Home Energy Audits

Free energy audits from your utility company are a popular way to save up to 30% on your energy bill… but you can always do it yourself!

Money Editor Stacy Johnson explains some of the areas you need to look at if you decide to go the do-it-yourself route, and just what you might expect to pay to have a professional do it for you. (Video runs 1:21)…

Housing: Finally Some Positive News

Housing is getting some good news as the markets keep fighting on despite the front running economists saying its all but dead.

First off, any good news needs a narrative and it starts with Donald Trumps record sale of his Florida Mansion.

Meanwhile U.S. Housing starts unexpectedly surged 9.1% in June, the most in more than two years. Barron's Magazine is asking if the market is ready for the "giddy days again", stating a recovery may well be on its way, while affordability of many real estate markets are being sung across the Country.

Of course, as always, just like when markets started tanking… trends are very much market by market. We believe things are turning around. We're seeing an uptick in people wanting to buy homes again.

What do you think? We'd love to get your feedback. Just give us your comment by clicking the comment link below and sounding off. Your email address will never be published on our site here.

Reappraising Appraisers

While our nation's real estate downturn is still unfolding, there's been lots of talk about how to prevent a repeat in the future.

Part of the fix to the problem involves better regulation of appraisers. Money Editor Stacy Johnson looks at some of the changes that are in the works. Video runs 1:25…

Airlines Cry for Help? Enough Already!

"Help us help you…" airlines pleaded with customers, asking them to urge Congress to keep down fuel prices by curbing speculation.

These are the same airlines that have slapped price tags on everything short of flotation devices, and now they are asking customers to channel their anger toward lawmakers who are responsible for "poorly regulated market speculation?"

They're charging for checked bags, they're stripping the entertainment systems out of the planes claiming they cause too much extra fuel consumption.

We're ALL having to pay more for fuel, but it seems to us that planes are fuller, tickets are harder and harder to get on flights we want, choices of flights are getting harder to find, and now they want US to bash lawmakers and help bail THEM out?

Enough already! What's next? Sound off…tell us what you think of the airlines latest ploy (or, er, plea…) Use the comment link below and tell us what you think of these latest gouge tactics by the airlines, and now they want us to help them?  Bah-humbug!

Grills Gone Wild

With summertime temperatures hovering around the century mark in many parts of the country, outdoor grilling becomes a big favorite, even if it does seem hot enough to grill right on your sidewalk.

Everyone is looking for the "grill of their dreams"… but it's important to know what you're comparing when shopping for grills. As Money Editor Stacy Johnson explains, "Not all grills are created equal."

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