Daylight savings time... that glorious day when early risers get an additional hour of sunlight as they greet the merry morning. That horrifying day when commuters find they are cloaked in darkness on their nightly drive home. However you feel about it, one thing is for certain: daylight savings
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11/09/2014
The attraction of downtown is creating new residential and commercial developments in cities across Canada, a trend that's not about to change, according to the latest report by PwC and the Urban Land Institute. "Urbanization has become one of the key forces shaping Canada's real estate markets
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11/09/2014
In late November of 2011, extremely strong winds battered much of Southern California. In the city of Pasadena more than 5,500 city-owned trees were damaged. Over 2,200 were uprooted or destroyed. One of those trees fell on the house of Mr. James O'Halloran. It did considerable damage. Mercury Ca
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11/09/2014
In the past two years, there has been an explosion of new condominium associations. Some are as small as 4 units, and some larger than 200 units. But the process of transition is important regardless of size. Many new owners are first time buyers. They have never owned any real estate and have
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11/09/2014
April may bring showers, but winter weather can bring all sorts of other unexpected and expensive damages to your home. Fall's cool temperatures are a reminder that winter days are on their way - take stock of what you may need to do to prepare your home beforehand, and you'll be ready for the on
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11/09/2014
It's only natural to make the home you bought more comfortable and functional for your household. But before you put in a hot tub or convert the garage into a bedroom, think about whether or not these improvements will add or subtract perceived value from your home someday. Even though selling
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11/01/2014
It's that season where you want to celebrate the coming holidays with a grandiose display of ghouls and goblins followed by pumpkins and wreaths and hand-traced kindergarten turkeys glued on paper plates and then, of course, garland and lights and ornaments hanging from everything and inflatables
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11/01/2014
In recent years, reserve planning has become a long overdue reality for many older homeowner associations. The boom and bust mentality of deferred maintenance and special assessments has finally been replaced with proper long range planning and funding. For all of them, that meant accumulation of
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11/01/2014