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Spanish Colonial

Room to grow

The Listing of the Week is a Spanish Colonial revival-style home in the historic Heritage Hills area of Oklahoma City.

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Linked gathering spaces, awash with natural light, fill the core of the Oakshire, a single-level shingle-style home with plenty of room to spread out. Three bedrooms and two bathrooms, including the luxurious owners’ suite, fill the left wing.

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ST. JUDE FUNDRAISER HOME COMBINES DREAM QUALITIES, ENERGY EFFICIENCY

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Refinanced and refined

Not only have Americans been refinancing at a robust pace in recent weeks, but they’re ratcheting down on the remaining number of years they plan to pay on their mortgages.

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IN BRIEF

RECYCLING PAPER

Chad Hefty Custom Homes built the St. Jude Dream Home at 3008 Saint Fergus Drive in Edmond. The home will be open for touring weekends through June 19 and raffled off June 26 as a fundraiser for the children’s hospital in Memphis, Tenn. PHOTOS BY DAVID MCDANIEL, THE OKLAHOMAN

BY DYRINDA TYSON

GOING ON

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St. Jude Dream Home I Grand opening is Saturday. The home will remain open for weekend tours through June 19. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays.

I The home is at 3008 Saint Fergus Drive, Edmond. From Covell and Interstate 35, go west 1.6 miles; turn right onto Coltrane Road; turn right into Fairfax Gardens; turn left onto Garden Vista Road; turn left onto Saint Fergus Drive.

I Tickets are $100 and are available at www.stjude.org/dhoklahomacity, by calling (800) 592-1596, at all area Legacy Cleaners and Laundry locations and at all area Arvest Bank locations.

I The winner will be announced June 26 on KOKH-25.

EDMOND — The turret anchoring the front of this house might be what puts the “dream” in “dream home.”

Then again, so could the theater room inside, the soaring ceilings throughout or the game room upstairs, complete with a wet bar. The windows up there overlook a golf course, which creates a rolling, fairytale panorama of lush green.

And out of sight — but not out of mind — fully encapsulated foam insulation keeps it all comfortable. For Oklahoma City builder Chad Hefty, 40, that’s an important point.

“It’s kind of the Old World style,” he said. “But I want to be known more for energy efficiency than anything.”

HAIR IT IS? Builder Chad Hefty in shown in the living room of the St. Jude Dream Home.

For the next few weeks, the public can tour the home on weekends and buy tickets that might make it their own. Hefty’s creation is Oklahoma City’s

2011 St. Jude Dream Home, open free to the public until June 19. The winner will be anSEE DREAM, PAGE 2F

How to gauge housing market’s strength Gloomy news still rattles home sellers in many areas. But in some places, the balance between seller supply and buyer demand is starting to equalize.

Known as “micro markets,” these are statistical outliers that defy the national norm.

Are you a homeowner who’d like to liquidate?

Yet before setting your price and timing your sale would you like more information on whether values are rising, falling or holding steady in your neighborhood? If so, there are several ways to assess your prospects, said Eric Tyson, co-author of “House Selling for Dummies.”

Here are a few pointers for would-be sellers trying to gauge the relative strength of their market: I Interview local real estate agents on details of recently closed sales.

You may believe your

Ellen James Martin SMART MOVES neighborhood is an exceptional micro market now staging a comeback.

But before putting a price on your property, Tyson recommends you solicit the views of three seasoned real estate agents who’ve long worked your area. Before settling on a listing agent among the three candidates, he said you should ask all three to justify their opinions on your home’s current value.

“Ask them to go over recent comparable sales in your community, telling you why your place is worth more or less than the ones that have sold,”

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he said.

If two of the three agents report that your community is going through a lackluster period for sales yet the third is enthusiastic about an upturn there, Tyson said you should be skeptical about the optimist’s views.

Ashley Richardson, a veteran agent affiliated with the Council of Residential Specialists (www.crs.com), advises sellers seeking a savvy listing agent to choose someone who’s been successful selling properties during the postbubble period of the past three to four years.

“That person should know the intricacies of your neighborhood and how best to price and advertise there,” Richardson said.

I Assess your neighborhood’s popularity with homebuyers.

How can you tell if your neighborhood is turning up in value? Richardson said you should ask yourself if it offers increasingly popular features, including strong public schools.

“Given the economy, lots of two-career families are now down to one job.

People who could once have afforded private school now need to use public school. So neighborhoods with excellent schools are more desirable than ever,” she said.

Another common feature of many neighborhoods experiencing an upturn is that they offer relatively easy access to shopping, restaurants, entertainment venues and employment centers.

I Don’t price boldly if you live in an area with lots of distressed properties.

Real estate specialists say that within every metropolitan area there

are now micro markets where values are beginning to rise again. But they caution against overconfidence among home sellers in neighborhoods that still have many distressed properties on the market, including foreclosures and short sales.

Tyson said that wishful thinking about their neighborhood can cause homeowners to overprice.

That, in turn, can mean a home sits unsold for a lengthy period, resulting in a “stale property” that will ultimately go at a deeper discount than would otherwise have been necessary had it been priced realistically from the outset.

“There’s a risk to believing your home and neighborhood are better off than they are,” he said.

To contact Ellen James Martin, email her at ellenjamesmartin@gmail.com.

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Q: What can I use to remove a large yellow stain from the vinyl wallpaper in my bathroom? I think it’s from hair spray, as it’s a half bath and the wall is close. I’m afraid to scrub it for fear of ruining the finish and pattern.

A: Because different hair sprays have different ingredients, there’s no single method for removing buildup. You may have to experiment a bit. If possible, test your cleaning methods in an inconspicuous spot or on a scrap of leftover wallpaper. Try ammonia and water, mineral spirits or rubbing alcohol.

Cleaning expert Don Aslett suggests using a microfiber cloth that’s been wet with plain water and wrung out.

“Queen of Clean” Linda Cobb recommends using a solution of one part fabric softener and two parts water.

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The closeup shows detail of the wrought-iron stair railing in the St. Jude Dream Home.

This view shows the living room, nearing completion, of the St. Jude Dream Home.

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nounced June 26.

The dream home giveaway is staged in about 30 cities across the country and is the largest fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Actor Danny Thomas founded St. Jude in 1962; about 5,700 young patients are treated at the facility each year.

Hefty first crossed paths with St. Jude as production manager for Manchester Green Homes, which built its 2009 Dream Home here.

“It was such a great experience,” he said. “There’s not a better charity to work with.”

When the developers behind Fairfax Estates and Golf Community landed the 2011 Oklahoma City dream home, they turned to Hefty, now an independent builder and owner of Chad Hefty Custom Homes. The home is at 3008 Saint Fergus Drive. The neighborhood is east of Coltrane Road, north of Covell Road.

“They’ve always known I was interested in doing it again,” Hefty said. “So, since I’ve done it before, they called and asked if I’d be interested in doing it again this year.”

Developer J.W. Armstrong donated a lot in Garden IV of his Fairfax development, which is no small feat, Hefty said. “It’s unbelievable to completely donate a $55,000 lot,” he said.

Dream home reality Construction started in January.

Hefty said he had a house plan in mind when he undertook the task but had to go back to the drawing board to ensure it would fit the lot.

“It’s a 3,800-square-foot house, and rather wide, so we had to redesign the house,” he said. “But it looks like a castle with the round turret on the front. It’s a pretty unique house.”

The idea, he said, is to showcase both his talents as a builder and the emerging neighborhood.

“It basically comes down to how cost-effective we can build a dream home, the home somebody would love to win, and raise the most money for St. Jude,” he said.

Builders shoot for homes valued at $300,000 and above.

“It makes people more willing to put out that hundred dollars,” he said.

St. Jude’s Dream Home fundraisers began with a Shreveport, La., property in 1991, and they have raised

Dining room of the St. Jude Dream Home, which will be open free for tours weekends through Sunday, June 19, and raffled as a fundraiser for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital on Sunday, June 26.

$200 million for the hospital in the 20 years since, according to St. Jude figures. It’s not just the developers and the homebuilders fueling the efforts, though. It’s also donations in varying degrees.

“When I did this two years ago, we had something like 20 percent donations,” Hefty said. “This year, we had a lot of people step up, saying they’ll do everything. And when it came down to it, with the economy, their mouth got a little ahead of their pocketbook and couldn’t do it. But then stuff would fall into line to where we’re at like 81 percent dona-

tions right now. So that’s amazing.”

That had Hefty juggling vendors he was not used to as the stressful days ticked down to the grand opening, including some from out of state.

The site was bustling with activity 10 to 14 hours a day, seven days a week in the month leading up to the opening. But that is part of the rush, he said, watching everyone involved going above and beyond.

“And then everything just falls into place.” Plus, he said, it all helps a worthy cause. “It’s just about the kids,” he said.

Carpenter Phillip Hillian fills nail holes in the study of the St. Jude Dream Home.

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Big bucks can buy celebrities’ L.A. area homes

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Public records show the couple bought the house in 2009 for $3.25 million.

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singer Katy Perry and her husband, comedian and actor Russell Brand, are listing their home at $3,395,000.

The gated property includes a stately 1922 Mediterranean-style main house and a swimming pool. The 4,600-squarefoot home, with a classic exterior that belies its white contemporary interiors, has four bedrooms and 4½ bathrooms.

Adding a touch of whimsy is Perry’s vintage pink refrigerator, which she brought from a previous residence. It is not included in the sale.

The pair added more trees and landscaping during the year and a half that they owned the house to increase privacy. A 25foot-tall tepee that Brand bought for Perry stands in the yard.

Perry converted the three-car garage into a

Home is a castle

Pop singer Katy Perry and her husband, comedian and actor Russell Brand, are listing their home in Los Angeles at $3,395,000.

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wardrobe styling room.

“It’s 60 feet of costumes,” said Ernie Carswell of Teles Properties, Beverly Hills, who has the listing.

Perry, 26, started out as a gospel singer before releasing studio albums including “One of the Boys” (2008) and “Teenage Dream” (2010). Brand, 35, stars in the remake of “Arthur,” released in April, as

well as “Get Him to the Greek” (2010) and “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” (2008).

Given Brand’s time on movie sets and Perry’s world tour, they have decided to make the New York pied-a-terre they bought last year their central residence and forgo maintaining the compound in Los Angeles.

Open House Weekend set FROM STAFF REPORTS

Aaron Caldwell

David Drake

Bill Phillips

Wendye San Antonio

Local First Mortgage adds 4 loan originators First Mortgage Co. has added four residential loan originators at its new south Oklahoma City office at 1530 SW 119, Suite 103.

I Aaron Caldwell has been in the mortgage business for more than 10 years and is on the board of directors of the Southwest Home Builders Association and Moore Home Builders Association.

I David Drake has been in the mortgage business for more than 15 years.

I Bill Phillips has been in the mortgage business for 19 years. He has served on boards of directors of lending associations at state and national levels.

I Wendye San Antonio has been in the mortgage business for 17 years.

The Oklahoma Association of Realtors and its 8,500 members will take part in National Open House Weekend June 4-5, when Realtors host thousands of open houses in neighborhoods across the country and in Oklahoma.

The Realtor National Open House Weekend will provide potential homebuyers with an opportunity to view homes in their local communities and obtain information and answers to questions about

specific homes, market conditions and the homebuying process.

To find open houses in your community, download the free app, OpenHouseOK, or go online to OklahomaRealtors.com.

“Many of our members hold open houses throughout the year, but this weekend you’ll see more open houses than usual as Realtors around Oklahoma and the nation put the focus on homebuying,” said Hope White, president of the Oklahoma Association of Realtors.

A home once owned by actor Bela Lugosi, known for his early portrayals of Count Dracula on stage and screen, has come on the market in the Hollywood Hills at $2,367,000.

Called Castle La Paloma, the imposing redbrick 1926 Tudor features interior arches, vaulted beamed ceilings, copper gutters and a slate roof. Its 5,000 square feet include an oversized living room, a library, a breakfast room, a butler’s pantry, five bedrooms, four bathrooms and a service wing.

There are city, canyon and mountain views from the site, which is more than a quarter acre.

Beyond his trademark role as a vampire, Lugosi, who died in 1956 at 73, played a series of villains.

He starred in “White Zombie” (1932), “Bride of the Monster” (1955) and his

final film, “Plan 9 From Outer Space” (1959). The Movieland Directory places Lugosi at the Beach-

wood Canyon address in the 1940s.

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Oakshire is ideal for entertaining Linked gathering spaces, awash with natural light, fill the core of the Oakshire, a single-level shingle-style home with plenty of room to spread out. Three bedrooms and two bathrooms, including the luxurious owners’ suite, fill the left wing.

The plan is ideal for families who like to entertain. The large great room flows into the dining room, with only a change in ceiling height to mark the transition.

Then the kitchen is open to the dining room across a gracefully curved and raised eating-sitting bar.

When the weather is mellow, meals can move out onto the partially covered patio.

It could be easily screened, to keep out pesty insects.

Chilly days allow appreciation of another notable feature: a two-sided fireplace. The warmth and color of its flames can be enjoyed from either the den or the great room. The den, immediately to the

right of the front door, is also in an ideal location for use as a home office.

The great room and dining room are loaded with windows at the rear. Standing at the kitchen sink or cooktop range, you can keep an eye on the gathering areas, both inside and out. The cook top is built into a long work island, rimmed on the dining room side by the eating bar.

A large utility room and a small bathroom are right around the corner, along with a mud hall that links with the garage.

The hall’s bench is ideal for shucking off muddy foot gear. Storage cabinets or shelves fill the walls to the left and right of the bench. A workbench could be built into the extra space at the rear of the Oakshire’s garage, or it could be used for storage.

For a review plan, including scaled floor plans, elevations, section and artist’s conception, send $25 to Associated Designs, 1100 Jacobs Drive, Eugene, OR, 97402. Please specify the Oakshire 30-770 and include a return address when ordering. For more information, call (800) 634-0123.

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The Listing of the Week is at 1715 N Hudson.

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1917 Heritage Hills home was renovated in 1998 The Listing of the Week is a Spanish Colonial revival-style home in the historic Heritage Hills area of Oklahoma City.

The 6,071-square-foot home has four bedrooms, 3½ baths, four living rooms, two dining rooms and a detached two-car garage. The 38-by-14-foot formal living room has a fireplace. A theater room is 23 by 21 feet and has a wet bar, wine cooler, powder room and steam bath next to a 20-by-12-foot “man cave” with pool table and card-playing area. The remodeled kitchen has eating space, a pantry, work

island, custom wood cabinets, Corian countertops and marble backsplashes, a Sub-Zero refrigerator and freezer, two Jenn-Air ovens and a Jenn-Air cooktop.

The master bedroom has a fireplace, sound system, indirect lighting, and bath with double vanities, shower and whirlpool tub.

A secondary bedroom has a fireplace. The entry leads to the living room and theater room, the formal dining room and a grand staircase. The home has a covered porch and open deck, a security system and underground sprinkler sys-

tem. The basement has custom mahogany builtins, a wet bar with granite countertops, hammered brass sink and wine cooler, Sub-Zero refrigerator, granite steam shower and bath.

The home, built by G.A. Nichols in 1917 and renovated in 1998, is listed for $1,225,000 with Mike Cassidy of Paradigm AdvantEdge Real Estate. For more information, call 348-4422.

Nominations for Listing of the Week are welcome. Send information on single-family homes to The Oklahoman, Richard Mize, P.O. Box 25125, Oklahoma City, OK 73125. Nominations may be faxed to 475-3996.

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Bad insulation installation can damage attic Q: I would like to lay a plywood floor in my attic and want to know if I can just lay fiberglass batts over the loose fill fiberglass that’s up there now.

A: There’s no problem with installing fiberglass batts over your existing blown-in insulation. The only thing you want to make sure of is that you use “unfaced” insulation, meaning it doesn’t have a paper or aluminum foil facing on the batts. You can purchase the batts already unfaced, which is easier and less expensive, or you can peel the facing off faced batts.

The reason for this precaution is that the facing on the insulation batts is a vapor barrier, which is intended to prevent moisture vapor from penetrating into the insulation. If you install faced insulation over existing blown-in, you’re essentially putting the vapor barrier in the middle, between the two layers of insulation. Any moisture vapor that gets

Paul Bianchina HANDY @ HOME through your ceiling would also pass through the blown-in material and then hit the face of the batt, where it would be trapped. That can cause damage to both the insulation and the framing members, and also has the potential for mold growth.

Q: I have two crawl spaces underneath my house that each are accessible only through roughly 3-foot-by-3-foot, ground-level openings, surrounded to the left, the right and above by cinder block foundation.

Crawling through them is difficult for most people, including myself and HVAC folks.

I would like to convert them to standard doors.

Do you suggest that I

consult a structural engineer as part of the planning? How should I approach this conversion?

A: Whenever you’re cutting or altering a foundation wall, I definitely recommend a structural engineer be consulted.

There are so many variables to take into consideration that this really is one place where you need to err on the side of caution.

Here’s a suggestion for you and the engineer that should save you some money with the installation of the new door. First of all, let’s assume that the block wall was correctly built in the first place, and that it has a steel lintel or reinforced blocks spanning the existing opening. If that’s the case, your best bet is going to be to keep the opening the same width, and work from there to create an opening for your new door.

Rough openings for doors are typically 2 inches wider and taller than the door itself. So if you

currently have an opening in your foundation wall that’s 3 feet wide, it should accommodate a 2-foot-10-inch-wide door and frame. Even if the opening is a little rough or undersized, you should still be able to install a 2-foot 8-inch door with no problem at all, without having to alter the width of the opening.

So all you’ll need to do is cut down from the bottom of the opening on each side to reach an overall height of 6 feet 10 inches (2 inches taller than a normal 6-foot-8inch door height), remove the blocks between the cuts, and you’ll have an

opening that will accommodate a new, standard door. A concrete-cutting company can assist you with cutting out and removing the blocks.

Remodeling and repair questions? Email Paul at paulbianchina@inman.com. All product reviews are based on the author’s actual testing of free review samples provided by the manufacturers.

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Shorter mortgage terms ‘very strong trend’ WASHINGTON — Could I refinance you into a seven-year fixed-rate mortgage at 2.99 percent? Or how about 10 or 15 years fixed in the mid-3s?

These may sound suspiciously like teaser quotes with tricks in the fine print, but they are in fact signs of an important shift under way among American homeowners: Not only have they been refinancing at a robust pace in recent weeks, but they’re ratcheting down on the remaining number of years they plan to pay on their mortgages.

Freddie Mac chief economist Frank Nothaft calls the shift to shorter terms “a very strong trend.” In his company’s latest quarterly survey of refinancers, more than one out of three borrowers who ditched their 30-year fixed-rate loans opted to replace them with 15-year or 20-year mortgages at near-record low rates.

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banks and lending institutions who originate mortgages to retain for their own portfolios, the trend is toward even shorter maturities.

Jeff Lipes, president of the Connecticut Mortgage Bankers Association and senior vice president of Family Choice Mortgage near Hartford, Conn., said some institutions are now dangling fixed rates just under 3 percent to refinancers who want to compress their terms to as little as seven years and are willing to set up automatic payment withdrawal accounts.

“It can make a lot of sense if you can do it,” he said — especially for baby boomers in their 50s who

want to be mortgage-free by the time they hit retirement.

Lipes provided this example to illustrate how it works.

Say you’ve got a mortgage balance of $150,000 on a 15-year, fixed-rate loan at 5.5 percent that you refinanced and it has 13 years to go. Monthly principal and interest come to $1,225. Over the next 13 years — 156 months — you can expect to pay $191,100 to your lender before retiring the note.

But if you refinance that $150,000 into a seven-year, fixed-rate mortgage at 3 percent, you’ll have 84 payments remaining at $1,982 a month, totaling $166,488 over the full term. Factor in $3,000 for closing costs to obtain the refi, and your overall payout to the bank will come to $169,488 — a $21,612 saving and a debt-free house in half the time.

Obviously you need to

have the income or financial reserves sufficient to pay the extra $757 a month, which may be a bar too high for many pre-retirees. Plus you need to be able to qualify for a refi in the first place under today’s toughened underwriting standards.

Paul Skeens, chief executive of Colonial Mortgage in Waldorf, Md., said shifting to shorter-term debt “is a great move.”

Hhe’s refinancing his own home to a 10-year term right now. “But do you have the appraisal to support it? Do you have the credit scores you need?” he said.

With short sales and bank foreclosures still a heavy drag on market values, getting an appraisal high enough for a refi “can be almost impossible in some areas,” he said. For some lowcost refi programs, lenders want to see at least 25 percent equity in the house. Higher FICO credit score requirements by

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are another big impediment; both companies reserve their best rates for borrowers with 740 FICOs and higher.

The shift to shorterterm loans is part of an even broader trend among consumers emerging from the scary moments of the recession and global financial crisis: de-leveraging, reducing longterm household debt burdens, and getting out of adjustable-rate loans.

According to Freddie Mac data, “cash-out” refinancings, where homeowners increase their mortgage debt by more than 5 percent, accounted for just 25 percent of refinancings in the latest quarter, compared with 80 percent and higher during the boom years.

In the first quarter of 2011, 84 percent of homeowners who refinanced hybrid adjustable-rate mortgages switched to fixed-rate replacement loans ranging from 15-

year to 30-year terms, Nothaft said. Part of the reason, he said, is that today’s rock-bottom fixed rates — with conventional 15-year rates in the upper 3 percent range and 30year loans averaging just above 4.6 percent — are exceptionally attractive.

Plus, Nothaft said, “there’s a lot of chatter about the (Federal Reserve) pushing rates up” in the coming months, so many homeowners are checking out their options on locking in rates that may well be the best they’ll ever see again.

Freddie Mac’s own forecasts put 30-year fixed rates at 5.25 percent by the final quarter of this year.

The take-away: Even if you’ve already got a low mortgage rate, consider going shorter term, lowering your rate even further, and owning your home debt-free sooner.

Ken Harney’s email address is kenharney@earthlink.net.

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California forms 25-person mortgage fraud force

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LOS ANGELES — California At-

torney General Kamala Harris, saying that years of unscrupulous lending still haunts the state, is creating a 25-person task force to target mortgage fraud of any size — from small operations that preyed on troubled borrowers to corporations that sold risky loans as safe investments.

The team of 17 lawyers and eight special agents from the state Department of Justice will

California Attorney General Kamala Harris said the mortgage fraud that ultimately led to the housing crash continues to be a drag on the state, causing huge losses in jobs, property values and state revenues. pursue three major areas, Harris said: I Corporate fraud, including instances in which bundled mortgages were sold as securities to the state or its pension funds

under false pretenses. Harris said her office plans to prosecute some cases under California’s False Claims Act, which she described as “one of those very powerful tools that California

uniquely has … to pursue, in essence, what are false claims that are submitted to the state.”

I Scams, including instances in which consultants, lawyers and others took fees from people in foreclosure, saying they would help the homeowners get loan modifications or other remedies, but delivered nothing.

I Fraudulent lending practices, including deceptive marketing, failure to fully disclose loan terms and qualifying people for loans who couldn’t afford the terms.

Harris said the mortgage fraud

that ultimately led to the housing crash continues to be a drag on the state, causing huge losses in jobs, property values and state revenues.

“We are looking at a situation of up to $640 billion in wealth having been lost because of this wave of foreclosures that has hit the state,” Harris said, referring to the decline in homeowner equity. “There is a direct connection” between mortgage fraud “and the issue that we are challenged with in terms of our state budget crisis.”

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Clothes dryer vent bucket not up to code DEAR BARRY: Our home was built without a clothes dryer vent to the outside. The laundry is in the garage, and the previous owners used to let dryer lint settle on everything. We solved this by purchasing a dryer vent bucket from the hardware store, but our plumber says this is not permitted by code.

It works just fine and never gives us any trouble. We just fill it with water and connect the dryer duct. The water in the bucket collects the lint, and we change the water from time to time.

Is our plumber right about the code violation, or is the vent bucket OK? Jan DEAR JAN: Clothes dryer vent buckets are often used by homeowners whose laundries are not properly vented. They are commonly sold in hardware stores and, when regularly maintained, appear to perform

Objectivity is essential when evaluating the condition of a home, and emotional involvement reduces objectivity. To be objective, an inspector must be unconcerned about the outcome of the inspection and the nature of the findings.

Therefore, your home inspection should be done by someone with no vested interest in the property.

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their intended functions adequately. But it should be clearly understood that dryer vent buckets do not comply with the requirements of the Mechanical Code.

There are two reasons to require an exterior dryer vent: The first is excessive moisture, and the second is lint. When the water in a load of laundry is expelled into a building, moisture condensation can cause fungus and mold infection.

When lint accumulates inside a building, the buildup can pose a fire hazard.

A vent bucket can trap some or most of the moisture and lint, but it

cannot catch all of it.

What’s more, the vent bucket depends on continued maintenance of the water level. If the water is spilled out or if it is lost by evaporation, the bucket becomes useless.

Ask your plumber if there is a practical vent path from your dryer to the exterior of the building. If so, this would be a worthwhile upgrade. If not, you may have to continue using the bucket. When you eventually

sell your home, the dryer vent should be disclosed to buyers as a noncomplying condition.

DEAR BARRY: I’ve been a home inspector for many years and have inspected more than 6,000 homes. For the first time since becoming an inspector, I’m shopping for a home of my own and plan to inspect it myself. A friend has advised against this. He says I should hire another home inspector. I feel

totally confident to do my own inspection but would like your opinion.

James DEAR JAMES: There is a saying in the legal profession that an attorney who represents himself has a fool for a client and an idiot for a lawyer. This axiom was born from bitter and costly experience and can be applied to a number of professions. Medical doctors, for example, seldom have family members as patients.

The wisdom of this rule applies as well to home inspectors, for one simple reason. Objectivity is essential when evaluating the condition of a home, and emotional involve-

ment reduces objectivity.

To be objective, an inspector must be unconcerned about the outcome of the inspection and the nature of the findings.

Therefore, your home inspection should be done by someone with no vested interest in the property.

Attorneys, doctors, and home inspectors are well advised not to mix professional activities with personal concerns. This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t inspect the property, but you should not be the only home inspector to inspect it.

To write to Barry Stone, please visit him on the web at www.housedetective.com.

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Sentencing is planned for disgraced New Mexico homebuilder and wife

BY MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE INFORMATION SERVICES

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Disgraced homebuilder C. Scott Everett, who rose to prominence in the 1990s, and Marie Everett, his wife, are scheduled to be sentenced this fall after pleading guilty to charges related to ripping off customers whose homes the couple were contracted to build.

Both Everetts, who were indicted in mid-2008, entered into plea agreements with prosecutors from the state Regulation and Licensing Department late

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last year, but their formal sentencing has been delayed at least twice in Bernalillo County District Court. A key issue in the delays appears to involve paying back their victims.

During the 1990s, Scott Everett served as president of the Homebuilders Association of Central New Mexico, which named him Builder of the Year in 1992 and Member of the Year in 1997. At the time, he worked for his father-inlaw’s construction company.

Everett incorporated his own company, Scott Construction, in 2003 and got

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Beautiful 5 Acres 3105sq ft built 2006 3bd/2ba.

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527 SE 71 St Remodeled, wood floors, 3/1/1, 860 sf $68,900neg. Don, 923-8848 5628 Lanceshire 3/2/2 1700' Like new 417-2176 www.homesofokcinc.com

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it licensed the following year. Problems came to light in early 2007, when the Construction Industries Division — an agency within the Regulation and Licensing Department — received six serious complaints about Everett. A criminal investigation was launched.

He was originally charged with 48 counts of racketeering, fraud, embezzlement, forgery and tax evasion. He pleaded guilty to nine of the counts in November, although the plea agreement extends restitution to the victims in all 48 counts. He faces

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**NEW** 1216 sq ft $25,995 - 1 only Maxeys Homes 631-3600

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Industrial Property For Rent 361

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Office Space For Rent

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OKC Northwest

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Edmond

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VERY, VERY QUIET Near mall, schls, hosp, Try Plaza East 341-4813

MWC

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OKC Northwest

828 NW 113th St. 2bd, fenced, stv, frig, carport $525 + $500dep. Sec. 8 OK, No pets. 748-6129

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495-2000

7301 NW 23rd

Bethany/ Warr Acres 420.5

431

3037 North Rockwell

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Apartments

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$99 SPECIAL Lg 1bdr, stove, refrig., clean, walk to shops. $335 mo. 632-9849

First Month’s Rent LARGE TOWNHOMES & APARTMENTS • Washer, Dryers, pools • PC Schools, fireplaces

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By Owner Arkansas 60A near Mena. Seasonal Creek, 30' deep spring fed stocked pond. Splitlevel 3 BR Electric.

Brick/Vinyl approx 1948 sq.ft. 2-car G. CH&A, Country flame Fireplace.

2 1/2 bath, Built-in Safe Room. 2-bay heated workshop carpenter shop w/3/4B. Well w/sand filter and rural water.

Phone 405-602-6044 or 479-394-4893.

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up to 12 years in prison.

Marie Everett was originally charged with 18 similar counts. She pleaded guilty to three of the counts in December with the same restitution conditions as her husband.

She faces up to five years in prison.

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Yukon

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By Penn Sq. clean, modern 2 Bd, 1.5 Ba, Appliances, no-smoke/pet, some bills pd. secluded $750/mo. 866-440-5354

Historic area, new carpet 106 NW 20, 2607 N Dewey 1bd $380-$410 232-9101

OKC Southwest

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3320 A SW 28th Small Eff. Duplex, All bills paid $385/mo 408-5836 2432 SW 90th Pl 2/1.5/1 refs req'd No Pets $725/ mo + $600/dep 410-9777

Yukon

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Moore

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813 N Lawton, spacious 2bd home w/2car garage, shop & back yard, ch/a, very unique floor plan, only $795 Fidelity RE 692-1661, 410-4300 Rent, Rent to Own605-5477 2bd from $395-595 3bd from $450-895 4bd from $595-995 housesforrentofokc.com Remodeled, 3 bd, 2 ba new CH/A $900/mo or sell. 1705 Rockhollow Call 203-7007 3bd, 1ba, 1 car garage, large backyard w/privacy fence. 105 Barbour $575/mo. 329-3076 Remodeled, 1 bed, 1 bath, $465 month, 1 year lease, 405-818-4455.

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Hotels/Motels 462

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Edmond

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Executive Home 3 bed, 2.5 bath, gated, 2432 sf, 5708 Shiloh Dr. Mustang Schools, $1850 month, $1500 deposit, 549-2110 2317 SW 31st, spacious 3bd home, ch/a, fresh paint, detached garage, only $595. Fidelity RE 692-1661, 410-4300 Rent, Rent to Own605-5477 2bd from $395-595 3bd from $450-895 4bd from $595-995 housesforrentofokc.com Nice 2/2/1 ch&a fp w/d hkup fncd bkyd $595 mo 1yr lse no sec 8 503-5742 2804 SW 46th Terrace $695 + dep, remod 3/1/1 fncd, 293-6320, 637-1777

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532 SW 44th 2/1/1 $395 3407 S Lee 2/1 TH $395 681-7272

525 NW 114 St. 3 bd, 2 car gar, stv, frig $800 + $600dep, No pets, Sec. 8 OK »» 748-6129 »» K Off Special 428 NW 116th 3bd 2ba 2car $900/mo $800/dep 1300sf 409-7989 No Sec8 1161 NW 81st St, $700 month, 3 bed, 1 bath, move in special, $100 + $500 deposit, 229-7437.

6021 NW 58th Terr 3bed 2bath 1car, PC Schools, $975mo, $975dep 1600sf 409-7989 no section 8

Sec 8 Ok, 3 bd, Complete Redo. 1156 NW 91st $700, $700dep. 942-3552

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9810 Larkspur Ln, 2/2/2, SxS ref, huge rms, $750; 1208 SW 77 Ter, 2/2/1, fp, util rm, $695 w/disc; No pets/smoke. By appt.

Suzy Q's Prop. 642-4116.

3116 SW 20th 2bd, 1ba, w/ storage, w/d hook ups, $395/mo 408-5836

3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car, ch&a $1150 + $1150 deposit 824-8954 or 348-9405

3 bed, 1.5 ba, ch&a, ceiling fans, fenced yard, 1 car 3913 Parkwoods Ln $595 + dep. ¡ 769-8800

New Rivendell Exec Home 408-4168 Luxury indoor pool & spa Fully equip'd media & wrkout rooms $5100/mo Openhouseok.com

1221 NW 104th Street nice & safe neighborhood 3bd, 2ba, $850.410-2166

5516 N. Tulsa, 3bd, 2ba 2car, no sec 8, no cats $700mo. 495-6446

MWC

477

3 bed, Sec 8, $625 mo, $300 dep, 2133 SW 20th St, call 213-5168.

3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car, built 2001, $1050 month, call Alex, 990-0488, Co.

1321 Del Norte Dr 3bd 2ba 2car 1400sf $1160/mo $1000dp 409-7989 no sec8

OKC Southwest

OCU-SHEP-HIST 4bd 2ba hdwd flrs $450; 1bd gar apt $350 T.I. 524-0222 3015 NW 30th, 2bd, 1bath,$350/mo 408-5836 14323H N Penn 2/2.5 $775 681-7272

OKC Southeast

476

Rent, Rent to Own605-5477 2bd from $395-595 3bd from $450-895 4bd from $595-995 housesforrentofokc.com

3 bd brick, 1K ba, 2 car, ch&a, no pets, $600/$600 dep, 632-2328/306-5437.

Norman

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2305 Rivercross Ct 3/2/2 + study, 1880sf $1275 Home&RanchRlty 794-7777

Yukon

482

405 Owen, 3/2/2 fenced yard Yukon schls $850mo 605-5477 Others Free list

Mobile Home Rentals 483 '05 LARGE Deck 1bed/1bath Lot included $495 Edm 3 4 1 - 9 2 0 9 Norman 1 BR pk model, Sunnylane Estates $425 incl utils 602-999-7583

Rental Services

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PROFESSIONAL REAL ESTATE SERVICES SINCE 1982 Mgmt » Leasing » Sales Spectrum Management 848-9400 usespectrum.com

Rooms For Rent

489

Furnished, bills paid, except ph & cable. private entry bath nice area $400 371-8426

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Permits Oklahoma City Gail Armstrong Construction, 3738 SW 15, equipment, install, $1,200,000.

Brookshire Homes LLC, 9608 Henley Ave., residence, erect, $300,000.

Taber Built Homes LLC, 16220 Josiah Place, residence, erect, $250,000.

Taber Built Homes LLC, 16228 Josiah Place, residence, erect, $250,000.

Taber Built Homes LLC, 16232 Josiah Place, residence, erect, $250,000.

RBA Architects, 1601 Northwest Expressway, office, remodel, $250,000.

Allenton Homes & Development LLC, 7012 NW 160, residence, erect, $250,000.

Manchester Green Homes LLC, 1424 NW 186, residence, erect, $246,050.

TLP Custom Homes LLC, 1504 SW 134 Terrace, residence, erect, $240,000.

First Star Homes, doing business as Turner & Son Homes, 2408 NW 176, residence, erect, $240,000.

TLP Custom Homes LLC, 11120 Lerida Lane, residence, erect, $220,000.

Manchester Green Homes LLC, 1420 NW 186, residence, erect, $219,700.

Huelskamp (Tommy) LLC, 4608 NW 153, residence, erect, $210,000.

Willa Construction Co. Inc., 4705 SW 126 Place, residence, erect, $209,000.

D.H. French Construction, 5900 W Memorial Road, retail sales, remodel, $200,000.

The RLA Co. Inc., 8901 NW 71, residence, erect, $200,000.

Chalak-M&M Ok4 LLC, 2121 W Memorial Road, restaurant, remodel, $200,000.

Johnston Builders LLC, 5605 NW 125, residence, erect, $195,000.

Raywood Homes, 10828 NW 35, residence, erect,

$190,000.

Johnston Builders LLC, 5608 NW 125, residence, erect, $190,000.

Jack Hunter, 14018 S Harvey Ave., residence, erect, $175,000.

ST Development LLC, 9 SW 137 Terrace, duplex, erect, $175,000.

ST Development LLC, 13 SW 137 Terrace, duplex, erect, $175,000.

ST Development LLC, 16 SW 137 Terrace, duplex, erect, $175,000.

ST Development LLC, 20 SW 137 Terrace, duplex, erect, $175,000.

D.R. Horton, 5908 NW 160, residence, erect, $174,750.

JB Homes LLC, 13104 NW 1, residence, erect, $165,000.

Ideal Homes of Norman LP, 18409 El Greco Drive, residence, erect, $159,000.

D.R. Horton, 9109 NW 86, residence, erect, $153,200.

Mario Claravall, 5208 SE 46, residence, erect, $150,000.

King’s Crown Homes Inc., 8809 Olivia Lane, residence, erect, $143,000.

King’s Crown Homes Inc., 8805 Olivia Lane, residence, erect, $143,000.

King’s Crown Homes Inc., 33 SE 87, residence, erect, $143,000.

King’s Crown Homes Inc., 29 SE 87, residence, erect, $143,000.

C-Jay Management/BDC Construction Inc., 9117 Misty Lane, residence, erect, $139,000.

Cody L. and Beth A. Graves, 3247 Elmwood Ave., residence, add-on, $138,500.

C-Jay Management/BDC Construction Inc., 9105 Misty Lane, residence, erect, $130,000.

Perspectus Architecture, 7642 W Reno Ave., retail sales, remodel, $130,000.

Harbor Homes, 201 SW

REAL ESTATE 172, residence, erect, $110,000.

Blackman and Mary Goebel, 17001 SE 59, residence, erect, $105,000.

Home Creations, 12517 Edison Drive, residence, erect, $103,500.

D.H. French Construction, 5900 W Memorial Road, automotive repairwash, remodel, $100,000.

D.H. French Construction, 5900 W Memorial Road, retail sales, remodel, $100,000.

Ideal Homes of Norman LP, 2412 SW 137, residence, erect, $100,000.

Ideal Homes of Norman LP, 18305 Cola Drive, residence, erect, $100,000.

Sooner Traditions LLC, 15912 Big Cypress Drive, residence, erect, $100,000.

Sooner Traditions LLC, 8204 NW 159, residence, erect, $100,000.

Sooner Traditions LLC, 8116 NW 159, residence, erect, $100,000.

Sooner Traditions LLC, 8120 NW 159, residence, erect, $100,000.

Commercial Permit Group, 7638 W Reno Ave., retail sales, remodel, $100,000.

Ideal Homes of Norman LP, 2713 NW 186, residence, erect, $88,000.

Home Creations, 2224 NW 196, residence, erect, $85,600.

Ideal Homes of Norman LP, 2709 Fawn Lily Road, residence, erect, $84,000.

Steve Breed Construction Co. Inc., 6705 NW 134, residence, fire restoration, $80,000.

Home Creations, 2208 NW 196, residence, erect, $77,500.

Home Creations, 2212 NW 196, residence, erect, $77,200.

Ideal Homes of Norman LP, 2708 NW 186 Terrace, residence, erect, $73,000.

No name provided, 101 N Robinson Ave., office, remodel, $70,000.

Ideal Homes of Norman LP, 2716 NW 186 Terrace, residence, erect, $65,000.

Ideal Homes of Norman LP, 1816 NW 143, residence,

erect, $61,000.

Smith & Pickel Construction, 2221 E Memorial Road, church, add-on, $50,000.

RBA Architects, 3111 Quail Springs Parkway, office, remodel, $50,000.

Florida Construction, 4600 SW 122, residence, erect, $39,000.

Randy Gates Construction, 13917 Agate Drive, residence, remodel, $35,000.

City of Oklahoma City, 100 N Walker Ave., office, remodel, $30,000.

No name provided, 103 E California Ave., club-tavern, remodel, $25,000.

Jeff and Phyllis Briggs, 10321 SE 57, residence, erect, $24,000.

J&L Construction & Remodeling LLC, 2328 NW 26, residence, fire restoration, $18,600.

Steve Davis, 5400 S Peebly Road, storage, erect, $18,120.

Welcome Home Community, 9617 NW 12 Place, manufactured home, moveon, $17,000.

Tracy Garver, 12016 SW 16, manufactured home, move-on-mobile home park, $15,000.

Welcome Home Community, 9609 NW 13 Place, manufactured home, moveon, $15,000.

Welcome Home Community, 9609 NW 12 Place, manufactured home, moveon, $15,000.

Welcome Home Community, 9608 NW 13 Place, residence, move-on, $15,000.

Welcome Home Community, 1521 Crimson Lane, manufactured home, moveon, $15,000.

Charles Brandon, 11807 SW 16, manufactured home, move-on-mobile home park, $15,000.

Michael and Mary Smith, 13353 Oak Hill Drive, storage, erect, $14,000.

Matt Nation, 6613 S Fields, storage, erect, $13,000.

Richard Hinkle, 9817 Horseshoe Road, residence, add-on, $12,000.

THE OKLAHOMAN | NEWSOK.COM Arnillius Johnson, 5601 Randal Drive, residence, move-on, $11,500.

Gail and Paul Smith, 817 W Britton Road, business, remodel, $10,000.

Gardener Construction, 6015 S Portland Ave., office, remodel, $10,000.

Linda Schmidt, 725 SE 18, residence, add-on, $10,000.

George Birkicht, 621 NW 138, residence, add-on, $6,000.

Floricela Calderon, 2030 NW 18, residence, add-on, $5,000.

Marvin Stanford, 7717 Jesse Trail, storage, add-on, $5,000.

Keith Ellison, 8324 Stonewood Drive, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,995.

James Duncan, 13117 NW 7, storage, erect, $3,630.

Carl Howard Lucero, 12108 Moritz Court, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,600.

Troya and Troy Stephens, 2607 S Woodward Ave., storage, erect, $3,500.

O.A. Garr Co. Inc., 10944 Northwest Expressway, day care center, remodel, $3,500.

Roy Johnson, 4545 Burton Road, residence, add-on, $3,500.

Smartsafe Enterprises, 701 NW 153, storm shelter, install, $3,500.

Donald Roberts, 6813 S Country Club Drive, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,395.

Howard Wayne Elkins, 10508 Turnberry Lane, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,395.

Sharon Buckley, 12316 Westgate Drive, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,000.

Smart Safe Enterprises, 12213 Oak Grove Drive, storm shelter, install, $3,000.

W.L. Haskins Jr., 701 NE 18, accessory, add-on, $3,000.

Joseph Auzenne, 5100 SE 58, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $2,995.

Flatsafe Tornado Shelters LLC, 6016 N Post Road, storm shelter, install-storm

shelter, $2,975.

Dennis R. and Julia A. McNeely, 10101 Bramblebush Court, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,850.

Anh Lam, 5508 SE 57, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,800.

Donald Watts, 11009 SW 7 Circle, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,800.

Kenneth M. Bobal, 12425 NW 3, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,800.

Michael Hendrix, 8432 Barkwood Lane, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,800.

Robert Page, 9200 Winfield Lane, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,800.

Tim R. Blevins, 6605 Woodridge Ave., storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,800.

Virginia Elliott, 2909 SW 124 Court, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,800.

Cordell H. Taylor, 10401 S Blackwelder Ave., storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,750.

Sergio Rodriguez Jr., 2900 SW 124 Court, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,700.

Alloy Building Co., 1205 NW 89, canopy-carport, add-on, $2,700.

Alloy Building Co., 1100 NE 139, canopy-carport, add-on, $2,500.

Biggs Electrical, 12404 SW 27, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,470.

Archie Vannoy, 2000 S Czech Hall Road, barn, complete, $1,500.

Welcome Home Community, 1408 Crimson Lane, residence, move-on, $1,500.

Marjorie Gray, 1628 NW 14, residence, add-on, $1,500.

Demolitions Ray’s Trucking, 2109 Drinkwater Drive, singlefamily residence.

K&M Dirt Services LLC, 428 SW 2, commercial building.

Olivia Nunez, 608 SW 26, garage.