
Airplane Seats
You've got the sit somewhere, so why not go for the best seats in the house . . . or the airline. In today's crowded travel market, there's not always a lot of choice available to travelers, especially within a few weeks of departure.
Here's a guide to some of the pros and cons of various seats in the plane:

Housing Market
Here’s a story that became all too familiar. On a rainy Sunday in San Mateo California, Sandy Smith, 36, and her husband John, 37, set out to shop for a new home, hoping to encounter few other buyers. A two-bedroom condominium they liked had an asking price of $230,000. “We had just seen a couple of cracker boxes for $300,000 or more, “recalls Sandy, “So I thought we should jump on it. But John wanted to mull it over.” You know what happened next. The condo sold later that day, and when Sandy and John saw a nearly identical version in the same apartment complex two weeks later, the asking price was $247,000, a 70% jump.