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  2. Are the Cracks in Your Walls a Sign of a Serious Problem? - AOL

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    Learn how to spot the difference between harmless and serious cracks in your walls. We asked an expert to explain when and why you should be concerned.

  3. The Realtors settlement is already changing the way some ...

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    A price drop would be a much-needed reprieve for Cannon and others looking to buy a home: the median sales price of a new house has surged 21% since January 2020, according to census data.

  4. ‘Juice this hog’: FTC cracks down on US’s largest landlord ...

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    In response to these and other allegations, the FTC has proposed a settlement (which Invitation Homes has accepted), requiring the landlord to turn over $48 million to give refunds to consumers ...

  5. Settlement and community houses in the United States

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    University Settlement House, Manhattan. The movement spread to the United States in the late 1880s, with the opening of the Neighborhood Guild in New York City's Lower East Side in 1886, and the most famous settlement house in the United States, Hull-House (1889), was founded soon after by Jane Addams and Ellen Starr in Chicago.

  6. Basement waterproofing - Wikipedia

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    Foundation crack injections are used when poured concrete foundations crack, either from settlement or the expansion and contraction of the concrete. Epoxy crack injections are typically used for structural purposes while hydrophobic or hydrophilic polyurethane injections are used to seal cracks to prevent penetration of moisture or water.

  7. Settlement (structural) - Wikipedia

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    Settlement is the downward movement or the sinking of a structure's foundation. It is mostly caused by changes in the underlying soil, such as drying and shrinking, wetting and softening, or compression due to the soil being poorly compacted when construction started. [1] Some settlement is quite normal after construction has been completed.

  8. Judge approves multimillion-dollar Realtor settlement ...

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    A federal judge gave a green light to the National Association of Realtors’ settlement, paving the way for an overhaul of the way people buy and sell their homes in the United States.. On ...

  9. Irish defective block crisis - Wikipedia

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    Within county Donegal this was originally termed the Mica scandal in 2011, which is the point at which homes and other buildings began showing signs of cracking and decay. [2] The term "mica scandal" arose because the expert committee had observed that defective concrete blocks within County Donegal contained excessive quantities of the mineral ...