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Business
Great Big Home & Garden Expo Starts Feb. 4
The Great Big Home & Garden Expo presented by Time Warner Cable returns to Cleveland’s I-X Center Feb. 4-12. The show features more than 650 exhibitors and appearances by home an...
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Patch's House & Home
A Top Ten List Ohio Didn't Make
For the fifth consecutive year, Nevada continues to have the highest foreclosure rate in the country, despite a 31 percent drop in the state’s foreclosure activity from 2010 to 2011, Real...
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Holiday Guide
Deck the House Winner Chosen
A Davis, CA, family used their holiday spirit and a lot of networking to win $100,000 for their local schools as they won Patch's Deck the House Contest. Kristy Powell, an elementary...
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Patch's House & Home
Living Rooms: Classy? Yes. Wanted? Not So Much.
Over the years we have seen housing trends such as pink tile in bathrooms, shag carpeting, olive green appliances, and many more. While styles and trends come in and out popularity, ...
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Patch's House & Home
What the Cluck? Backyard Hens and the Law
I don’t have anything against poultry, but I’ve seen enough of them to last a lifetime. My grandfather had a small family chicken ranch (he never called it a chicken farm), and my u...
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Patch's House & Home
Closing Costs: How to Avoid a Last-Minute Surprise
Don’t let the term “closing costs” mislead you. You’d do well to think about them before you start house-hunting, not after you’ve made an offer on your dream home. There’s one good ...
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Government
15 Strongsville Properties Going to Sheriff's Sale in January
A total of 15 houses in Strongsville are scheduled to be sold at sheriff's auction in January. Another 136 are in foreclosure, according to a report compiled by the city's Building D...
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Real Estate
New Year . . . To Rent or Own a Home?
There are many choices that consumers have in the real estate market today and one of those is "should I rent or should I own a home?" According to the National Association of Realto...