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Getting Your Home Ready for Fall
Cozy season is almost here! It’s time to get out those chunky knit sweaters and pour yourself a pumpkin spice latte. It’s also time to start getting your home ready for the coming season. By tackling these tasks now, you’ll…
Downsizing Quickly – It Can Be Done
Downsizing can be a tough job. Downsizing in a hurry can be even more stressful. Giving yourself plenty of time to sell, donate, or trash some of your belongings is ideal. But if you find yourself in a situation where…
What To Know About FHA Loans
FHA loans can be a great choice for many homebuyers. Backed by the Federal Housing Administration, these mortgages have low down payments and can be excellent for buyers with less than stellar credit scores. Let’s take a closer look at…
Staging Tips You Shouldn’t Ignore
Home sellers have been in a unique position over the past couple of years. With demand high and inventory low, we’ve been in a seller’s market during much of the pandemic. But while sellers certainly still have an advantage in…
Closing Costs for Cash Buyers
If you’re financing the purchase of a house, then you know to expect closing costs during the process. These include title insurance, taxes, appraisal fees, attorney fees, and more. But what happens when you don’t finance the house and instead…
What To Know About Floor-to-Ceiling Windows
Abundant natural light is something that most homebuyers would be happy to have in their new homes. Living in homes filled with sunshine can make them appear larger and be a mood-booster. For this reason, floor-to-ceiling as well as double…
Moving Day Must-Haves
Are you preparing to move into your new home? Congratulations! Becoming a homeowner is a dream come true for many Americans. But we’d be lying if we didn’t confess that while buying a home can be an exciting time, actually…
Late Summer Home Maintenance Tips
It’s hard to believe that it’s already the end of August! Soon those long summer days will just be a memory as we begin to prep for the fall season ahead. As you get ready to transition from summer to…
Save Water In Your Garden
With severe drought affecting many parts of the country, it’s important to become more water-wise at home. One of the ways that we often use more water than we need is in our home gardens. In fact, nearly half of…
Benefits and Risks of an All-Cash Offer
All-cash offers can be very attractive in the real estate market. As a buyer, it gives you a competitive edge over other offers that need to be financed. As a seller, it helps you to avoid some of the pitfalls…
Ideas For Creating a Friendlier Neighborhood
One of the best things about becoming a homeowner is the opportunity to build community. When you move into a new home you’re also becoming part of a neighborhood. But what if that neighborhood is on the quiet side or…
When Your Neighbor is an Arm’s Length Away
When you’re house hunting, you may come across a home that is literally only a few feet from the neighbor. In fact, more and more homes are being built on smaller lots so you may encounter this frequently. It may…
Is This Another Housing Market Bubble?
The U.S. housing market continues to make the news on a daily basis. If you’ve been following the news, then you may have concerns about a potential housing market bubble – or even a crash. Nobody wants to revisit what…
5 Ways To Use Your Home Equity
For homeowners, one of the silver livings of skyrocketing home values is a sudden increase in your home equity. According to a recent report by CoreLogic, homeowners who have mortgages saw their equity grow by more than 32 percent since…
Choosing a Tree for Your Yard
As homeowners, we tend to spend most of our attention on the interiors of our homes. We labor over design decisions such as what color to paint the walls or what style of furniture to have in the living room.…
Selling to Family or Friends
Selling your home is a major undertaking, even in a seller’s market. Sifting through offers and deciding on the best buyer can be more stressful than you realize. If you have a family member or a friend who’s in the…
How “Days on Market” Affects Your Home Sale
When homebuyers are looking at homes for sale, they’re often checking things like the number of bedrooms or even the school district where the home is located. But some homebuyers (and their agents) are looking at less obvious things, too,…