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November 3, 2001
Getting a handle on Longaberger baskets
CLEARWATER -- This year for the first time, Longaberger made its Christmas basket in a shape other than, well, a basket.
Home Front
Browse through a bungalow
Retooling custom home sales
Terrorism's effects on custom home building don't seem uniform, but experts are advising savvy marketing to retain demand amid uncertain times.
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Looking for lights
It's time for us to start making our list and checking it twice: our annual list of holiday lighting displays. Story
[Times art: Teresanne Cossetta] |
Tell us about your holiday lights!
Planning to decorate your house for the holidays? Tell us about it! We're putting together our annual list of holiday lighting displays, which will be published Dec. 8. Residential outdoor displays only, please.
Community Living: Fix responsibility for leak damage
Question: My unit was damaged by water leaking from the apartment above. The association's maintenance personnel kept insisting that the leak was coming from my shower pan. The mold and mildew grew to such an extent that now the interior walls must be replaced to remove all the contamination.
House values
Clearwater
Homes News
Ocala named sprawl capital of the country
Homebuyer U
Thinking about buying a house but need to learn the basics? The Community Service Foundation offers free classes designed to help first-time home buyers go through the process and qualify for down payment and closing costs assistance. A one-day class will be offered from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at the Palm Harbor Library, 2330 Nebraska Ave. Sequential classes will be offered from 6 to 9 p.m. Nov. 13 and 20 at the Sunshine Center, 330 Fifth St. N, St. Petersburg. For registration or information, call (727) 461-0618.
St. Petersburg Times real estate classified ads:
Regional real estate links:
 Homeofmine.com - Search local MLS listings, a service of Tampabay.com.
Florida Home Builders - features Florida developers with Web sites.
Other real estate links:
Cost of Living calculator: compares the cost of living in any two cities. Also includes links to Salary Calculator and Moving Calculator among other tools.
Home Buyer and Renter Consumer Information: From the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Home Buying Tips: from the U.S. Government General Services Administration.
Realtor.com: includes info on buying and selling real estate, allows you to browse property ads in the U.S. and locate realtors.
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