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Fireplace ashes in gardens Temperature forecasts in the 40s mean fireplace season is not far away. Every year, the Payne County Extension Office fields a few calls on using ashes in the garden. Occasionally, those calls deal with trying to re store soils where too much ash has been applied, driv ing the soil pH up very high. To minimize prob lems, it’s a good idea to conduct a basic soil test before you begin. Fireplace ashes contain about 6 % potassium, which is relatively high. Ashes also have acid neutralizing power and can have a salt content of about 22 percent. n Either of theseOpe factors can have detrimental effects on soil if present in too great a quan tity. Ashes should not be applied to soils which have a neu tral to alkaline pH (7 or above) because the liming proper ties of ashes will further increase the pH. High pH soils are associated with micronutrient un availability with el ements such as iron or zinc. For very acidic soils (low pH) that also need potassi
topic, you can consame area, it’s a tact Keith Reed, the good idea to make Horticulturist in the notes in your gar Payne County Exden diary of the tension office. Keith areas that have can be reached via received an appli email at keith.reed@ cation. okstate.edu, phone Remember that at 405-747-8320, if you use fireplace or in person at the ashes for your Payne County Expotassium needs, tension office, locatother fertilizers ed at 315 W. 6th in applied should not Stillwater. contain potassium. um, ashes can be of ashes per 1,000 Potassium, like valuable as they are square feet equates Oklahoma State phosphorus, re more soluble than about 6 pounds of University, as an mains in the soil lime, neutralizing potassium and 20 equal opportunity for a long period of soil acidity within lbs of lime applied. employer, complies time and does not a few days after in Keep in mind with all applicable need to be applied corporation by rain that excessive ap federal and state or cultivation. plications may dam very often. laws regarding Finally, avoid However, care age the soil. Areas non-discrimination applying ashes to should be taken to treated at the above and affirmative avoid excessive ap rates should not be areas where blue action. Oklahoma berries, azaleas or plication. retreated again for State University is other acid-loving If you have deter 10 years or until committed to a poliplants are grown. mined that ashes a soil test shows a cy of equal opportuwill benefit your need for lime or po 3 - For more informa- nity for all individsoil based on its tassium again. un. 1 New S uals and does not tion of this or any need for3potassium To avoid erepeat n Price! 1Op to the other horticultural discriminate based andn.liming, the applications u Snext step is deter mining how much to apply. This is where the soil test comes in handy. The maxi mum amount that can be applied to sandy soils is only about half that which can be ap plied to finer tex $ tured soils. For sandy soils, Stunning new 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath home west of Stillwater. 2,055 sq. ft., 3 car a maximum rate of garage, large flat driveway, quiet cul-de-sac. Granite counter-tops, very open. 10 gallons of ashes Split floor plan, abundant storage, covered patio. In Deer Ridge Addition. per 1,000 square feet equates to See more of this home at www.WeLoveSellingStillwater.com approximately 3 pounds of potassi Fisher Provence, REALTORS® um and 10 pounds (405) 377-1000 of lime applied. Page Provence, CRS For other soil Broker Associate types, a maximum (405) 612-0194 rate of 20 gallons
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have a large impact on the resale value of a property. The ROI ranges from 123 percent at the highest, to 86 percent at the lowest – which is still a considerable investment return for such a simple project. Match the door’s style with the style of the house for the best value. • Turn up the kitchen heat. An attractive kitchen can encourage buyers to overlook some of a home’s less attractive components. In the kitchen, replacement countertops, wall color changes, new cabinetry and flooring offer the biggest ROI. • Dreaming of a new bedroom. Remodeling magazine also points to creating an attic bedroom to increase home value. The ROI of an attic remodel that adheres to code can garner an 83 percent ROI. • Home maintenance projects. There’s little good to improving the aesthetic appeal and functionality of a home if there are existing structural or maintenance issues, warn experts. Siding replacement, HVAC system repair or replacement, a new roof, and basement dampness prevention solutions can be smarter investments
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When granite countertops or shiny, stainless steel appliances beckon homeowners from the display areas of home improvement stores, it’s tempting to gear remodeling thoughts toward the items that will add flair and decorative appeal to a home. Even though most improvements add some measure of value, deciding which are the best investments can be difficult. Return on investment, often referred to as “ROI,” varies depending on the project. Frequently, the projects that seem like the best investments don’t bring the greatest rate of return, while those that seem like smaller projects bring substantial returns. Real estate professionals routinely weigh in with their expert advice, and homeowners can couple that advice with Remodeling magazine’s annual “Cost vs. Value Index” to reap the greatest financial impact from their renovations. The following were some of the projects that garnered the greatest ROI in 2015. • Open the door to improvement. Region by region across the United States, installation of a new steel door on the front of a home can
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Legal defense for misplaced fence Thousands of lawsuits are filed each year over fences or walls that might encroach on a neighboring property. DEAR MR. MEYERS: We own a small vacation home in another state. The woman David who owns the Even if the surparcel next to it is veyor’s report is actrying to refinance curate and the fence but her surveyor indeed stands three says that our wood feet beyond your fence “encroaches” property line, it’s over her property now the neighbor’s line by 3 feet. She problem – not yours. is now demanding It would be a nice that we tear down gesture if you offered the fence and build to pay half the cost a new one. The of removing the fence was there when we bought the fence and rebuilding it in its proper place, house about eight even though you years ago, and we likely have no legal certainly did not know about any “en- obligation to do so. If you obtained an croachment” violation. Are we legally “owner’s title insurance” policy to proobligated to tear the fence down and tect your interest in the home when you build a new one? ANSWER: Proba- first purchased the property, call the inbly not. Your letter states that the fence surer for additional suggestions. was there when THE RE/MAX SIGNATURE EXPERIENCE Dedicated professionals unrivaled the service. issue you purchased theprovidingShould fester and the property years ago, so you obviously did neighbor eventuallyCarpenter filesMartin a lawsuit, not buildGina it Killough yourself Cheryl it’s doubtful that a and therefore have judge would rule in no obligation to rip Ted Newlin Vicky Jerome favor. And, if it down and replace her you wanted to get it. RE/MAX SIGNATURE 114 W. HALL OF FAME, STILLWATER, OK 74075 405.533.3000 | StillwaterSignatureRealEstate.com
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“Oklahoma is one of the hottest housing markets in the U.S. looking at all of the states. Home values are up over 5% year over year,” Frankel said. “ … It’s the fastest growing in terms of price of the top 10 cheapest housing markets in the country.” While Oklahoma is one of the cheapest housing markets in the country, homeowners are paying an average of nearly $1,900 annually for insurance, which is the fourth highest rate, according to the Insurance Information Institute. Despite the rising home values and the fact that homeowners insurance is higher than average, Frankel said home ownership in Oklahoma is highly affordable relative to most markets. Home prices jumped nationwide 5.9% in August annually, according to CoreLogic, and Rob
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Schaerer, broker and associate of Dillard Group Real Estate and 360 Realty, which serves the Oklahoma City metro area, said in Oklahoma, prices are rising at an unprecedented rate. Multiple Listing Service statistics show the median home sale price for the metro area was $180,000 in Sept. 2019. In Sept 2020, the median sale price was 11.7% higher at just over $201,000. Schaerer cites dwindling inventory as a reason for the rising prices of real estate. In Norman, there were 432 houses available for sale in Sept. 2019, and 292 for sale in Sept. 2020, which is a 32% decrease in inventory, according to MLS data. “Buyers are fervently trying to buy houses but the appraisers are desperately trying to keep up with this,”
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rate can mean thousands of dollars in interest savings over the term of a 30 year mortgage,” Frankel said. “You would be surprised what the same borrower would get offered from three or four different lenders how different the rates can be.” Frankel said one’s credit isn’t adversely affected if one applies for multiple mortgages within a short period of time. “You can apply for 50 different mortgages, as long as they all occur within 2 weeks it only gets counted once,” Frankel said. “There’s really no reason not to, other than the fact that it might take a few hours, but the savings can be well worth it, even if you just save a little bit on the mortgage rate.”
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crease in value, those are going to go hand in hand,” Schaerer said. Schaerer sees houses as assets that can stabilize families, allowing them to invest in what could essentially be a retirement plan, which will free up a significant amount of income eventually in addition to gaining value over time. “There’s no better time to start chipping away at and paying off a house even if it is at higher evaluations,” Schaerer said. Frankel advises those looking at making a real estate purchase to make sure they are shopping around for a mortgage, even when rates are low across the board. “Just a .1% difference in a mortgage
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Schaerer said. “Everything is pointing in the direction of a quickening of the appreciation and even more fervency next year if the trends continue, and I don’t see any reason to believe that they won’t, it’s a pretty clear trend line.” Schaerer said every sign points towards values, both intrinsic and actual, increasing for single family homes in Norman, but despite the increase in home values, the combination of the cheap housing market in the state and historically low interest rates makes it an advantageous time to buy a house in Oklahoma. “I just had someone lock in at 2.875% a few days ago, so when you are talking about people’s ability to purchase in conjunction with the in-
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land. “The real estate market is supply With a recent and demand, so that study ranking Okla- takes care of the homa the fourth supply. The demand cheapest housing is definitely picking market in the Unit- up, but it’s low relaed States, experts tive to a lot of other say the state is a places in the coungood location to take try, and a big factor advantage of the in that is salaries,” current low interest Frankel said. rates and purchase a According to Payhome. Scale, the average The Ascent, a salary in the greater personal finance Oklahoma City area brand by financial is $59,000, nearly and investment $36,000 lower than advice company the national averThe Motley Fool, age. examined Zillow “So that’s another housing pricing data thing that really and found that with affects demand, is an average price of the ability for homejust over $134,000, builders and sellers Oklahoma’s median to charge higher home price in 2020 prices,” Frankel is fourth behind Ar- said. “It’s a function kansas, Mississippi of salaries attracting and West Virginia. people to the area.” Matt Frankel, As recent trends CFP and mortgage reveal the eventual analyst for The Mot- likelihood of highley Fool, said the er home prices in reason Oklahoma Oklahoma compared housing is cheap is to the other top 10 due to a combination cheapest markets, of factors, including Frankel said it’s a large amount of likely the state drops developable, flat down the list. By Jeff Elkins
Landlords squeezed between tenants, lenders The stakes are particularly high for small landlords, whether they own NEW YORK – commercial propWhen it comes to sympathetic figures, erties, such as storefronts, or reslandlords aren’t exactly at the top of idential properties such as apartments. the list. But they, Many are borrowing too, have fallen on hard times, demon- money from relatives or dipping into strating how the their personal savcoronavirus outbreak spares almost ings to meet their mortgage payments. no one. The big residenTake Shad Elia, tial and commercial who owns 24 sinlandlords have more gle-family apartoptions. For inment units in the stance, the nation’s Boston area. He biggest mall owner, says government Simon Property stimulus benefits allowed his hard-hit Group, is in talks tenants to continue to buy J.C. Penney, to pay the rent. But a move that would prevent the departnow that the aid ment store chain has expired, with Congress unlikely to from going under pass a new package and causing Simon before Election Day, to lose one of its biggest tenants. At the they are falling besame time, Simon hind. is suing the Gap for Heading into a $107 million in back New England winrent. ter, Elia is worried Michael Hamilton, about such expenses a Los Angeles-based as heat and snowplowing in addition real estate partner to the regular year- at the law firm round costs, like fix- O’Melveny & Myers, said he expects to ing appliances and see more retail and leaky faucets. Elia wonders how other commercial landlords going to much longer his lenders will cut him court to collect back rent as they get slack. squeezed between “We still have a lenders and tenants. mortgage. We still Residential landhave expenses on lords are also fightthese properties,” ing back against a he said. “But there comes a point where Trump administration eviction morawe will exhaust torium that protects whatever reserves certain tenants we have. At some through the end of point, we will fall 2020. At least 26 behind on our paylawsuits have been ments. They can’t filed by property expect landlords to owners around the provide subsidized country in places housing.” By Anne D’Innocenzio
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such as Tennessee, Georgia and Ohio, many of them claiming the moratorium unfairly strains landlords’ finances and violates their rights. Apartment dwellers and other residential tenants in the U.S. owe roughly $25 billion in back rent, and that will reach nearly $70 billion by year’s end, according to an estimate in August by Moody’s Analytics. An estimated 30 million to 40 million people in the U.S. could be at risk of eviction in the next several months, according to an August report by the Aspen Institute, a nonprofit organization. Jessica Elizabeth Michelle, 37, a single mother with a 7-month-old baby, represents a growing number of renters who are afraid of being homeless once the moratorium on evictions ends. The San Francisco resident saw her income of $6,000 a month as an event planner evaporate when COVID-19 hit. Supplemental aid from the federal
government and the city helped her pay her monthly rent of $2,400 through September. But all that has dried up, except for the unemployment checks that total less than $2,000 a month. For her October rent, she handed $1,000 to her landlord. She said her landlord has been supportive but has made it clear he has bills to pay, too. “I never had an issue of paying rent up until now. I cry all night long. It’s terrifying,” Michelle said. “I don’t know what to do. My career was ripped out from under me. It’s gotten to the point of where it’s like, ‘Am I going to be homeless?’ I have no idea.’” Some landlords are trying to work with their commercial or residential tenants, giving them a break on the rent or more flexible lease terms. But the crisis is costing them. Analytics firm Trepp, which tracks a type of real estate loan taken out by owners of commer-
cial properties such as offices, apartments, hotels and shopping centers, found that hotels have a nearly 23% rate of delinquency, or 30 days overdue, on their loans, while the retail industry has a 14.9% delinquency rate as of August. The apartment rental market has so far navigated the crisis well, with a delinquency rate of 3%, according to Trepp. That’s in part because of the eviction moratorium, along with extra unemployment benefits from Washington that have since expired. “There are bad actors, but the majority of landlords are struggling and are trying to work with a bad situation,” said Andreanecia M. Morris, executive director of HousingNOLA, a public-private partnership that pushes for more affordable housing in the New Orleans area. Morris, who works with both landlords and tenants, said that government money
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wasn’t adequate to help tenants pay their rent, particularly in expensive cities. She is calling for comprehensive rental assistance. She fears that residential landlords will see their properties foreclosed on next year, and the holdings will be bought by big corporations, which are not as invested in the neighborhoods. Gary Zaremba, who owns and and manages 350 apartment units spread out over 100 buildings in Dayton, Ohio, said he has been working with struggling tenants – many of them hourly workers in
restaurants and stores – and directs them to social service agencies for additional help. But he is nervous about what’s next, especially with winter approaching and the prospect of restaurants shutting down and putting his tenants out of work. He has a small mortgage on the buildings he owns but still has to pay property taxes and fix things like broken windows or leaky plumbing. “As a landlord, I have to navigate a global pandemic on my own,” Zaremba said, “and it’s confusing.”
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