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The Best And Worst Times Of The Year To Sell Your Home
Does the time of year when you put your home on the market affect how well it will sell? What about the final sales price?
According to many specialists in housing trends the answer is yes. The time of year when you sell your home can have an effect on how many people are interested and how much the home will sell for.
read more7 Smart Tips To Painting Your Own Home This Summer
Winter may have taken a toll on your home’s exterior this year. You’ve been noticing the cracking paint for months, but you don’t want to shell out the big bucks to hire a professional painter.
Don’t fret! With the weather warming and the nice summer weekends, it’s the perfect time to tackle that project of painting your home.
read moreWhat's Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – July 8, 2013
Last week saw a relatively quiet week due to the 4th of July holiday, but there were some housing-related developments.
read moreGo Green By Faking It With Artificial Grass
The summer heat is starting to take its toll on you and your thirsty lawn. Homeowners spend hundreds of dollars every summer striving to grow healthy grass and keep it green. If you’re sick of trying to maintain a manicured lawn, then you can go green another way. Install artificial turf.
read moreGain Independence From Your Home This Fourth Of July
Want to sell your home this summer? With the help of a real estate professional, you could be signing a closing agreement and on your way to a whole new housing world before winter sets in. So, get inspired this Fourth of July to liberate yourself from your current home.
read moreLiberate Yourself From Your Mortgage With This Simple Plan
What if you could accelerate the mortgage payment on your home so that you own your property several years earlier than your 15 or 30 year term?
Making your final mortgage payment and owning your house is an incredibly good feeling and there is a simple way that you can bring about that rewarding day much sooner.
read moreWhat's Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – July 1, 2013
The past week was active for economic news and mortgage rates. The aftermath of the Fed’s indication that it may start dialing back its multi-billion dollar monthly purchases of Treasury and mortgage backed securities has sent mortgage rates to record highs.
read moreHow To Improve Your Credit Score For Better Financing Terms
You have found a home and are ready to apply for financing. Your pre-approval amount comes back not as high as you would have expected and at an interest rate significantly above what your friends just got on their loan. This could be because you have an average to poor credit score.
read more5 Important Tips To Help Smooth Your Move When You Have Teens In The Home
You’ve got a new job offer across the country and you are planning to pack your things, buy a home and make the big move.
However, when you tell your 17 year old daughter your plans, she lets out a mournful wail and cries that it is not fair. How can you possibly take her away from all of her friends, her favorite hangout spots and the cute boy she just started seeing?
read moreHome Prices Record Highest Monthly Gains Since Case Shiller Index Inception
The S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Indices for April indicate that the housing recovery gained ground.
In April 2013 average home prices tracked in the Case-Shiller 10 and 20-city Composites increased by 11.60 and 12.10 percent year-over-year. On a month-to-month basis, the Composites increased by 2.60 and 2.50 percent respectively.
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