Effective April 22, 2010, important new federal regulations went into effect regarding how remodeling firms and contractors need to handle work done in pre-1978 housing. Called the Renovation, Repair, and Painting rule (RRP), it requires firms and their employees to be certified by the EPA in order to do any work that disturbs lead-based paint…
Well I’m happy to say after my outraged post about Google Street Views that it really IS a joke, as was kindly pointed out to me by Kim Brown on Active Rain. Phew! I could just delete the post, but since I’m always making a big deal about double-checking sources to make sure information is correct…
Oops — this WAS a joke, fortunately, as graciously pointed out by the nice people on Active Rain. I left it up as a reminder to always double-check info before you publish! This morning I ended up on the Diverse Solutions dsListingExpress website and saw something that seriously made me think I was reading a…
The Freakonomics blog at the New York Times made an interesting point this morning about why Zillow’s housing price-index numbers show less decline in home prices than do the widely circulated Case-Shiller numbers. The reason is that Zillow’s numbers don’t include the sales of foreclosed homes, and in some markets those make up a huge proportion…
