If you’re selling your home, you might wonder if there are common repairs needed after a home inspection. Most buyers, after all, won’t commit to purchasing a place until there’s been a thorough inspection by a home inspector—and rest assured, if there are problems, this professional will find them! So if your home inspection turns […]
As everyone knows, a new home is not an impulse purchase. You can’t just waltz in and declare, “I’ll take it!” Long before you get to making that offer (on paper, through your real estate agent)—and even before going to your first open house—there are a ton of things to do and to prepare. Overwhelmed? […]
Moving involves so many tasks: planning, packing, hiring movers, enlisting emotional and physical help, and lots more. Moving with pets can add even more to your to-do list. When we moved a few years ago, I never really considered how our pets would handle it. That was a big mistake. I looked up a few […]
Want to know the secret of family harmony? It’s pretty simple: Minimize shared bathrooms. If you buy a house that features a master bath en suite, along with another full bathroom, consider yourself lucky, even if that second bathroom needs a ton of TLC. Whether you’re about to embark on building on an extension or […]
Even if you’re new to this whole selling-a-house thing, chances are good you’ve heard of a home appraisal. And if you know just a little about the process, you know that the appraisal—a value put on your home by an objective third-party expert—can make or break your home sale. So with so much riding on […]
It doesn’t matter if you’re a first-time home buyer or a decades-long homeowner, fantasizing about a kitchen remodel is just plain fun. Knocking down a wall, adding an island, getting rid of those dated pine cabinets—everyone’s makeover master plan is a little different, but the goal is always the same: Get the most you can […]
It doesn’t matter if you’re a first-time home buyer or a decades-long homeowner, fantasizing about a kitchen remodel is just plain fun. Knocking down a wall, adding an island, getting rid of those dated pine cabinets—everyone’s makeover master plan is a little different, but the goal is always the same: Get the most you can […]
What is a mortgage? In a nutshell, a mortgage is a loan that enables you to cover the cost of a home. Since you probably don’t have hundreds of thousands of dollars lying around, a mortgage loan makes it possible to purchase real estate by fronting you the money. From there, you pay back the […]
There’s one thing more scary than buying a house, and that’s selling a house. There is so much pressure to list your house and sell it quickly—and for a great price—that you probably find yourself turning to those who’ve been there before for advice. But here’s the problem: The housing market changes on a dime, […]
Ever gotten excited about a house for sale, then looked at the price and thought, “Are they out of their minds?” It can be a disheartening moment when you’re house hunting. And that jaw-dropping asking price might simply seem like an arbitrary, money-grabbing number that’s keeping you from your dream home. But before you dismiss […]
