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Show Way Clear For Home Remodeling Builders are looking forward to a boom year in home modernization modern-ization and repairs. With few new houses being built because of tighter credit restrictions and other government controls stemming stem-ming from the mobilization program, pro-gram, mechanics and materials will be available for the first time in the post-war period to satisfy the pent-up demand for renovations renova-tions and repair of existing nouses. New construction reaching an all-time peak of some 1,300,000 units in 1950 has swallowed up building materials as fast as mills and factories could turn them out. Builders, concentrating their efforts ef-forts almost entirely on new housing, have experienced diffi- j culty in getting sufficient skilled labor to fulfill their commitments. But long-deferred repairs and improvements now can be made. I Fortunately, the materials needed, like asphalt roofing, siding, in- sulation materials and paints, will be available. Dealers are building up inventories of these supplies in anticipation of the home modernization mod-ernization and repairs boom expected ex-pected to get under way in early spring. Easy to Finance Home owners will find it easy to arrange financing for modernization modern-ization and repairs. The Federal Housing Authority is continuing its liberal credit policy in insuring insur-ing loans by banks and other lending lend-ing institutions for this purpose. One of the first things some home owners will want to do is replace old, weatherbeaten roofing roof-ing with new fire-resistant asphalt as-phalt shingles. This improvement fits in nicely with overall home modernization since the color of the asphalt roof usually the largest unbroken area of any house is the key to the color scheme. |