you might want to get an opinion from a realtor, even though they may just be interested in selling it. that may be true or may not be true. a 50 minute opinion might be worth it and help round out your decision from your next professional, who might be the architect, as warren suggested, especially now, because architects are out looking for work. they are happy to spend a little time with you. they could give you ideas about potential problems are complexities with the ideas you have, or come up with new ideas. >> on the exterior, there are many talented painters in the city that not only paint -- the have a good eye. >> there are designers who are also stagers. it is not limited to the interior. it is the whole house. there are also landscape architects if you are thinking of the outside. there are stagers and designers that can do that. >> most of those professional people, architects and engineers, will sell their services by the hour. you do not have to buy the whole program. you do not have to hire them to do the whole building. you can say, "i would like to consult with you for

a realtor discovered them inside of a foreclosed property on kentucky avenue. relatives were evacuated for several hours while the bomb squad investigated the devices. the county police are investigating more burglaries in the haymarket area. a total of 14 attempted burglaries monday night into tuesday morning. the thieves stole wallets, purses, and cash. a woman died after an assault inside a fairfax county restaurant. she got into a dispute with a man. he stabs her and then try to harm himself. he was taken to the hospital with minor injuries in charges are pending. >>> the recent suicide of the rutgers university freshmen could lead to new bonds. eight new jersey -- could lead to new loaws. >> all of these people gathered at rackers university to take a stand against bullying, remember one person who was bullied. >> there were times i may have wanted to take my life. >> and 18 year-old freshman jumped from the george washington bridge after a grenade said he was going to post a video of a sexual encounter between him and a man. >> every morning before i went

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a realtor found the devices yesterday in a foreclosed home in district heights. a portable disruptor was called in to explode the suspected explosives. the realtor, charles ray, was surprised by the discovery. >> when i went downstairs i was looking in the boiler room and noticed the ducts weren't in place. as i started to look around at the vents that the ducts weren't attached to there was a bag hanging from one of the vents. >> the bag contained a suspected explosive. samples from the possible pipe bombs have been sent to analysts. >>> pictures of the alleged white house party crashers are not selling very well. 200 autographed photos of the couple were put up for sale on-line. only two have sold. that, despite the original price tag was dropped from $100 to $50. the sale was designed to raise money because tyrek owes money to his public relations firm. >>> "the washington post" is revealing the price tag for its "newsweek" magazine, $1. the magazine that was once a prize asset was sold to audio equipment magnet sidney harman. "newsweek" lost almost $30 millio

today, realtors went through the house and one of them discovered something.blasts from device is intended to disrupt bombs. it the possibility of a home rig with explosives rattled neighbors. >> it looked like pipes. >> this realtor check at the vacant for closure for a client. in the basement, he found a heating vent a jar. when he looked inside, he spotted what appeared to be two pipe bombs. and it did not register i was in danger. >> authorities say they have the appearance and components of a pipe bomb and contained a substance that could be an explosive, but a final determination requires scientific evidence. >> we cannot say if the person who was evicted it is responsible. >> investigators are tracking the former owner of the home, who bought the house from his next-door neighbor. today, this woman said her relative was increasingly angry and left the house several weeks ago prior to eviction. >> i don't know. >> the former owners relative has no idea who would have planted bombs, fake or real, but she is deeply troubled about the possibility of explosi

realtors like this man are quick to blame bank of america. >> dealing with bank of america. it was a rate sale? >> yes. >> you would rate the bank how? >> negative five. they are the worst of the worst that we deal with. >> reporter: but they are offering homeowners a reprieve halting foreclosure sales in all 50 states. >> a couple started. >> reporter: for the coopers of brentwood it is a new lease on life. they got a call today from the bank saying they could stay. >> we are super excited they are actually going to stop this process. >> reporter: but the bank isn't halting foreclosures as a gesture of goodwill. they hadn't really read foreclosure documents. >> which means that potentially a lot of their foreclosures weren't done legally and people were thrown out of their house. >> reporter: they were trying to modify payments to the banks and short sales. this man sees this announcement to halt foreclosuring as forcing a slide into foreclosure hill. >> they will do the paperwork and the foreclosure process will continue. >> reporter: are you saying this is putting a band-

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he's a realtor, however, he's not a broker representing our projects. in the interest of full disclosure. what i like to do to round out the conversation tonight is -- to reintroduce the following graphic. and let's take a bit of tile to look at the density and the mass and the scale of buildings in this neighborhood. it is considerable. i don't think any of these neighbors can say their house is small. their house is clean, their house is so sizeably different than what is being proposed on the project. in fact if you were to see the three dimension drawings that we provide that show our project, it will be one of the smaur ones in the neighborhood based on the visual satellite photo that you can see. look at -- across the street right here. built, lot line to lot line. massive. no setbacks what solver. look across the street uphill. massive. a setback on the side. nonthat could be said to not detract from the mass and nature of the buildings. i want to have the commission play a particular attention to that. next i like introduce the group to the comm

realtor found two pipe bombs in the foreclosure property. the owner left months ago before the eviction. now investigators want to question that man. >>> cereal may have struck again. prince william county police are investigating 10 more incidents in the haymarket area. >> the total is 14. that is in addition to the nearly 90 burglaries in the nearby fairfax county. courtney robinson joins us from manassas. investigators have not connected the cases in the two counties? >> they have not made a link between them. that is something they all working on. all of this seems to have begun in fairfax county. >> i saw the window was broken. >> 14 reported burglaries in prince william county. tuesday morning he woke up to find two wallets stolen in virginia. >> i am sure the police look at to them. >> monday night into tuesday the thieves. garages, cars, even houses in the area. it is the work of someone getting into gated communities with surveillance cameras, bypassing the security systems. >> for someone to walk into a person's house and take thei

on occupied for a long line of time has to understand from to the prior ownership according to the realtor, it was empty for a year immediately prior to the purchase of the property. this is sufficient. we have tried living there and it does not make sense and it does not work. the property is not designed or function two units. we do not intend to read this in the future. thank you. >> it looks like one is meant to be an exercise room and the other would be redone in the dining room. >> that is correct as i mentioned in another case a couple of years ago, we considered a merger that has been below this as well. we require them to keep their utilities. would this be something that would work for you? >> this would not be our first choice. >> is to any public comment? >> mr. sanchez, you have rebuttal. >> i want to provide a better answer for the affordability finding. there is an exemption from the discretionary review hearing. this is something that would be more than 80% of the cost on a combined land and structure. with that, it was not able to meet the finding. >> what about the rental

realtors, home builders. mortgage bankers who notice there is a very, very fragile housing economy and they are very wary of doing massive we will sale changes to something where the g.d.p. of housing is about up to 15% and ramifications across the economy and business model. so they have approached it as a very cautious way and almost all of them want some form of government support in the next model. host: and consumers, groups that represent consumers? guest: they are very -- they are taking a very cautious approach, too, because they don't want the government bailouts, but they want a stable functioning and vibrant housing market. and how you achieve that is kind of the question that policy makers will grapple with. host: what will the republicans say? guest: the house republicans put out a proposal and it is -- it was not filled in with details but they want to priv e privatize fanny and freddie and put it out to the private market. they are kind of silent on if there should be a government guarantee but

i bought this from a realtor. the benefit that we gained by using the same architect is that you already knew the structure of the building. >> when you purchased it, there was no plans, there was no deck there at all? >> there was no doubt there at all. >> you and the other owners got together and decided to put this in. >> this was included use of the units. people agree that this was ok. >> thank you. >> i just wanted to ask a question. what about the concerns about the usage of the deck. >> i must not have heard correctly. you cannot fit this in. >> had figured that i could give you a picture on the same day. when you can see is that this is from the pact. what you see is the house. what you see here on the top back roof, there are a bunch of people standing on a roof in a relatively unsafe location. >> thank you. >> only think that -- data we can think about this was the blue angels stay. >> were you on the roof? >> that day. there was 16 people on the roof. >> thank you. >> good afternoon. scott chen says, p

mond, more infortion about housin from theational asciation realtors.he strength ofhe noanacturi segment of the economy. on thursday, third quarter eaings season kic off. dow cponentlcoa repting its thd quarter earngs as well as csumer antpsico. andn on friday, theig kahuna of ecom rorts, the september jobs reporwill be out. will learn how many jobshe economy created or lost in the last month. >>> and finally today, ging a high-five to more eowing social network. launch at a pep rally in new york this week, the u.n. foundation's girl up campaign asksmerican teenagerso give a high-five to their peers in developing nations. the are $5 donations for school supplies, water, medicine, or other opportunities. there are more than one billion young people age 10o 19 globally. more than half are adolescent rls in developingnations. thatill do for today. thank you so mh r being with me. next week my guest former council of economic advisers chair martin selsteen. have a great ek, everybody. i'll seeou ain next weekend. this was my first time to use it. it's prett

. >> gina branch has been a realtor for several years. she says, in this market, sellers have to kick it up a notch if they want to stand out from the competition. take this home, for example, starting from the outside. >> curb appeal is very important. you only get one chance to make that first impression. >> this seller has that down pat. inside, some things can be done to make it more buyer friendly. >> clutter is the biggest issue. it makes rooms look smaller. >> pick up things from the floor like this dog bed and clean off countertops and surfaces. you want to make your house show ready. everyone likes something homemade. gina suggests taking some cookies and baking them before people come by for an added affect. >> when a buyer walks in, they smell grandma's house, home, comfort. >> reporter: gina says that comfort will make them stay for a while longer, which is exactly what you want. >> if you can create that emotional "wow" experience when buyers walk through the door, much better chance for selling the house for a higher amount

the national associion of realtors says sales grew 10% since last september. concerns about flawed foreclose documents could keep people from buying in the final months of the year. >> the giants will practe today for the first time since beating the phills. the team flew back to san francisco yesterday to an enthusiastic welcome at at&t park, that is where they'll py the rangers. terry mcsweeney is live at the park with more on fan reaction and a difficulty in getting ticket >> reporter: a lot of people are looking for tickets. the gias have made it all the way to the world series and now fans want to see history in the making. that is why dozens of fans cam out here to at&t ballpark this morning toet their hands on some tickets but like the mighty casey, they struck out. >> jeremy got in line just li he did in 2002. >> i'm here to try to get tickets to the world series. been here all night been here since yesterday. >> reporter: giants came out to thank their fans which followed this scene where bubble fled after they becam national league champions. he was

the national association of realtors said sales grew 10% in september but sales were still down 19% from the same month last year. that translates to an annual rate of 4 1/2 million homes. this follows a dismal summer. >>> new rules could make street signs across the country look similar. federal officials are updating street sign rules to make them easier to read at night. the new rules will include mixed case letters, instead of all capital letters. they will also require reflective background. some are grumbling. the new rules take effect in 2018. >>> that will do it for us. our next newscast is the news at 5:00. thanks for watching. have a great day. [ this broadcast captioned by erin c. mc clure ]

the national association of realtors says sales grew 10% since last september. concerns about flawed foreclosure documents could keep people from buying in the final months of the year. >> the giants will practice today for the first time since beating the phillies. the team flew back to san francisco yesterday to an enthusiastic welcome at at&t park, that is where they'll play the rangers. terry mcsweeney is live at the park with more on fan reaction and a difficulty in getting tickets. >> reporter: a lot of people are looking for tickets. the giants have made it all the way to the world series and now fans want to see history in the making. that is why dozens of fans came out here to at&t ballpark this morning to get their hands on some tickets but like the mighty casey, they struck out. >> jeremy got in line just like he did in 2002. >> i'm here to try to get tickets to the world series. been here all night been here since yesterday. >> reporter: giants came out to thank their fans which followed this scene where bubble flowed after they became national leagu

. >> larry: would you say he's a successful realtor? >> i think, you know, that's one of the things we are getting the chance to see for all of the characters in the second season is, you know, kind of more, you know, different facets about them and i think it would have been a little limiting if he wasn't good at anything. we're kind of -- which is plausible. i think it's plausible phil's not good at anything but we're kind of establishing that phil's, you know, a good realtor and also kind of -- i'm liking that in more recent episodes julie and i are kind of doing sort of sharing goofy stuff. >> we are finding out where they connect. a lot of times people don't see that. we had a few opportunities last year in like the valentine's day episode and you see which was more sort of romantic and fun and now seeing that they have a love of cheesy movies. >> bad movies yarks. >> that clair's isn't always the smartest person. might be the most controlling but not the brightest. >> larry: were you pregnant? >> with twins. for the pilot. >> in t

whether it's farmers, senior citizens or realtors, nobody wants this bill.al energy tax that will ration energy use, and increase our utility bills. senior citizens are concerned about the cost of their utility bills going up. farmers are concerned about the green compliance standards and the raised utility bills shutting down their operations. and realtors are concerned about the green compliance standards hurting an already hurting housing market. i would have to ask my opponent, speaking of cap and trade, your family business stands to financially benefit from some environmental legislation under bush. would you business -- >> a fascinating question that makes no sense yet, so if you would like to let her ask the whole question. >> i would like to know if your family business stands to have a financial gain if cap and trade is passed. >> no, there is no direct benefit and i think it's important for folks to be transparent and account an for decisions they make and for votes they cast. make and votes they cast. i am someone who thinks greenhouse gases are

a realtor found it in a house in district heights. the realtor charles ray was surprised by his discovery. >> when i went downstairs, i was looking in the boiler room and i noticed that the ducts weren't in place. and as i looked around at the vents that the vents weren't attached to there was a bag hanging from the vents. >> the bag contained explosives. samples have been sen off for analysis. >>> the mosquito has been squashed. mosquito is the name for a device that emits a high-tech sound that mostly younger people can detect. it was installed outside of the chinatown entrance to discourage loitering. the company behind the mosquito removed it voluntarily after a complaint to the dc office of human rights. >>> it is 6:19. >>> ahead in sports, learn how long portis will be sidelined. >>> and a baseball feat we have not seen since 1956, brett haber will show us it in four [ male announcer ] it's sunday afternoon. time for football on verizon fios. the nfl in 100% fiber-optic hd quality. that's a good start. but what's this? i can che

whether it's farmers, senior citizens or realtors who are concerned about its green compliance standardsthis bill. this bill is a national energy tax that will ration energy use and increase our utility bill, senior citizens are concerned about the cost of their utility bills going up. farmers are concerned about the green compliance standards and the raised utility bills shutting down their operations and realtors are concerned about the green compliance standards hurting an already hurting housing market. but i would have to ask my opponent speaking of cap and trade your family business stand to financially benefit from some environmental legislation under bush. >> the minute is up so let's toss this to him. >> would your business -- >> a fascinating question that reel hi makes no sense yet so if you'd hike to ask her the whole question i'd be interested in hearing what she's talking about. >> i'd like to know if your family business stands to have a financial gain if cap and trade is passed. if so would you recuse yourself from voting with harry reid. >> a fascinating question. no, to

jumped 10% to an adjusted annual rate of $4.5 million, according to the national association of realtors. the data points to a gradual recovery of the housing market. in july, sales tumbled to their lowest levels since the troops began keeping records a decade ago. a sharp decline occurred after the government eliminated a tax credit. the subprime mortgage crisis in u.s. triggered the global credit crunch almost three years ago. earlier, i asked our reporter at the new york stock exchange how wall street reacted to the latest data. >> the mood here does not get any better. some good market data from housing was pretty strong today and sales of 10%, but on the other side, prices are lower, so what we see is not stability anywhere close to where we are, but what we see is the same old game in of blue prices that lead to higher sales volume. higher prices in the next month, and sales numbers are going down. we have one interesting fact in the market, so-called distressed sales, but people pretty much forced out of their houses who cannot pay their mortgages anymore. their sales make up 35%

i am a realtor. i have to know every neighborhood very well when i take my clients out. having sold in russian hill, i always went up mccondry lane, not only because of armas that milken and tales of the city. -- armistad maupin and "tales of the city." anybody who knows san francisco knows how valuable those stories are. i also know tom very well and i have seen photos of his property. even though this is not about tom, but is about the views of the people, his house was the only house remaining after the 1906 earthquake. all the homes burned around it. when they rebuild that area and gave us meditation and made it beautiful, the views were taken into consideration. that is what makes this part of russian hill. i do hope they consider that. take a walk over there. look at my country lane -- mccondry lane. that is the main destination when people go to russian help. >> any other public comment? simenon, the matter is before you. -- seeing none, the matter is before you. commissioner garcia: mr. kornfield, the speaker mentioned vv? >> that is the type of construction of t

whether it is farmers, senior citizens, or realtors. this bill is a national energy tax that will ration energy use and increase our utility bills. senior citizens are concerned about the cost of their utility bills going up. we are concerned about the green compliance standards and be raised utility bills shutting down operations. realtors are concerned about the standards hurting an already hurting housing market. i have to ask my opponents, speaking of cap and trade, your family business stance to financially benefit from some environmentalists. would your -- >> a fascinating question that really makes no sense. what are you talking about? >> i would like to know if your family business stance to have a financial gain from cap and trade? >> a fascinating question. no, to the best of my knowledge there is no direct financial benefit. it is important for those in public office to be transparent and accountable for decisions that they make. i am someone that things that greenhouse gases or a concern for the long term. i think we need to

realtors say the foreclosure sales market vanished suddenly with allegations of document fraud and calls moratorium, meaning bank-owned homes are building up behind the dam that could break home. most find them under water. it could push them down further. >> it effects people and is going do people n. >> reporter: he said the h.o.a. tried to help, holding dues as low as possible and letting households in trouble defer their fees. >> that is on the market now. >> reporter: when a property does go to auction, they hope for a good owner and a good price. >> it benefits everyone else. >> reporter: they will have to wait long pert economic storm to pass realty track expects- - expects the foreclosure crisis to linger until 2049. >> thank you. >>> and don't blame the messismer. >> right. >> and we don't think you did. >> and -- blaming in credits? >> -- getting the rain out of here. >> it's nice that it did time out and it was here for the morning rush hour and winding down. we have sunshine out there and the last remnants of the rain is showing up mostly on the eastern shore and as you can s

realtors believe this moratorium has revealed the one thing banks didn't want customers to know, thats had been sold so many times. >> we have no idea who really owns the mortgage. >> reporter: that's because some of those loans are with private investment pools. others are owned by fannie mae and freddie mac. so finding the foreclosure documents could prove to be a nightmare. so what does all of this mean for california? well, it could mean that your foreclosure sales could be stalled for months or, ken, if attorneys get involved it could be solved for years. >> a lot of people in the same situation. robert lyles in oakland. thank you. >>> meg whitman wasn't commenting on the latest campaign scandal. whitman's camp announced she would have no comment on a voice message from an aide of her opponent jerry brown that referred to whitman as a whore. >>> the california branch of the national organization for women announced support for brown saying is he is a strong candidate for women's rights and abortion rights. and said whitman failed to support a woman's right to choose. >>> californ

. >> there's a lot of confusion in the marketplace right in and out among realtors who are trying to sell assets among buyers. >> analysts say the best case scenario is the paperwork mess gets cleared up fast and most of the evictions are found justified. and that houses are back on the market by spring. >> the food and drug administration has warned eight companies to stop marketing miracle cures that claim to flush toxic metals from your body. it's promoted as an alternative treatment for a variety of conditions including autism, parkenson's and alzheimer's disease. regulators say the products sold over the internet can cause dehydration, kidney failure and death. and argue there's no evidence that they cure diseases. the only fda approved therapies are used to treat lead and mercury poisoning. >> another company is planning to sell the ipad, verizon says it will start selling the apple tablet computer in its retail stores beginning october 28th. they say it will also offer data plans for the ipad for $20 a month. this breaks with at&t's exclusivity of the only seller of apple wire

what a realtor discovered that put a neighborhood on lockwn. >>> 4:45 is your time now.dent barack obama with campaign with maryland governor mart martin o'malley today. the campaign rally is at 1:00 this afternoon in prince george's county. meanwhile republican challenr bob ehrlich begins airing his first television ads in the washington region today. >>> federal prosecutors have issued new subpoenas in their investigion into john edwards' campaign finances. ey're looking into allegations that some campaign money was used to keep edwards mistress rielle hunter, out of the spot light. edwards has admitted to fathering a child with hunter. >>> a 37-year-old woman is dead after she was stabbed in fairfax county. the deadly stabbing happened inside the five-2 bar and grill in springfield while people were eating dinner. police say a 40-year-old man walked in and stabbed her to death. he was taken to the hospital with self-inflicted injuries. he is expected to survive and is in police custod >>> investigators are still trying to figure out who put what appeared to be two pip

in burbank, california, realtor lucas miranda says buyers of distressed homes are much more advantage la vigilant ant the titles now. >> the bank doesn't really know anything about the property. >> reporter: his clients agree and says he's now asking questions about the foreclosed home he's buying. mark potter, nbc news. >>> it was less than a month after 9/11. president george w. bush went on television to announce that the war in afghanistan was under way. that was nine years ago tonight and the war continues. more than 1,200 americans have been killed in afghanistan. more than 8,500 wounded. the cost to u.s. taxpayers in money, $336 billion. any kind of accurate number of afghan civil deaths is harder to come by. no real count exists for the first five years of the war. but since '06, the u.n. says nearly 7,000 have been killed. the american war effort in afghanistan relies in part on the cooperation of neighboring pakistan. but a deadly incident has prompted the pakistani government to retaliate by closing a border crossing and stopping fuel convoys headed for afghanistan right in

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i recommend that my client or anyone talk to realtors before they start. it is a good idea to get an idea of that neighborhood, that house, and how it can be done. >> page 22 of the handout, spend an hour with the pro. talk about what the value means and how it will add value to your home, or if it will be over spending on something that maybe you can do without. >> exactly. >> it is very important to know why you are doing it. are you doing it to add value? will you live there for 20 years and you want a nicer kitchen? it cost $20,000, but only as $15,000 in value. it is different than if you want to sell it in three or four years. >> i had a lady who bought a couple of units and wanted my opinion years ago. she had an old victorian with an old brick foundation. she was absolutely convinced that the foundation had to be concrete and had to be concrete tomorrow. it was the first thing she did. she had different people, and look at the way she could do it. someone convinced her she should really be fit up and do it to the degree that she could add another u