Energy efficient homes
Government May Help Pay for Your Home Improvements
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently announced that it has initiated a program that could help you pay for home energy improvements. This program will grant loans, called FHA PowerSaver Loans, to credit-worthy borrowers up to $25,000 to make energy efficient improvements of their choice. PowerSaver loans will be backed by the…
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Appliance Rebates Increase for Local Residents
In an effort to encourage water conservation, Carlsbad residents can now take advantage of rebates for the purchase of high-efficiency clothes washers. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) has recently increased the $100 rebate to $150 due to a grant from the State Department of Water Resources. According to the San Diego County…
Read MoreReversion to Simplicity
There has been a lot of talk in the media lately about refocusing on priorities and reassessing what is valuable in our lives. Into this equation falls one’s home and the manner in which we live. The real estate boom of the early 2000s was all about bigger, better, more, about keeping up with the…
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