«Mortgage - burning parties are back,» says the chief economist for Quicken Loans, who
says more home owners are opting to shorten their mortgages to take advantage of record low interest rates.
Not exact matches
Some opposition lawmakers oppose the deal,
saying Murdoch, the
owner of The Times and The Sun newspapers, would wield too much power if he had full control of a pay - TV group present in
more than 12 million British and Irish
homes.
«When the housing market crashed,
owners of the least valuable
homes were especially hard hit, and lost
more home value than homeowners at the upper end of the market,» Zillow senior economist Aaron Terrazas
said in the report.
«For - sale inventory is tight, and with
home prices continuing their rapid climb, it's becoming
more and
more difficult for renters to become
owners, forcing them to rent longer than they otherwise would have,»
said Zillow senior economist Aaron Terrazas.
«As chefs and
home cooks learn
more about how to cook game, and the health benefits of foods like bison and ostrich, we've seen a substantial increase in the interest in cooking these at
home and in upscale restaurants,»
says owner Geoff Latham.
Imagine if the
owner was a bit
more involved, coming to top 6 games at
home, big UCL games, making sure that communications between manager and media would be of a similar tone (how many times have we had Wenger deny what the board
said and vice versa), and freeing up extra cash out of his pockets when a special player becomes available because he wants to see the best at the club but
more importantly he wants to win.
The
owner of a
home valued at $ 210,000 would pay $ 52
more in property taxes per year, district officials
said.
The plan would cost the
owner of a $ 150,000
home $ 16 a year
more in taxes,
say district officials.
«The
more disaster recovery centers we can have, the
more money will flow to
home owners, to store
owners, to communities, to towns and villages quickly,»
said Schumer.
Owners of
homes worth # 2million or
more should pay a «mansion tax» to help the poor, Labour leadership contender David Miliband
said yesterday.
We also conclude that what the chancellor didn't
say in his recent Budget may have been
more important for
home -
owners than what he actually announced.
Denis Noncarrow, the town's government liaison officer,
said the changes would lead to «putting out a wider net» for property
owners to create
more affordable housing apartments in their
homes or on their land.
The walk - in closet has become
more of a fixture in Canadian
homes since the mid-2000s,
says Tom Turnbull, the
owner of Uxbridge, Ont. - based Kwik Kloset, ever since
home organization became its own genre of aspirational reality TV.
«We offer elegant and sleekly designed functional cages, many with multi-level units that create
more living space without consuming
more floor space in the
owner's
home,»
says Brad Forgette, executive vice president of Marchioro USA.
Many
owners said they would love to have a mobile veterinarian to see their pets in a
home setting - less anxiety,
more time with the doctor, and better interaction.
Compared to non-pet
owners, those with four - legged friends at
home have lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels, have a better sense of security, are
more active, experience less depression and live longer, they
said.
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«There has been a huge increase in sales in the
home use of grooming products over the last 10 years,»
said Eric Bittman,
owner of Warren London in Valencia, Calif. «Customers, overall, are paying
more attention to their dogs and treating them like part of the family.
«Many customers changed pet food brands after the recall and have been selecting alternatives that take a
more natural approach,»
says veterinary nutritionist Sally C. Perea with Davis Veterinary Medical Consulting in Davis, Calif. «We have definitely seen an increased interest in pet
owners who have elected to
home - cook for their pets and are seeking advice on the most appropriate way to balance a
home - cooked diet.»
The
owner says he is committed to finding loving
homes for the hundreds of pets that are still in his care, which he expects will take a couple
more months.
«The
more the store personnel are educated to the mental and physical needs of these amazing creatures, the better the well - being of the bird [will be at
home],»
says Mary Wyld,
owner of Wyld's Wingdom, a bird - only product distributor based in Norfolk, Va..
«Cat
owners are looking for
more options to treat common ailments in their
homes,» she
says.
To help match a customer with the best litter for their
home, employees should be taught to learn as much as possible about the cat
owner's household,
says Joe Provenzano, president of Odor - No -
More, Inc., which offers litter additives designed to eliminate odor and make litter last longer.
The message has been well received by pet
owners, and as a result, Shweky
says, the practice of maintaining dental health at
home is becoming
more common.
«If a dog goes
home looking as polished and as good as possible, the customer is
more likely to return,»
says Dara Samson,
owner and designer at Hot Bows.
Owners of the V30 and V30 Plus in LG's
home country of South Korea are now receiving an update meant to enable some features of the
more recently released V30S ThinQ on their handsets, the phone maker
said earlier this week.
The report also includes other encouraging signs for smart speaker manufacturers: 70 percent of
owners said they are listening to
more audio at
home and 65 percent of polled users
said they wouldn't want to go back to not having a speaker in their
homes.
The conventional wisdom
says there's a finite pool of housing demand, and if
more of it goes toward
home purchase, then apartment
owners will be left with a bunch of vacant units — or they'll lose pricing power.
Owners were
more likely to
say they felt safe in their neighborhood, and it's no wonder: They've lived in their
home longer and are
more likely to know their neighbors extremely or very well.
«These grants will help
home and business
owners offset rising energy costs by financing energy efficiency and power generation improvements to deliver energy in a
more cost - effective and environmentally appropriate way,»
says Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.
R. John Anderson
says small - business
owners are often stuck with
more backroom storage space than they need in buildings designed before paperless offices, work - from -
home lifestyles, and on - demand shipping existed.
About 40 years ago, he
says,
home owners spent
more time in their back yards, and upgraded those areas with intensity, in part to create a private space away from the street and surrounding houses.
But as the collection of data becomes
more widespread,
home owners are going to become
more comfortable sharing it, Carpenter
says.
With tweaks to staffing levels and the support of Medicaid supplements, these properties can not only attract
more customers, they can be run less expensively and
more safely than traditional nursing
homes or assisted - living facilities
owners say.
«With the ongoing run - up in fixed mortgage rates, adjustable - rate mortgages (ARMs) are becoming
more popular among
home owners looking to refinance and for
home purchasers,»
says Nothaft.
Only 2 percent of
more than 1,700
home owners in the U.S. and Canada surveyed recently by the remodeling website Houzz
say they have achieved their design vision for their
homes.
Home equity lines of credit, once popular during the housing boom days, are back, but home owners are using them more cautiously, lenders
Home equity lines of credit, once popular during the housing boom days, are back, but
home owners are using them more cautiously, lenders
home owners are using them
more cautiously, lenders
say.
Roy Worthington, broker /
owner at Royal LePage Lakeland Real Estate in Lac la Biche,
says his company is one of many from the community that are helping out at the community's Bold Centre to house, feed and outfit the
more than 300 people who temporarily call the centre
home.
«What the Aerogel particles do,»
says Greg Pope,
owner and president of the Righter Group in Wilmington, Mass., «is alter the surface temperature and slow heat transfer
more efficiently than conventional foam and other insulation do, thereby helping the
home retain energy.»
However, mortgage lenders
say: If
home owners had shopped around
more, they probably could have snagged an even lower rate and
more savings.
«Everything we've done to the office is intended to make it look warm and inviting —
more like
home than an office,»
says Lagos, the broker -
owner.
The companies also
said they would adopt suggestions to share data about who would be collecting payments for mortgages, whether the
owners lived in the properties they were financing, and
more details about the type of
home securing a loan.
«When the housing market crashed,
owners of the least valuable
homes were especially hard hit and lost
more home value than homeowners at the upper end of the market,»
says Aaron Terrazas, senior economist at Zillow.
Banks should do
more to improve their service of the government's antiforeclosure program and to use federal funds
more effectively in helping struggling
home owners,
says the Obama administration.
Owners of single - family
homes have long been able to convert a bedroom, den, or basement to an office, but down the road
more condo buyers and apartment renters will find
homes with small, dedicated spaces for business use,
says Robert Kaliner, president of the Ascend Group, developer of the luxury Georgica condominiums in New York, where each glass - wrapped unit will have a
home office (www.georgicany.com).
The survey
says 81 per cent of buyers who use the Internet to search for a
home purchase through a real estate agent, while 63 per cent of non-Internet users buy through an agent; non-Internet users are
more likely to purchase directly from a builder or an
owner they knew in advance of the transaction.
The audits alone could have cost
home owners more than $ 600 apiece in some cases,
says Caylyn Brown, government affairs director for the Sacramento Association of REALTORS ®.
Rather than setting up a farm area, he
says, focus on demographic groups that are
more likely to sell, such as out - of - state
owners, people with
more than one property, or mature people in large
homes.
More home owners also want to incorporate local, recycled, and renewable materials, such as stone quarried nearby and reclaimed lumber,
says landscape designer Laurie Van Zandt, whose firm, The Ardent Gardener is based in Huntsville, Utah.
The study's authors
say that older
home owners have
more opportunity to unlock the wealth potential of their
homes in retirement, particularly now with the recession over.