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Go Green By Faking It With Artificial Grass

The summer heat is starting to take its toll on you and your thirsty lawn. Homeowners spend hundreds of dollars every summer striving to grow healthy grass and keep it green. If you're sick of trying to maintain a manicured lawn, then you can go green another way. Install artificial turf. The Grass is Always Greener Today's artificial grass is made out of polypropylene, nylon, or polyethylene threads that are sewn into a mesh backing that allows for water drainage. This is then usually laid on top of compacted gravel and tied down at the perimeter. Modern artificial lawns can…
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7 Smart Tips To Painting Your Own Home This Summer

Winter may have taken a toll on your home's exterior this year. You've been noticing the cracking paint for months, but you don't want to shell out the big bucks to hire a professional painter. Don't fret! With the weather warming and the nice summer weekends, it's the perfect time to tackle that project of painting your home. While this might seem like an insurmountable task, especially if you have a multi-story home, it's not. It just takes the right tools and a bit of hard work. Below are step-by-step instructions to having the outside of your house looking shiny…
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Liberate Yourself From Your Mortgage With This Simple Plan

What if you could accelerate the mortgage payment on your home so that you own your property several years earlier than your 15 or 30 year term? Making your final mortgage payment and owning your house is an incredibly good feeling and there is a simple way that you can bring about that rewarding day much sooner. By making one extra mortgage payment every year, you will be able to pay off your mortgage years earlier without putting a lot of stress on your present day finances. Although it might not seem like a lot, just one extra payment per…
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What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – July 1, 2013

The past week was active for economic news and mortgage rates. The aftermath of the Fed's indication that it may start dialing back its multi-billion dollar monthly purchases of Treasury and mortgage backed securities has sent mortgage rates to record highs. If you're thinking of buying a home, this may be one last chance for finding the best deal on mortgage rates; meanwhile, home prices continue trending up as well. Here's the scoop on last week's activity affecting real estate markets: Tuesday's Case-Shiller Composite Indices for April demonstrate the momentum of recovery in many housing markets. As of April, national…
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