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Zorro's JournalPaint your bathroom this color and boost your homes selling price by $5,400
Some homeowners have reason to celebrate feeling “blue.”
Homes with blue bathrooms — specifically light shades like powder blue or periwinkle — fetched $5,400 more than expected when sold, according to a paint color analysis from real estate website Zillow. The analysis looked at more than 32,000 sold homes, comparing the sales prices of ones painted certain color versus similar properties that had white walls.
Blue paint isn’t just effective at boosting a home’s selling price when used in a bathroom though. Dining rooms painted in darker blue hues will cause a house sell for $1,926 more than anticipated on average, while homes with light blue kitchens and blue bedrooms will garner a price that is $1,809 higher than expected.
Other colors that increased home prices included grays and beiges. “Painting walls in fresh, natural-looking colors, particularly in shades of blue and pale gray not only make a home feel larger, but also are neutral enough to help future buyers envision themselves living in the space,” said Zillow chief economist Svenja Gudell in the report.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/paint-your-bathroom-this-color-and-boost-your-homes-selling-price-by-5400-2017-06-01
Thought this was an interesting observation for those who are considering selling their homes.
Trump administration posts 'help wanted' signs for government service
Many of the office suites reserved for top civilian officials at the Pentagon sit empty or have temporary fill-ins while Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis worries about North Korea and Iran.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin lacks appointed loyalists in any of the 17 top spots below him as he rewrites the nation’s byzantine tax code. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson similarly relies on a skeleton staff to conduct global diplomacy, with dozens of jobs open.
And in the White House, President Trump still depends on a communications director who resigned last month — because he hasn’t found a replacement.
More than four months after taking office, the president who built his brand telling people “You’re fired!” is having a hard time staffing up.
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-vacancies-20170604-story.html
Since one of the major Republican goals is to shrink government until it's small enough to drown in a bathtub, leaving thousands of positions unfilled fits their agenda.
What Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris Agreement means for your wallet
Our planet is warming, putting at risk not only our physical well-being, but our wallets.
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the U.S. would pull out of the Paris Agreement, a landmark international deal signed in 2015 to limit global warming. The U.S. joins only two other countries, Syria and Nicaragua, in rejecting it. The decision comes after the hottest year on record in 2016, in which temperatures were 1.78 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the mid-century mean. Scientists say global temperatures may rise by 7 degrees Fahrenheit before the end of the 21st century. As climate change escalates, cities are building sea walls, seeking new water sources for drought-stricken land, and storm-proofing their infrastructure in preparation. But while impending environmental impact of rising temperatures may be the most tangible, the often-overlooked effects on our pocketbooks may be just as worrisome, according to David Stookey, author of new book “Climate-Proof Your Personal Finances” published the Savvy Families Institute, an organization he heads that is based in Rhode Island.
“The physical problems are going to affect relatively few people in America — a much broader number are going to experience these problems financially,” he said. “The physical risks are nothing compared with the financial risks.” For this generation, at least.
A number of people, including president-elect Donald Trump, challenge the concept of climate change and whether it is caused by human activity, but more than 90% of scientists agree it is real and human-caused.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/6-ways-to-prepare-your-finances-for-climate-change-2016-12-20
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