Owning a home is one of the great joys in life for it is a large canvas on which to create, to express yourself and ultimately to make you home a place to enjoy day in and day out. However, home improvement projects can often become quite costly- fast. So homeowners often like to know what are the best improvement projects to do to realize a return, if not profit, on resale. The chart below, from the California Association of Realtors, illustrates the top 10 projects which stand the best chance of recouping when its time to move.

Tami McCraw
