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Tired of “wire clutter” where your mobile phones, MP3 players and gaming devices compete for outlet space? The Powermat may be your solution. The Powermat is a 12-inch long wireless battery charger that’s conspicuously missing  “plugs”.  Instead, it uses magnetic induction to safely recharge up to 3 devices at once. Just place your phone(s) on the pad and […]

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The national housing supply fell to a 2-year low last month, according to the National Association of Realtors®. At the current sales pace, existing home inventories would sell out in 7.8 months — 30 percent faster versus November 2008. For a 10-month window, that’s a major housing supply reduction and it helps to explain why […]

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Image by reeltor99 via Flickr Its hard to decide what to write about this morning. Last night the Phillies faced the Yankees in the World Series for the first time since 1950 (when the Whiz Kids took on the New York Team) and they won – even though the game was in New York. That’s […]

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Housing Starts on single-family homes gained last month, marking the 8th time that’s happened this year. A “Housing Start” is a home for which the foundation has been excavated and, considered alongside other key market metrics, September data suggests that the housing market stabilization is complete. Momentum in housing is overwhelmingly positive: Homes under contract […]

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I’m not a real baseball fan. I lost my taste for baseball in 1964 during the Phillies famous meltdown and never really recovered. But last year the Phillies captured my imagination and when they won the world series in game 5 I was there (for both parts of the game on both nights) It was […]

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IMG_0745, originally uploaded by reeltor99. Well maybe not everybody, and maybe not quite recovered yet, However a consensus of several major real estate groups says that 2010 is the time for the expansion of the real estate market. According to several studies, the market of 2009 will mark the end of the real estate “contraction” […]

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Over time, towel racks tend to come loose from sheetrock walls.  And, sometimes, they separate completely.  The good news is that making repairs is easy — it’s something you can do yourself with a little instruction. In this 2-minute video from ExpertVillage.com, a professional contractor shows that with just a drill and some butterfly anchors, re-securing a […]

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An escrow account is a designated savings account into which funds get deposited for a specific purpose. With respect to real estate and home loans, escrow accounts are used to pay real estate tax bills and homeowners insurance payments. Escrow accounts are managed and disbursed by lenders. When a homeowner “escrows” his mortgage, along with […]

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