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Here’s how to earn up to $14K for home improvements

06/02/2024 Kartika

If you’re looking to upgrade your home, you may be able to save thousands of dollars by taking advantage of the Reduced Inflation Act, which includes tax credits and cash rebates on certain energy-efficient purchases.

When Paul Hope renovated his house, he tried to make eco-friendly choices. That includes switching from a gas stove to an electric stove.

“I’ve always preferred gas cooking, but I know electric and induction cooktops have gotten a lot better over the years and a lot better for the environment,” says Hope.

With funding from Congress, the Reduced Inflation Act means homeowners can take advantage of up to $14,000 in rebates and tax credits to make energy efficiency improvements.

How much you can earn depends on how much you earn, where you live, and what upgrades you make.

If you’re looking to upgrade to a more eco-friendly hob, like Hope does, a discount of up

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Here’s how to earn up to $14K for home improvements

05/02/2024 Kartika

Home Improvement

When Paul Hope renovated his house, he tried to make eco-friendly choices. That includes switching from a gas stove to an electric stove.

“I’ve always preferred gas cooking, but I know electric and induction cooktops have gotten a lot better over the years and a lot better for the environment,” says Hope.

With funding from Congress, the Reduced Inflation Act means homeowners can take advantage of up to $14,000 in rebates and tax credits to make energy efficiency improvements.

How much you can earn depends on how much you earn, where you live, and what upgrades you make.

If you’re looking to upgrade to a more eco-friendly hob, like Hope does, a discount of up

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Is Lowe’s Companies Inc (LOW) Stock Near the Top of the Home Improvement Retail Industry?

11/07/2023 Kartika

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Is Lowe's Companies Inc (LOW) Stock Near the Top of the Home Improvement Retail Industry?

Lowe’s Companies Inc (LOW) leads the Home Improvement Retail industry with an overall score of 80. LOW is up 23.22% so far this year after the company closed yesterday at $221.94. The overall score measures the company’s performance based-off both short and long term indicators and means that LOW scores are better than 80% of the overall market.

LOW has an Overall Score of 80. Find out what this means to you and get the rest of the rankings on LOW!

Lowe’s Companies Inc is a strong performer in the Home Improvement Retail industry, which has an average overall score of 43. This means that, on average, the stocks in this industry score higher than 43% of the stock market. See InvestorsObserver’s Sentiment Score for Lowe’s Companies Inc click here. LOW has been trading

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Making new friends – the MFCH Tour season !

03/07/2023 Kartika

Home Improvement

A few days ago saw the end of the third tour of the year, which means that our MFCH Tour season is half way through! So far we have welcomed guests to Provence in April and in June, and to the beautiful Dordogne in May.

Our tours are always a moment rich in encounters, in exchange, in discussion and in sharing. There is something special about gathering a group of people who have never met before, but who share a love of France and the wish to see behind closed doors and get a deeper understanding of the country.

On our April tour, the days were a blend of discovering Provence; creating with flowers; shopping for antiques, browsing local markets and enjoying many wonderful meals. As you may expect from an almost uniquely feminine group, there was lots to talk about. I was co-hosting the tour with my friends Sandra

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Resilient housing market benefits our home improvement, construction stocks

30/06/2023 Kartika

Home Improvement

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‘Home Improvement’ star Zachery Ty Bryan downplays domestic violence allegation: ‘Blown out of proportion’

28/06/2023 Kartika

Home Improvement

“Home Improvement” star Zachery Ty Bryan downplayed a 2020 altercation between him and Johnnie Faye Cartwright, who at the time was the actor’s secret girlfriend.

Bryan, who had been seeing Cartwright for two years while married, was arrested in October 2020 and charged with felony strangulation, fourth-degree assault, coercion, fishing, harassment and interference with making a police report. The police dropped the charges besides fishing and fourth-degree assault, and Bryan chose to plead guilty.

He now says the arrest “got so blown out of proportion” and downplayed the events that occurred in a new interview.

“We didn’t even really get that physical. We got really loud. We were screaming and because we were in a townhome that had [thin walls]everybody could hear,” Bryan told The Hollywood Reporter. “Johnnie was, at the time, just really upset about my situation.”

‘HOME IMPROVEMENT’ STAR ZACHERY TY BRYAN PLEADS GUILTY TO TWO CHARGES IN

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our august 2023 box and a giveaway

22/06/2023 Kartika

Home Improvement

I’m happy to announce our August box giveaway! This Box is all about the French love of food and cooking and will be curated around the theme, Bon Apétit.

Good food is such a central and vital part of our everyday life here. Sitting down to eat is not only for sustenance. A meal is a moment to rest, to reflect, to talk, to exchange… and all too often here to start thinking about the next meal!

As with many homes around the world, the kitchen is the heart of the household. A place to prepare food, and also to gather.

We know that our cuisine-themed boxes are always very popular with you, our clients, and I think this one will be no exception. Packed to the brim with French products for your own cuisine, and guaranteed to inspire you to get cooking!

To enter the giveaway is simple:

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HGTV’s Shane Duffy Explains How Anyone Can Become A Home Improvement ‘DIY-Er’

14/06/2023 Kartika

Home Improvement

If you’re a DIY beginner and you’re not sure where to start, Shane Duffy has a few easy project recommendations. First, he says painting is one of the simplest ways to update your home. “Painting is easy, and anybody can do it,” he told Realtor.com. “The barriers to entry to painting are just getting a paintbrush and a roller and doing it.” Another easy project? Building wooden pallet furniture, like a bed frame or an outdoor bench, which he demonstrated on Fox News. This could easily be done by stacking the pallets and connecting them with screws.

Once you’ve mastered some of these easy projects, you can then move on to harder ones, like feature walls. “When it comes to more skilled crafts, for example, doing a slat wall, like a wood feature wall, you’re going to have to invest in some tools,” he explained. However, he added, “If you

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Home Depot Expects Sales Growth to Return When Market Stabilizes

13/06/2023 Kartika

Home Improvement

By DeanSeal

Home Depot said Tuesday that it expects sales growth to return at a rate of about 3% to 4% per year once the home improvement market stabilizes.

The home improvement retailer provided a market stability base case outlook ahead of its 2023 Investor and Analyst Conference, saying it expects the overall home improvement market to swing back up to low-single digit growth.

“Once the home improvement market returns to stability, we expect to see sales growth consistent with how our business has performed in the past,” said Chief Financial Officer Richard McPhail.

Under this base case, the company expects its gross margin rate to remain flat and for earnings per share to grow in the mid-to high-single digit percentage range.

McPhail said the outlook assumes share capture, though Home Depot isn’t ruling out a case for even higher growth.

Home Depot also backed its guidance for sales to

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How to accomplish home improvement projects in a shaky economy

09/06/2023 Kartika

Home Improvement

Spring is kickoff season for many kitchen remodels, bathroom updates and deck repairs, but recent economic turmoil may have homeowners questioning their home improvement plans.

Spending on home renovations is expected to slow this year because of factors such as declining home sales and values, rising interest rates, continuing inflation and rumblings of a coming recession, says Abbe Will, senior research associate with Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies.

As economic growth slows down, planning and prioritizing will be key to remodeling confidently. Here are five tips to help you remodel in an uncertain economy.

Start with an emergency fund

Even when the economy is doing well, it’s ideal to have an emergency fund before starting a remodel, says Eric Maldonado, a certified financial planner based in San Luis Obispo, California.

“What you’re trying to avoid is starting with nothing saved, taking out debt to afford these things and

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