Cleanliness may be next to godliness — but it can also make your home more valuable.

You don’t have to spend a lot of time or money to make your home worth more, just a little elbow grease.

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Unless Ty Pennington and the crew from “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” take on your renovation project, you’re likely to get weak-kneed looking at the estimate for the work or learning the terms of your home improvement loan. If high prices, tough credit or falling home values have suddenly brought your fantasy makeover plans back to reality, the good news is that it’s often the more modest upgrades — not the grand additions — that offer the best return on your investment.

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