Frozen Pipes – What to Do Just about everywhere in the country has been experiencing a colder than normal winter this year. Hopefully the worst is behind us, but you never know, and when there is extreme cold, there is usually problems with frozen or freezing water pipes. Frozen pipes can break, causing major damage […]

Inflation Predictions for 2010 What’s it going to cost to gas up the car this year? How about health insurance? And are college costs going up? Let’s find out in this video report… Have questions or comments? Use the comment link below and sound off. Remember, your email address will NEVER be published with your […]

Real Estate Rental Update Apartment vacancies hit a 30-year high in the fourth quarter, and rents fell as landlords scrambled to retain existing tenants and attract new ones. The vacancy rate ended the year at 8%, the highest level since Reis Inc., a New York research firm that tracks vacancies and rents in the top […]

Gulf Shores Real Estate: 3 Reasons Home Prices May Be Heading Lower After four months of gains, home prices flattened in October. Worse yet, industry insiders think that they’ll soon start to fall. There are three main reasons for the reversal: a coming flood of foreclosures, rising interest rates and the eventual end of the […]

Economy: Consumer Confidence Up, Home Prices Flat A monthly survey by the Conference Board, a private research group, found that consumer confidence picked up slightly in December after rising in November, but still remains at a weak level. The results largely capture consumer attitudes about the labor market. Meanwhile, the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller home-price index, […]

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