How to Seal Out Drafts and Seal in Comfort

An average home loses up to 30% of its heating and cooling energy through air leaks. The most significant air leaks tend to occur around windows and doors. To stop air leaks and prevent your home heating and cooling dollars from vanishing in the wind, it’s important to seal any air leaks around windows and doors. Learn More Here

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PREVENT FROZEN WATERLINES
Winters in Eastern Idaho can be very cold. Take preventative measures to prevent frozen waterlines. When water freezes, it expands. That's why a can of soda explodes if it's put into a freezer to chill quickly and forgotten. When water freezes in a pipe, it expands the same way. If it expands enough, the pipe bursts, water escapes and you can have serious damage to your home as a result.

Make sure that if you leave for an extended period of time that you winterize your property. If you are leaving for a short time leave the faucet running just a little to keep from freezing. Also, keep the temperature of your home at the proper temperature as to prevent frozen lines. Listening to your local weather will usually warn you of the very cold temperatures that we have to worry about. Neglecting your waterlines can cost you unnecessary expenses.

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Energy-Efficient Fireplace Options

Energy-efficient fireplaces, both wood-burning and gas, let you enjoy the glow of a fire without letting your home heating energy go up in smoke.Read more:

Foreclosure Starts Spike

The foreclosure freeze brought on by documentation deficiencies, which came to light last fall, has started to thaw. RealtyTrac estimates that more than 3.5 million homes that belong in foreclosure have been hanging in limbo and are slated to start entering the foreclosure pipeline.

The recent spike in foreclosure starts has been most pronounced in Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington, where notices of default and trustee filings shot up 116% between July and August of this year. As banks pick up the pace, homeowners-by the millions-are needing help with alternatives to foreclosure. Now is the time to reach out and share the news that the time for complacency about missed mortgage payments is over.

A lot has changed in the world of short sales and loan mods since the foreclosure freeze kicked in last fall, and no one is more tapped in to this constantly evolving arena than CDPE agents, who have the expertise, the resources and the credibility to step in with solutions to avoid foreclosure.

In many cases, lenders are proactively reaching out to CDPE agents with leads of financially-strapped homeowners who need help with a short sale.

CDPE agents have access to the tools and the marketing strategies to establish themselves as their market's distressed properties expert. Looking to build your business during the upcoming short sale surge?

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