Selling your home is never easy. Selling your home because of a divorce, can be extra challenging. Your kids have great friends, love their school and your commute to work is short enough to get home quickly in the event of an emergency. It's difficult to give up this security as you enter a new …
House Age: What It Does & Doesn’t Tell Us
House age might tell you a lot about the prospective houses you're looking at. It doesn't tell the whole story. New construction homes command higher prices because you're getting a brand new property that's never been lived in. You're also able to pick the finishes you want like appliances, …
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Vacation Homes, Vacant Homes and Winter
Vacation homes are wonderful during the warm summer months but what do you do when it gets cold? Vacation and vacant homes need to have the heat kept on with someone checking the house weekly to make sure everything is fine, or you have to drain the plumbing to prevent freezing pipes and the damage …
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Home Inspectors Protect Homeowners
Home Inspectors: When Do You Need One? Home inspectors are one of the critical real estate team members you need when buying or selling a house. Maybe you thought you only need a home inspector when buying a house? That used to be the custom but today home inspections provide a service to buyers, …
Home Theaters, Halloween & Bat Caves
Home theaters make more sense these days as the investment you make in your home means you'll enjoy your home more, and increase it's value. It makes sense as we're not moving as often and we're entertaining at home more. Home theaters also save us time, as there's less planning than going out to …
House Values in BattleGround States
House values haven't been a major topic during the 2012 campaign and no one really knows how this issue will influence voters. Everyone has been affected by the housing bust, some more than others. There are many homeowners trying to understand why me, did they do something wrong. For most of you, …