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Big, blustery Hurricane Irene is barreling up the East Coast and she's got her eye on your home. And when she sits around your house, she sits around your

A residential solar panel system can literally pay for itself, not from reduced utility bills, but from its selling price. Home buyers bent on reducing their carbon footprint

If you live in a condo, townhome or other community governed by homeowners association (HOA), take a lesson from Judy Rosen who lives in a 70-unit HOA in

Real estate mobile apps by Redfin, Trulia and others? You've just been served. Realtor.com's Mobile App for iPad is, hands down, the heir-apparent mother-of-all-real-estate-apps. Check it out. Sit shotgun in your real

Instead of real estate agent, you may need a technological Terminator these days. If your real estate agent can't hack it in the virtual world, chances are he or

By Peter Taaffe, Attorney Buzbee Law Firm © 2010 HomeAway.com The Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) has been up and running since August 23, 2010. The operation hit some snags

Vacation rental owners facing delays or denials in response to claims for lost income due to the Gulf oil disaster, have another, sort of "court of appeals" --

Forget the promise from the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) head who said you'd have your claim paid within 48 hours. Don't expect the new claims facility to maintain

As predicted, and only four months after the onset of the Gulf oil disaster, the event is taking a toll on the housing market, as some coastal areas

A massive fire roared through a mostly residential neighborhood in the San Francisco suburb of San Bruno after reports of a large gas line

Scam artists follow the headlines, and with one as big as the Gulf oil disaster, you can bet they are making the rounds. Federal and state agencies are warning

With real estate properties along the Gulf Coast oil disaster zone expected to suffer value losses ranging from 10 to 30 percent or more, some efforts are afoot

Improved oil well safety protocols and faster disaster response aren't the only lessons to be learned from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Some vacation property owners in the

With livelihoods and home values threatened by the Gulf oil disaster, its a good thing lenders and others are coming forth to offer special relief for homeowners. Fannie Mae

Much of the nation is poised to recover from the worst housing downturn since the Great Depression, but the Gulf of Mexico area's housing markets could be in

After an April 20 explosion and fire ruptured an oil well and sank the BP operated Deepwater Horizon drilling rig 5,000 feet down in the Gulf of Mexico,

If employment would only cooperate, the housing market could very well bust wide open again. Well, maybe "bust" isn't the best choice of words in this economy, but interest

Simple do-it-yourself home improvements can turn your listing into a much more valuable sale this spring. Make those upgrades "green" and some of the work will both extend value

The California Association of Realtors (CAR) reports that 84 percent of home buyers use the Internet as a significant part of the home buying process, according to its