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Home Buying

How Much Will the Age of Your New Home Affect Your Maintenance Costs?

Many people shopping for their new homes prefer to look at newly-built models for style and low maintenance costs. However, others like to buy older homes that they claim have more personality and charm.

Tax Tips

Tax Deductions for New Home Owners

Tweet The federal government has provided a number of tax deductions you can take the next time that you file your tax return and in subsequent years. Points — Some mortgage

Tax Tips

Last Minute Tax Filing Strategies

Tweet My federal and state taxes are done and filed, completed weeks earlier than they were last year. I set out to do my taxes early, but I still had

Home Buying Home Selling Money News

Nearly One In Four Homes For Sale Have Already Seen A Price Reduction

Tweet The current housing market continues to offer a good news/bad news scenario. First the good news: prices continue to drop. Now for the bad news: sellers are dropping their

Home Buying

Safe, Quick House Closing Tips!

Tweet With the spring home selling season moving forward in earnest, perhaps you have already found a home that you like and have been approved for a mortgage. If that

Home Buying

Buying A New Home? Haggle!

Tweet The current housing market is a wonderful ally for home buyers, as home values drop and sellers are willing to negotiate. Home shoppers previously shut out of some local

Home Improvement

5 Steps To Successful Home Improvement

Tweet If you are planning a home improvement project, congratulations for taking on what can make for exciting changes to your home. You’ll come away from the project with an

Home Buying

Should You Choose A Buyer’s Agent?

Tweet Searching for a home can be nerve wracking, especially if you aren’t sure if the home you want is worth the price being asked or if you really should

Home Buying Home Improvement

Is It A Fixer Upper Or A Money Pit?

Tweet Before the current housing bubble popped, investors were scouring the marketplace for homes needing a makeover with the intention of fixing them up for a quick flip. Savvy investors

Home Building

Garage and Pathways That Get Noticed

Tweet This article is part of our ongoing home construction specification plan series. Assembling a Home Construction Specification Plan — Spec Plan R: Garage, Pathways Not many people who are