Fold-up speakers for your MP3 players? You better believe it. OrigAudio’s eco-friendly Fold-N-Play speakers let you take your favorite playlists on the road to your office, hotel rooms and the beach.

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A Housing Start is a new home on which construction has started and, over the last 6 months, home builders are averaging one half-million starts per month. This marks the highest 6-month average since 2008 and a reading one-fifth percent better from 12 months ago. Revisions to prior data have all been higher, too.

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More than 60 percent of U.S. homes are “over-assessed”, says an industry trade group. It causes homeowners to pay more in property taxes than they otherwise should have to. You might be one of them. Have you considered fighting it?

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Existing Home Sales rose in March, as expected. U.S. homebuyers closed on 7 percent more homes as compared to February.

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If you own kitchen knives, you better keep them honed. That’s because a dull knife blade not only slows you down in the kitchen, but it can be more dangerous than its ready-to-cut counterpart, too. In this brief, 2-minute video, you’ll learn how to use a knife steel to keep your kitchen cutlery in top form.

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Not all home improvements are created equal. Especially if you’re looking for “resale value” back from your work. An article from the Wall Street Journal lays it out cleanly. Function beats flash these days so be wary of where you spend.

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California, Florida, Arizona and Georgia accounted for more than half of all bank repossessions in March 2010. It’s a disproportionate distribution of foreclosures. Together, the 4 states represent just 23 percent of the overall U.S. population.

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If you’re under contract for a home and plan to close in May, consider a closing date other than Friday May 28, 2010.

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Taxes are due April 15 and if you’re among the millions of Americans who wait until the last week to file, watch this video interview. It could help you reduce your federal tax liability.

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If you’ve never watched the 3-minute “It Takes Just Three Steps To Get Ready For An Emergency” video from Ready.gov, do it now.

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