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The High-Stakes Game of Raffling Off Your House
In the casino of the housing market, Tom Walters is holding the wrong cards. He's a mortgage broker, so business has been slow, and on his own house, payments have risen to about $6,200 -- too much to handle.
The Littlest Victims Of the Mortgage Crisis
The long arm of the global financial crisis reached down into Morena Parada's preschool classroom, where a little girl named Joeli Arias-Lopez painted bright green and orange splotches on an oversize easel and pronounced it a house.
In Evanston apartment, art and accessories get the spotlight #8212; furniture takes the back seat
Reena Amin counts on art and accessories to get the attention. In her 720-square-foot world, furniture's meant to take on a supporting role — quietly and gracefully When Reena Amin moved to Evanston from Manhattan five years ago, she brought with her two suitcases of clothes and 30 boxes of belongings. About 20 of the boxes contained books. The remaining 10 held art and other miscellaneous doodads. Not included in the cargo was furniture.
Make a Quick Buck Renting Out Your House on Inauguration Day, but Be Careful
With a crush of visitors expected this Inauguration Day, hundreds of area residents are advertising their homes as temporary -- and top-dollar -- rentals over the four days leading up to Jan. 20. It's a brilliant solution to the lodging shortage, but let's pause a moment to examine the potential ...
Blueprints: In 1 Office, 3 Spaces for Doctors’ Work
Two plastic surgeons wanted their new offices to reflect the artistic approach they took to their work.
Aging parents move in with their kids
'Granny flats' and converted garages are growing in popularity, but the proximity among family members can raise issues. Their homes are too big, their friends have moved or their families are too far-flung. But those aren't the only reasons aging adults are moving into separate residences on their children's properties.
Adult children moving back home with parents
Extended families sharing a home was once an American tradition. Now with rising foreclosures and layoffs, it's a necessity. But there is a silver lining. Donald Garcia, 35, and his wife, Augustine, were living in a Burbank apartment when Augustine's mother approached them for help. She had refinanced her three-bedroom Tujunga home a year and a half earlier with an interest-only loan, and what had been a $900 monthly house payment had doubled.
White House dog? Here's the perfect candidate
Malia, Sasha, have I got a pet for you -- complete with many lovable quirks. GM is turning into a 99 Cents Only Store. Circuit City outlets are disappearing faster than Carmen Electra's career. Yet, all anyone can talk about is what kind of dog Malia and Sasha should have once they get to the White House. Let's settle this right here. I nominate our sweet little beagle, Cujo, for the role. Cujo seconds the motion.
More homeowners renting out rooms
Troubled times prompt the shift to a so-called 'underground economy.' In the Los Angeles area, room listings online see a large spike. For years, Murat Ekici's housekeeping business was a success, dispatching crews of workers to scrub the toilets and vacuum the floors of Hollywood stars. But in such uncertain economic times, even Hollywood stars have tightened their wallets. Many of them have cut their weekly cleaning service with Ekici's company to monthly, then dropped it altogether -- a situation that has had an unfortunate trickle-down effect.
Tim McGraw, Faith Hill list Beverly Park home at $14.8 million
The six-bedroom Mediterranean features a state-of-the-art gym and a pool area on 10,500 square feet. As far as his country music fans are concerned, Tim McGraw could sing the Yellow Pages, and it would still sound mighty purdy. And the fact that he's mad at his record label for putting out another greatest-hits package of his songs instead of new tunes, well, it just makes those fans happier than bugs who missed the windshield to know that he cares.
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