Wall Street Journal
By Gwendolyn Bounds

Last weekend, I had dinner guests. My first question was the usual — “Wanna drink?” — but the second was new: “Wanna see my garage?”
Even for a dedicated do-it-yourselfer, the garage is often the forgotten room — or, worse, the dumping ground for the remains of other household projects. One Department […]

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Wall Street Journal
By June Fletcher
Less than two weeks ago, Zillow.com, the Seattle-based firm that has been giving users a way to peak at satellite photos of the homes of friends and coworkers and look up estimated home values (”Zesitmates”), announced two new features. Homeowners can now post “Make Me Move” prices and free listings […]

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By Ann Brenoff
LA Times Staff Writer

Words matter. Wars have started over them. Civilizations have collapsed because of them. And it would appear that the speed with which a house sells may be determined by them.
As listings grow old on the vine in this flush-with-inventory market and frustrated sellers grapple for the slightest edge, the findings […]

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Foreclosure-Auction Bargains Often Need Costly Work; Obscenities on the WallBy JAMES R. HAGERTY
New York Times

PITTSBURGH — In an era when million-dollar houses are no longer exceptional, some homes sell for less than the price of a Brooks Brothers suit.
At an auction of foreclosed real estate here in April, Monte Lowderman struggled to entice someone to […]

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By PENELOPE GREEN
For anyone made anxious by an open flame, the Happy Holiday Hearth DVD, provides the look without the yelp.
LAST week some of us in the House & Home section burned our fingers, roasted tiny marshmallows on skewers and worried about the soft drift of ground plastic foam that flecked our clothing and floated […]

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