Handy Touch-Up

After painting a room in my home, I always pour some extra  paint of
each color into a resealable box/container and put  them with my other
household items like nails, screws, and  tools.

That way, whenever I need to touch up, it is a breeze! I don’t  have to
worry about opening and lugging around a one-gallon  can of paint or
pouring into a paint tray. I simply dip into  my resealable box with a
brush, and the paint in my home stays  fresh and clean looking. If you’re
concerned about the bag  leaking, you can put it inside of a mayonnaise
or spaghetti  sauce jar.
Tanya W.

What’s the state of the housing market? “About a year ago somebody blew a whistle that only dogs and buyers heard and the economy came to a screeching halt,” said Karl (Chip) Case, Professor of Economics at Wellesley College, regarded by some as one of the leading real estate economists in the nation.

At that, the crowd of about 100 or so real estate executives erupted with laughter.

There was no wailing or gnashing of teeth. Thankfully.

North Texas home foreclosure postings were up 14 percent for the first half of 2007 – an increase commensurate with a year ago.

For just June’s upcoming sale, about 3,700 houses in the Dallas-Fort Worth area are facing foreclosure, 16 percent more than a year ago.

Don’t expect a slowdown, said George Roddy, who heads research firm Foreclosure Listing Service.

“Just based on what we are seeing over the last two or three months, we are in for a long pull,” Mr. Roddy said Thursday. “There are still a lot of bad loans out there, and people having problems.”