Banks Accused of Racial Bias on Foreclosed Homes
Posted: 5/9/2012 10:28:00 AM
The green bungalow at 136 Chappell Road in northwest Atlanta brings a little bit of the country into the big city – a wooded lot, a big lawn, a wraparound front deck. But come in for a closer look…
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The Tax Change That Threatens Homeownership
Posted: 5/2/2012 1:26:00 PM
D.J. Snapp, a realtor from south Florida, leans forward and stares at the camera, looking like a guy who’s fed up. He’s trying to fire up other agents for a first-ever event next month—a demonstra…
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7 Secrets to Scoring Cheap Airline Tickets
Posted: 4/20/2012 10:42:00 AM
As oil prices rise, so have airfares—they’re up 14 percent since 2009. But with web-based tools giving us more travel data than ever before, there are plenty of ways to still land deals on tickets…
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Office Space: The Incredible Shrinking Workplace
Posted: 4/11/2012 4:06:00 PM
Since the recession, U.S. companies have been spinning out ideas large and small for cutting costs while boosting output. And many firms have hit on a fat target: office space.
Companies are…
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7 Ex-Jailbirds Who Made It Big in Business
Posted: 3/27/2012 3:36:00 PM
For ex-offenders, finding a job remains the biggest challenge to returning to society. A 2003 study by Princeton University researcher Devah Pager in Milwaukee found that a criminal record cut som…
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10 Starter Homes Across the Country
Posted: 10/12/2011 5:30:00 AM
Wonder what it costs to jump into your first house in New York, Youngstown, or Dodge City? Here is a sampling of starter homes in 10 markets around the country. To estimate starter prices, we used…
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