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The Outside View...
Four-step Shuffle to Get Building Permit, Contractor Won't Bother
from Post-Tribune
Bishop Benjamin A. Sanders needed some new doors for his parish, the Church of God in Christ. He called up Lazzaro Companies Inc., a door manufacturer in Merrillville. They made six of them and dropped them off. Then Sanders asked Lazzaro to install the doors. The company said no, strictly because his church was in Gary. Lazzaro president George Putz said he has no prejudice against the city. The company actually started there in 1956. But he's said for years it's been far too time-consuming and difficult getting permits for contracting jobs in Gary. So last year, the company stopped trying... read more
Overheated Housing Market Struggling to Recover
Harvard Releases the 2007 State of the Nation’s Housing
Report
from Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies
The U.S. housing market continues to struggle under a cloud of sharp drops in housing demand and an oversupply of stock according to this year’s State of the Nation’s Housing report from the Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies. After years of setting records, housing starts and sales fell in 2006 and are on track to end this year even lower. Homebuyers on the margin of qualifying for mortgage loans finally pulled out of the market despite the availability of creative mortgage products that helped them keep up with higher house prices... read more
Biggest Eyesores On the Block Prepare for a Beautiful New Look and a Boost of Curb Appeal
Therma-Tru Uncovers America's Ugliest Doors in Iowa and Texas
from CNNMoney.com
Rarely does being "ugly" pay off, but for two lucky homeowners it has. Following a nationwide search for America's ugliest doors, Therma-Tru Doors is pleased to announce that it has uncovered two of the country's biggest entryway eyesores... read more
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