Replace light fixtures and hardware. Lose generic shiny brass or black house numbers, mailbox and porch lights (especially bare-bulb fixtures) and substitute something unique and substantial, perhaps made of antiqued copper, bronze or brushed nickel ($20 to $75 each).

Plan for a nonstop flower show. Most of the flowers in your yard probably bloom in the late spring, which makes for a beautiful May - or whenever the big show happens in your climate - but leaves you with a bland yard for the other 10 or 11 months of the year.

Add color. A paint job ($2,000 to $10,000) in pleasing hues can make any structure appealing. “But don’t choose a bright, high-contrast color scheme - that only exaggerates a house’s flaws,”.

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The cut took the federal funds rate, the key overnight rate at which banks loan money to one another, to 2%. It had been at 5.25% as recently as September, when the Fed started slashing rates in an effort to spur the economy and keep the nation out of recession.

The fed funds rate, as it is more commonly known, is a benchmark for home equity lines of credit, credit cards and other consumer loans as well as the prime rate used for short-term business loans.

Village - Detached Homes
Jan-Mar 2007 $1,650,024
Apr-Jun 2007 $1,724,032
Jul-Sep 2007 $1,761,393
Oct-Dec 2007 $1,837,291
Jan-Mar 2008 $1,514,166

The Shores
Jan-Mar 2007 $1,505,250
Apr-Jun 2007 $1,453,900
Jul-Sep 2007 $1,296,250
Oct-Dec 2007 $1,386,333
Jan-Mar 2008 $1,567,500

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