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Kenneth Petersen: Helping kids buy first home (The Monterey County Herald) Q:In last week's column you answered a question about lending or giving money to your children to help them buy a home. There's another method for parents and children to buy/help with property. It's called "shared equity." Basically, parents put down the 20 percent — kids make the payments. More . . . Cost of solar going down, industry says (The Bakersfield Californian) David Stillwell is trying to wind down his monthly expenses so he'll have fewer bills when he retires. Toward that end, last year he bought a solar energy system for his Rosedale area home. Since then, Stillwell's monthly electric bill has fallen from $450 during hot summer months to an average of about $12 a month. More . . . Realities of Real Estate: The only way to get a 100% home loan (The Capital) Back in the heyday of home sales, it was easy to buy a house and finance 100 percent of the purchase price. All you needed to do, practically, was sign your name. Well, those days are long gone. Today, you'll need a complete and verifiable financial history. More . . . LIVE: NZ v Australia - T1, D4 (FOXSPORTS.com.au) New Zealand take a narrow lead as they fight back on day four of the first Test against Australia in windy Wellington. Follow the action with our LIVE blog. More . . . Cricket brings pride and joy to the broken streets of Bangladesh (Independent) Sometimes in the past month it has been tempting to muse on the point of this cricketing venture. On a piece of scrub, strewn with litter, dust, cracks and stones, just up the road from the unimaginable slum where he lives, Shaqil Ahmed provided an answer. More . . . Buy local, sink the export industry: researcher (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) An expert has warned that the burgeoning 'buy local' movement could spell disaster for Australia if it catches on overseas. More . . . South by Southwest: Saturday, March 20 / final day + recap (The Red and Black) So here I sit back in Atlanta after a long day of traveling home. The series of relatively sleepless days have started to accumulate, and I was afraid I might get rundown and sick but thankfully that hasn’t happened. Now I’m just resting up and reflecting on the insanity that was SXSW before I make [...] More . . . It’s all about ‘Malaysian Standards’ (UPDATED with Chinese Translation) (Malaysia Today) But then this is ‘Malaysian Standards’. And had I complied with the law, and had I used only ‘approved’ helmets instead of ‘illegal’ ones, I would probably have expired long ago. And many of my friends expired because they were too poor to own an AGV or Bell helmet, those approved by the Snell Foundation but not by SIRIM. NO HOLDS BARRED Raja Petra Kamarudin More . . . There's a lot to consider when setting up a home office (The Patriot-News) View full size Ann Foster, The Patriot-News Harrisburg resident Rich Gribble of Pekala Architecture and Design has an office in his home. Anyone considering an in- home business has a lot to think about. More . . . UN approves tiger action plan (AP via Yahoo! News) A U.N. conservation meeting has agreed to a voluntary conservation plan for endangered tigers that calls for tougher legislation in countries home to the big cats to tackle widespread smuggling and boost money spent on law enforcement. More . . . Advertise on this page
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