Note: I did not write this article, just posting for my BP'rs who are interested in Detroit Market News.Median home prices continued to rise in the majority of metropolitan areas in the second quarter, with the national year-over-year price showing the strongest gain in seven-and-a-half years, according to the latest quarterly report by the National Association of REALTORS®.Despite rising prices and higher mortgage interest rates, a companion breakout of income requirements to buy a median-priced home on a metro area basis shows most buyers remain well positioned to afford a home in their area.The median existing single-family home price increased in 87 percent of measured markets, with 142 out of 163 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) showing gains based on closings in the second quarter compared with the second quarter of 2012.

We found a dishwasher at our local Restore/Habitat For Humanity warehouse -it still had the plastic lining on it and is still being sold in stores for over $800 but we paid $150.

It just seems like there has got to be a better alternative to those cheap vinyl/plastic blinds that break if you look at them.

Isolate work areas from living areas with plastic sheeting.

Problem of course, she didn't really cut the grass and there was plastic from the pool packaging all over the backyard!

Maintenance is not the same for a MH as it is for a stick built home. 1/4 inch PVC water lines that will freeze, plastic bathtubs crack, electrical lines run through the walls without staples, well, there is nothing to staple them to!

Each tenant is assigned pails for regular garbage, paper, and plastics for recycling.

I have plans to install new windows so plastic isn't needed in the future.

Not to have a business just to have a family companion.

I work full time as a sales manager in the plastics industry.