's Day. But here's one important resolution, one you can fulfill today and easily keep all year: protect your identity. Identity theft is a fast-growing crime, but there are ways to reduce your chances of being a victim. The identity theft protection experts at LifeLock recommend doing these five quick things today to help keep your identity safer all year long: Use safe passwords Are you among the people who use simple passwords like "123456" or "qwerty" or "abc123" to protect your personal information? Or even the word "password" itself? Many people do, so identity thieves can often break in just by trying the most popular passwords. To create a safer password, avoid using words that are in the dictionary. And stay away from your own personal i...
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