As old as dirt, the sturdy brick is. Long before fairy tales with pigs and wolves came along, ancient peoples knew the strength, fire resistance and durability of the humble clay brick. Modern people know that it adds value and the aura of prestige to a home.


Business - Construction and Maintenance - Materials and Supplies - Masonry Units - Masonry and Stone

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT

Q: My wife and I purchased a house in Florida last April. This past weekend we received a letter and an invoice from the law office that acted as the parties' closing agent, informing us that we owed fees for "additional endorsements requested by the lender after the closing."


Real estate - Business - Loan - United States - Mortgage

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT

Ashburn Manor is a neighborhood best defined by what it is not.


Virginia - Loudoun County Virginia - United States - Loudoun - Counties

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT

Tina Lambert and her husband wanted an investment that would help them pay for their kids' college tuition someday. When he insisted on paying $49,000 for a condominium in Ocean City in 1997, she worried. But by the middle of this decade, when housing markets were in full boom, the condo's value ...



Business - United States - Travel and Tourism - Lodging - Caribbean

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT

Just a few miles northeast of the bustling center of downtown, the District has a neighborhood where the buzz of lawnmowers is more common than siren wails, Victorian homes perch on sprawling lawns, and children sell lemonade and oatmeal cookies.


Washington DC - United States - Northeast Washington D.C. - Brookland - Neighborhoods

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT

If you fit the profile -- typically buyers with little cash on hand or small-scale investors looking for a deal on a foreclosed house -- a little-publicized national lending program could be just what you need this fall.


Fannie Mae - United States - Freddie Mac - Mortgage loan - Loan

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT

There are three ways to make bricks, explains Gary Clark, a sales manager for brickmaker Glen-Gery Corp., headquartered in Wyomissing, Pa.


United States - art - Music - Literature - Religion and Spirituality

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT

It is said, "To everything there is a season," and we just reached one of those times of the year. If you want the greenest, healthiest lawn possible, fall is the season to obtain your best results by stimulating strong networks of roots and growth on turf. Your grass doesn't have to be the non-w...



Garden - Lawn - Home - Landscaping - Shopping

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT

My widowed grandmother passed away recently without leaving a will. She owned her home free and clear of any mortgages. My grandmother left five surviving children: my mother, two aunts and two uncles. I am the only grandchild. My grandmother always wanted me to have her house when she passed awa...


Inheritance tax - Recreation - Pets - Genetics - Dogs

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT

Masons aren't big fans of painting brick, for aesthetic reasons as well as maintenance and structural integrity issues.


Masonry - Business - Construction and Maintenance - Materials and Supplies - Masonry and Stone

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT

Q: My house doesn't have an attic, so a whole-house fan isn't practical, but I am looking for a way to use a fan to help cool my upstairs. I know there are fans that fit in windows to exhaust hot air and pull in cool night air, but I can't find anything to fit my sliding windows. Any ideas? -- A....


Business - Windows XP - Folder redirection - Group Policy - My Documents

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT

BOUNDARIES: Route 677 (Partlow Road) to the north, Ashburn Road to the east, Beaver Creek to the south and Cedar Lane Elementary School to the west.



Virginia - Loudoun County Virginia - United States - Loudoun - Counties

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT

When cognitive psychologist Paul Atchley wants to take a break during his workday, he steps outside to roam a few of his 26 acres near Lawrence, Kan., and contemplate the vast expanse of the Great Plains. Although many have derisively characterized his landscape as being "flat as a pancake" and b...


Health - United States - England - India - Shopping

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT

DEAR TIM: I want to rearrange the furniture in our family room. This requires us to move the television set, which gets its signal from our cable TV provider. My husband says it will be very difficult to extend a new cable line behind the walls. The cable company just wants to staple a new line t...


Television - Lost - Arts - Home - Programs

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT

If you're doing remodeling work or building a new home, it takes very little extra work to extend traditional cables to the various walls in a home that might eventually have a TV on or near them. Be sure to include in your budget money needed to extend these cables. If you can't do that, at leas...


Television - Cable - Business - Accessories - Electronics

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT

Here's how lawmakers can help the mortgage industry evolve.



United States - Great Depression - Social Sciences - Freddie Mac - Fannie Mae

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT

Whether the struggle is saving for retirement, organizing your bank files, or talking about money responsibility with your spouse or loved one, Post personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary offers her advice and answers your questions.


Color - Graphics - ColorPicker - Social Sciences - Psychology

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:00:00 EDT