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  Essential Heating System Maintenance

  Getting your home’s heating system professionally serviced every year will keep it running smoothly and help keep heating costs under control. Read

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  8 Easy Ways to Seal Air Leaks Around the House

  For what the typical family wastes every year on air leaks—about $350—you can plug energy-robbing gaps, start saving money, and enjoy a more comfortable home. Read

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  Chimney Maintenance for Warmth and Safety

  Chimney maintenance and a fireplace inspection can make the difference between warm safety and drafty danger. Read

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  Fielding a Lowball Purchase Offer on Your Home

  Consider before you ignore or outright refuse a very low purchase offer for your home. A counteroffer and negotiation could turn that low purchase offer into a sale. Read

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  Keep Your Home Sale from Falling Apart

  After finding a buyer, all you have to do to make it to closing is to avoid these five traps. Read

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  6 Reasons to Reduce Your Home Price

  While you’d like to get the best price for your home, consider our six reasons to reduce your home price. Read

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  7 Tips for a Profitable Home Closing

  Be sure you’re walking away with all the money you’re entitled to from the sale of your home. Read

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  Negotiate Your Best House Buy

  Keep your emotions in check and your eyes on the goal, and you’ll pay less when purchasing a home. Read

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  Keep Your Home Purchase on Track

  You’ve found your dream home. Make sure missteps don’t prevent a successful closing. Read

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  7 Steps to a Stress-free Home Closing

  By doing homework in advance, you’ll understand what you’re asked to sign when you close the sale of your home. Read

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  8 Tips for Finding Your New Home

  A solid game plan can help you narrow your homebuying search to find the best home for you. Read

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  7 Tips for Improving Your Credit

  Here’s how to clean up your credit so you get the least-expensive home loan possible. Read

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  10 Ways to Prevent Costly Mold Damage to Your Home

  Fixing mold damage can be one of the most expensive repairs you’ll ever perform on your home, so here’s how to prevent it. Read

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  6 Tips for Reducing Your VOC Exposure

  Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in your home can cause chronic health problems, but they’re tough to completely eliminate. Here’s what you can do to reduce your VOC exposure. Read

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  Foreclosure Alternative: The Short Sale

  A short sale is far from hassle-free, but it’s a better alternative than foreclosure. And now you’ve got a little help from your friends in D.C. Here are the facts about short sales and how to get started. Read