SOURCE Changes to the Homestead Rebate, now called the Homestead Benefit, mean some home sellers have left the equivalent of money buried in their backyards for the new buyer to find. These sellers — if they sold at the wrong time of year, and if their real estate attorneys and settlement companies were not up [...]
SOURCE Cold weather’s upon us again, and you may be looking at changing or upgrading your old heating system to better deal with winter’s chill. But what type of furnace should you get? There’s actually quite a bit that will go into making that all important decision, and here are some things worth considering. Understanding [...]
SOURCE It might come as a surprise but a whopping 72 percent of surveyed homeowners nationwide are satisfied with owning a home. The other 28 percent, not so. They say they’re dissatisfied and that’s likely due to the devaluation of their homes. But surprisingly, of those who were satisfied with owning a home, only 24 [...]
SOURCE It’s winter, and the temperatures are dropping outside. One day you’re warming up your home and suddenly you notice something that you hadn’t seen during the summer. That perfectly clear window in the living room or the kitchen or somewhere else in the house suddenly looks foggy. You wipe it down from the inside [...]
SOURCE Long gone are the days when New Jersey, sandwiched between two imposing cities, could only look outward for its best food. Now the top restaurants in the state stand shoulder to shoulder with the finest in the region. AVENUE Long Branch There are few perches more pleasant than the outdoor tables overlooking the [...]
SOURCE It may sound like a football fan’s dream to attend a Super Bowl game live and in person. But really? Indianapolis? In February? Unless you are a rabid fan of the New York Giants or the New England Patriots — the conference champs who will square off in Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday, Feb. [...]
SOURCE Everyone wants a piece of a new parent — or, at least, the wallet of a new parent. App stores are part of that money rush. There’s mobile software that can help parents name their babies, soothe their babies, entertain their babies and speak to their babies in sign language. The newest baby [...]
SOURCE Chuck Bokath would be terrifying if he were not such a nice guy. A jovial senior engineer at the Georgia Tech Research Institute in Atlanta, Mr. Bokath can hack into your cellphone just by dialing the number. He can remotely listen to your calls, read your text messages, snap pictures with your phone’s [...]
SOURCE Flip a switch; have fire. That’s the key appeal of a gas fireplace insert. You still enjoy real flames, but without the hassles of solid fuel. There is no firewood to stack, bags of pellets to dump, and no ashes to clean out. The air inside your house and in your neighborhood stays clean, [...]
SOURCE We’ve all seen them, lurking around the corner, maybe in the next neighborhood: houses with unaccountably strange paint jobs. As entertaining as they are to look at, odd ducks like these might deter future buyers and tend to lower property values of nearby homes. Check out these extreme exteriors to learn how your home’s [...]
