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NEW YORK With credit markets tight, many families are deciding against shopping for new houses and, instead, are remodeling their current homes.

Painting is one of the most popular home improvement projects you can undertake, but it can be more difficult than you might think.

NEW BERLIN - With the digging season underway, Diggers Hotline is encouraging homeowners and contractors to call 811 before they dig to prevent injuries, property damage and inconvenient outages.

There were a few obstacles when area service organization Isabelle's House decided to renovate Theresa Ravenell's house on James Island on May 25.

On March 25, I came home from work to find that my neighbor had employed a tree service to remove his trees.

Wish you had a more modern kitchen? Spending too much money on heating and cooling? Having trouble with a leaky roof? There used to be a time when realizations such as these meant families would pack up and ...

Last Update: 5/28 11:24 pm Web produced by: Neil Relyea Hamilton County commissioners have voted to reinstate a program which provides low interest construction loans.

A special section inside printed editions of today's Wausau Daily Herald chronicles the $3 million restoration of downtown Wausau's Yawkey House Museum.

If you are looking for a sign the economy is still in need of repair, you can find it at Lowe's Cos.

With credit markets ever so tight, many families are deciding against shopping for new houses and, instead, are remodeling their current homes.

NEW YORK - With credit markets ever so tight, many families are deciding against shopping for new houses and, instead, are remodeling their current homes.

The Tiffin Police Department has received reports of residents being approached by individuals offering roofing work.

The former owner of a Pittsburgh-area remodeling business has pleaded guilty to bilking 36 customers in three counties out of more than $170,000. Prosecutors accused 48-year-old Donald Fehl of Peters Township ...

Scan the web and you'll find tons of tips on home remodeling and redecorating. But what about what not to do? We asked five of the nation's top interior designers what they considered the biggest mistakes ...

Home Depot Inc. , the largest home- improvement retailer, reported first-quarter profit that fell less than some analysts estimated after job cuts and store closings countered a decline in sales.

NEW YORK : Home Depot and the discount retailer Target reported Tuesday that quarterly earnings fell as U.S. shoppers - grappling with higher fuel prices and the worst housing slump in 25 years - curbed ...

The Home Depot Inc. doesn't know if stimulus checks making their way to potential customers are enough to improve its fortunes this year, the company said Tuesday as it reported a 66 percent drop in ...

If the 2-year-old Lowe's home improvement store in Wauwatosa were to go under in this economic downturn -- and no one is suggesting it will -- residents in that Milwaukee suburb wouldn't have to look at its ...

“We don't believe investors were looking for much improvement, but we have yet to see trends get 'less worse.'”

Lowe's Cos., the No. 2 U.S. home-improvement retailer, said Monday that its first-quarter profit dropped 18%, hurt by the declining housing market and a spate of other economic worries that cut into consumers' ... via MarketWatch

“It generates a stream of purchased services over the life of the vehicle”

An estimated 130 million Americans are receiving an economic stimulus tax rebate this spring. via The Journal News

“Homeowners often don't know where to begin looking for reliable help for home improvement projects, but finding a trustworthy contractor doesn't have to be a difficult task”

With the National Association of Realtors' reporting current pending home sales down 21.4 percent from the first quarter of 2007, and Standard & Poor's citing the steepest decline in home values in the 20-year ... via York Weekly

Do-it-yourself home improvement projects have become one of the most popular weekend activities for many Americans today. via Associated Content

“When you go to the supermarket”

Dorothy Brower's husband died two years ago. She's 79 and, in order to afford her $143-a-month medicine costs, she's working at a McDonald's. "How else could I pay for my prescriptions?" she asked. via The Modesto Bee

“Do remodeling as time and money allows”

By CHRIS LEONARD Staff Writer MILLERSBURG - Businesses specializing in remodeling interiors and exteriors of homes are seeing a wave of business despite low numbers in consumer confidence, plagued by high gas ... via The Daily Record

“We are reviewing a handful of the stores.”

The Home Depot store in East Brunswick, N.J., is seen Thursday, May 1, 2008. This store is one of 15 underperforming stores Home Depot said would be closing. via St. Augustine Record

“I was out of work for the entire month and I got behind on my bills and I'm still trying to catch up”

"Marcelino Aviles?" I say it, pretty certain I'm looking at the right man. "Please, just call me Leo, that's what everyone calls me." He has a slight accent. via MyATLtv.com

While some areas of the real estate market continue to plummet, those who buy an old house, remodel it and flip it for a profit say business is good. via ClipSyndicate

“But he never covered the holes from the original spots, so the water was just basically pouring in.”

A home improvement contractor who wouldn't stop ripping off his customers is heading to jail. via WIVB-TV Buffalo

“This is something much larger with Home Depot.”

Home Depot and Disney each announced plans Thursday to close stores nationwide, further evidence that the slowdown in consumer spending is having a chilling effect on retailers. via RGJ.com

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“There isn't going to be any consistent data on the composition of spending”

After this month, people who relied on the Census Bureau for in-depth information on the money spent on residential remodeling in the U.S. will have a gap to fill. via Remodeling Magazine

“She knew what was not working for her mother, and she did not want to have that same situation [as she aged]”

At the Southern Ideal Home show - an annual venue where Peggy and David Mackowski market their remodeling company and highlight universal design ideas - a 60-year-old homeowner approached them about remodeling ... via Remodeling Magazine

“We have to go out and get them”

Homeowners might benefit from greater competition for their home improvement dollars this spring thanks to the slump in the homebuilding industry. via Home News Tribune