Tips & Tricks
How To Ace a Home Inspection and Sell Your Home Fast – Sep 15th, 2022
By Ana Durrani The home inspection can be a particularly stressful part of the homebuying process for buyers, but the equally anxious seller might be waiting with bated breath for the results as well. The buyer is typically responsible...
On the House: How First-Time Homebuyers Can Negotiate Serious Savings – Sep 8th, 2022
By Clare Trapasso First-time homebuyers are taking their power back. As the housing market continues to cool, savvy buyers are seizing the opportunity to save themselves some hard-earned cash They’re bringing contingencies back, as...
HVAC Maintenance Checklist – Sep 1st, 2022
Here’s an easy, doable preventive maintenance checklist to keep your heating and cooling system in top shape. It's a good idea to hire an HVAC company to inspect and do maintenance on your system every fall and spring. They'll do thin...
7 Gorgeous Ways To Glam Up Your Kitchen for 1K or Less – Aug 25th, 2022
By Kathleen Willcox Autumn is just around the corner, which means your kitchen is about to go into overdrive. We’re inching closer to the holiday season, and it’s about time you took a look at your cooking space and ask: Does it appe...
Roofing: Repair or Replace? – Aug 18th, 2022
Deciding whether to repair or replace roofing is largely an exercise in timing — you don’t want to reroof too soon and waste money, but you don’t want to wait too long either. Eventually, all roofs wear out and need to be replaced....
On the House: 6 Crucial Tips for Bringing Down Your Mortgage Rate – August 11th, 2022
By Clare Trapasso First-time homebuyers in the market today have a litany of woes. Home prices are at record highs. Saving for a down payment is tougher than ever due to soaring inflation. And now, mortgage interest rates are much higher...
Are Bidding Wars Over? That Depends on Whether Home Sellers Make These Mistakes – Aug 4th, 2022
By Lisa Johnson Mandell Bidding wars: Sellers love ’em, buyers hate ’em. In the rollicking seller’s market we’ve had over the past couple of years, sellers have enjoyed watching homebuyers bend over backward to outdo one ano...
Calling All Bargain Hunters: 4 Items That Are Always Negotiable When Buying a Home – July 29, 2022
By Kimberly Dawn Neumann Whether you’re a homebuyer or a home seller, you’ll end up a home negotiator at some point in the process. The transactional nature of real estate exchanges means there will always be things both parties w...