Look around your home and chances are youâll be able to spot plenty of opportunities to keep your family safe. Here are the top items to make sure you have around the home and are in top shape and checked regularly.
Looking for a vacation home just might be more fun than looking for a new everyday home. A key piece of the vacation home puzzle is how to get financing. The good news is that it can be a straightforward, and painless process. Here are some simple tips and things to…
Whether you live in a flood, hurricane, or tornado zone, you want to make sure your home is ready to stand up to whatever mother nature can hurl its way. The best time to storm-proof your home is before severe weather strikes and well in advance of warnings of imminent…
Real estate teams have been around for decades, but you can be forgiven for not being familiar with them if youâre new to real estate or work in a market where teams arenât very active. Over the past few years, new tactics like expansion teams have boosted the…
There are enough television shows and magazine spreads about home decorating that many of us probably assume we have the basics down pat â declutter to the nth degree and clean, clean, clean, then apply your âneutral with pops of colorâ philosophy, swap out…
Buying a new home can be an exciting time. It can also be frustrating and exhausting. To help prepare you for home hunting success, here are five important things to know about the market before you schedule your first viewing, or visit your first open house.
Building a new home is a perfect opportunity to customize your space according to your own needs and wants -- and it can also feel completely overwhelming. Many homes built from the ground up will require the new owner to make more than one thousand decisions about…
If you've never fixed and flipped a home before -- but you've watched enough HGTV think it looks like fun -- then you might not think you need a real estate agent to help with the process. What can an agent tell you that you don't already know?
There are plenty of reasons to go green. Conserving energy and running an energy-efficient home can lower your monthly utility bills, saving you some green for your wallet.
When everyone seems to be talking about the ârâ word â recession â it can make homeowners nervous, especially if theyâre not sure whether they want to move in the next couple of years or not. But because recessions are cyclical, we know a few things…
In a society where we refer to our homes as our castles, it makes sense that we also want to feel safe and secure in our residences. But as we spend more time inside looking at screens and less time outside making connections with neighbors, it also makes sense that many…
