How to Increase the Value of Your Home

September 9, 2004 -- With anxiety over the stock market running high and home equity loan rates still low, Americans are investing in their homes like never before. Last year alone, consumers spent a record $123 billion on home building projects. "How to Increase the Value of Your Home" provides solid answers to questions such as: Is it better to build a downstairs bathroom or to remodel my kitchen?

"How to Improve the Value of Your Home" (published by McGraw-Hill) will help you get the most bang for your home-improvement buck--with handy tips on lowering the cost of home maintenance and home improvement projects. If you aren't sure whether now is the right time to remodel, a simple quiz helps you to determine what you can afford to do and what to expect as a long-term payoff.

And there's more:
*Calculate the cost versus the value of improvements
*What homework you need to do before tackling additions
*How to find the resources and information you need
*Where to find the right contractor to do the work
*How to set a home-improvement budget
*Ways to improve home energy efficiency
*Tips on saving on home insurance
*Simple ways to create curb appeal

Vicki Lankarge is a consumer writer and expert in protecting and improving the value of homes. Her works appears on aol.com, CBS Marketwatch, and MSN.com.

Daniel J. Nahorney is a home improvement weekend warrior, a journalist, business writer, and magazine editor.




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