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3 Generations Top Housing Market Trends
Historians like to say that those who do not learn the lessons of the past are doomed to repeat them. In the real estate industry, the chances of that happening are slim because agents and other professionals follow market trends closely. That being said, a careful...
Routine Maintenance Of Various Systems In Your Home
When you are a first-time homeowner, learning about your property can feel overwhelming. There are a number of systems in your home that require routine maintenance. Knowing when to have system serviced will help keep your home running smoothly. From the plumbing in...
How Do You Tell If A Neighborhood Is The Right One To Settle In?
Choosing a perfect home to settle in is tough on its own. You have to weigh in on very many factors including a house’s price, size, features and amenities, number of bedroom and baths, design, and so on. However, all these factors are not enough to give you a great...
Green Technology To Reduce Your Home’s Carbon Footprint
When you are a homeowner looking to reduce your carbon footprint, there are a number of steps you can take to make your home earth-friendly. From passive solar heating to solar panels, you can make a difference in the impact your home has on the environment. Even when...
Financing Your Solar Roof
Ways to Pay for Solar Roofing Going solar can make life sunnier for some homeowners. In addition to reducing energy their by "borrowing" energy directly from the sun, purchasers may also enjoy a 30 percent federal Solar Investment Tax Credit and other incentives,...
Everything You Need To Know About Short Sales
As a home buyer looking in the market, you are probably familiar with what a typical sale looks like. You probably also have a basic understanding of what a foreclosure is and how it will work. However, something that is a little bit less understood would be the short...
Ensuring A Stress-Less Closing
Buying a home is an exciting and exhilarating time, but between the time your offer was accepted, and when you actually have the keys in hand and finally step into your new home, it can be stressful. The escrow period, also known as the closing, can take the most...
Don’t Let a Renter Assume Your Mortgage Payment as a Landlord
When it comes to a property that's been financed with a mortgage, many homeowners can have a need to be elsewhere from time to time and see renting as a way to recover some of their costs when not using their home. And in some cases, some homeowner-landlords may...
Best Tax Deductible Home Improvements for Homeowners
Before delving into tax-deductible home improvements, it's important to understand that these tax deductions won't be applied immediately. In most cases, homeowners can only benefit, tax-wise, from their home renovations later, when they sell their home. It's...
2018 Tax Changes Should Not Trigger Fast Mortgage Dumping
When the chatter was at its peak on the 2018 tax law changes being proposed, one of the big areas of concern for homeowners was the elimination of the mortgage interest deduction. Right behind that issue was a similar treatment with regards to property tax deductions....