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Grand Forks City Council members briefed on Gate City Bank Home Improvement Partnership Loan Program
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Grand Forks City Council members briefed on Gate City Bank Home Improvement Partnership Loan Program

Mar. 6—GRAND FORKS — City Council members were briefed Monday by Gate City Bank on the Home Improvement Partnership Loan Program.

Andrew Conlon, a senior community development planner with the city, said the program provides funds for qualifying homeowners to make improvements to their properties. Some of the criteria to qualify for the program are that the assessed value of a house needs to be $275,000 or less and everything will need to be zoned appropriately, as well as other credit-related prerequisites. The interest rates for the program this year range from 3% to 3.5%

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Home Improvement Boom Is Over As Inflation, Debt, House Prices Bite
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Home Improvement Boom Is Over As Inflation, Debt, House Prices Bite

  • US home improvement surged during the pandemic as many people had spare cash and little to buy.
  • Home Depot warned the boom may be over as higher prices and borrowing costs squeeze consumers.
  • The retailer’s bosses expect lower demand to mean flat sales and an earnings decline this year.

American homeowners invested heavily in renovating and expanding their dwellings over the past three years. Here’s a closer look at the US home improvement boom, and why

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Home Depot Posts Mixed Q4 Earnings, Hikes Dividend By 10%, Forecasts Decline In FY23 EPS
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Home Depot Posts Mixed Q4 Earnings, Hikes Dividend By 10%, Forecasts Decline In FY23 EPS

Home Depot Posts Mixed Q4 Earnings, Hikes Dividend By 10%, Forecasts Decline In FY23 EPS

  • Home improvement retailer Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD) reported fourth-quarter FY22 sales growth of 0.3% year-on-year to $35.83 billion, marginally missing the consensus of $35.97 billion.

  • Customer transactions for the quarter fell 6%. Comparable sales decreased by 0.3%, and comparable sales in the US slipped 0.3%.

  • Gross profit rose 0.5% Y/Y to $11.9 billion. The operating margin was 13.3%, and operating income for the quarter fell 1.5% to $4.75 billion.

  • The operating expenses increased 1.9% Y/Y to $7.2 billion.

  • EPS of $3.30 beat the analyst consensus of $3.28.

  • The average ticket in Q4 was $90.05, a 5.8% growth, and sales

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One Room- 5 Ways – French Country Cottage
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One Room- 5 Ways – French Country Cottage

One living room with 5 different layouts? Can it really make a difference in how the overall room and seating area feels?

One Room- 5 Ways – French Country Cottage

Our living room is basically a room that has kind of made me crazy since I first started trying to place the furniture. It is probably something that you haven’t noticed – I focus on the good points and details rather than what drives me crazy. But make no mistake- there are things that drive me crazy. Today for Friday Favorites- we are revisiting this favorite post of yours and mine and chatting about room layouts and ideas

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Brace for a home improvement slump as consumers battle inflation, debt, and pressure on house prices, Home Depot warns
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Brace for a home improvement slump as consumers battle inflation, debt, and pressure on house prices, Home Depot warns

Brace for a home improvement slump as consumers battle inflation, debt, and pressure on house prices, Home Depot warns

Shoppers at The Home Depot.Steve Helber/AP Images

  • US home improvement surged during the pandemic as many people had spare cash and little to buy.

  • Home Depot warned the boom may be over as higher prices and borrowing costs squeeze consumers.

  • The retailer’s bosses expect lower demand to mean flat sales and an earnings decline this year.

American homeowners invested heavily in renovating and expanding their dwellings over the past three years. Here’s a closer look at the US home improvement boom, and why Home Depot warned this week it might be over.

Why did people splurge on their homes?

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Tim Allen Flashes ‘Home Improvement’ costar in Resurfaced Blooper Clip
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Tim Allen Flashes ‘Home Improvement’ costar in Resurfaced Blooper Clip


Tim Allen Flashes ‘Home Improvement’ costar in Resurfaced Blooper Clip

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Tim Allen says Pamela Anderson‘s claim he flashed her behind the scenes on “Home Improvement” is a lie … but there’s a newly resurfaced clip showing the actor flashing another costar in a playful blooper.

The scene includes Tim and Patricia Richardson, who played Tim’s wife, Jill Taylor, on the popular sitcom. Allen’s dressed in a kilt, and Patricia says, “Hangs long, I just wish it was shorter.”

Allen then lifts his kilt, and while the camera doesn’t show what’s under it, Patricia tells TMZ, “People ask me what was under the

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Top-shelf DeWalt power tools are on sale at Amazon
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Top-shelf DeWalt power tools are on sale at Amazon

Top-shelf DeWalt power tools are on sale at Amazon

These Dewalt power tools are the answer to all your home repair needs. (Photo: Amazon)

Now that we’re over a month into the new year, how is that honey-do list coming? This might be the deal that helps those pesky home improvement projects get completed. We’re talking about saving up to 50% on DeWalt power tools and accessories. DeWalt is a premier tool brand. Don’t believe us? Next time you pass by a construction site, have a look at what the crew is using — you’ll see DeWalt’s trademarked yellow-and-black arsenal everywhere because they’re compact, lightweight and, most importantly, powerful.

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Pamela Anderson Responds After Tim Allen Denies Claim He Flashed Her 32 Years Ago
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Pamela Anderson Responds After Tim Allen Denies Claim He Flashed Her 32 Years Ago

Pamela Anderson understands why her former co-star Tim Allen would deny her claim that he flashed her on the set of “Home Improvement” 32 years ago.

The “Baywatch” star made the eyebrow-raising allegation in her new memoir, “Love, Pamela,” as noted in an excerpt of the book published by Variety last month. Days ahead of the memoir’s release, Allen denied the accusation, telling E! News, “No, it never happened. I would never do such a thing.”

Speaking to Entertainment Tonight Canada this week, however, Anderson stood firm on her initial claim while addressing Allen’s denial.

“You can’t make that stuff

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