8 easy (and cheap) ways to prevent home theft

Given all the frightening headlines about exotic mortgage products and under-water home loans, it's easy to forget about the old-fashioned threats to property. But in 2007 alone, there were nearly 2.2 million burglaries in the United States, according to FBI estimates. While that's down slightly from 2006 levels, the figures represent a 1% increase from five years earlier. Even worse, more than two-thirds of all burglaries in 2007 involved residential properties.

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