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Americans overwhelmingly oppose any action by Congress to tamper with the mortgage interest deduction, but it could be eliminated or scaled back as Congress and the Administration are looking at tax increases in light of deficit concerns.

The consequences would be devastating for home owners, the housing market and the nation’s economy.

Please join us in the important effort to preserve the mortgage interest deduction.

Visit www.SaveMyMortgageInterestDeduction.com for information about this issue.

Upscale homeowners still want and demand a well-appointed living room. In moderately priced homes, however, the living room has evolved into a study or getaway space off the foyer. About a third of potential home buyers say they are willing to buy a home with no living room. Recent published articles indicate that the traditional space is being traded for more usable space in the main living areas, such as the family room and kitchen. Spend any time searching new home designs and you’ll be hard pressed to find a room labeled “living room”. I have only vague recollections of our living room from my childhood home because we were never allowed to go in it! Viking Custom Homes can help you find the right home to fit your lifestyle – with or without a living room!

The deeply depressed housing sector finally seems to have found its bottom — and may even be starting to bounce back.

A wide range of housing indicators — construction, home sales, prices — have stabilized in the past few months, although they remain at historically very low levels. And it looks as if construction activity in particular will pick up in 2012.

Dec. 19 (Bloomberg) — Maury Harris, chief economist at UBS Securities, talks about the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo index of builder confidence and the outlook for the U.S. housing market. The index climbed to 21 in December, the highest level since May 2010, from a revised 19 in November.
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Homeowners are balancing spaciousness with intimacy. The huge two-story rooms popular a few years ago are rarely being built today. In upscale homes, ceiling heights of 9 to 12 feet are typical. Only about 14 percent of homes in the United States are built with ceilings higher than 9 feet. In taller rooms, architects are using tiered treatments and woodplank ceilings to create more visually comfortable spaces. Viking Custom Homes can show you several ways to achieve that spacious feel without giving up livable square footage. The trending to lower ceiling heights also contributes to your new homes’ overall energy efficiency! New Home Design Trends courtesy of bhg.com