February 4, 2019 | Post a Comment | Buying Home, Home Improvement, Mortgage
Beyond the process of saving and then purchasing a property, many people do not consider the financial impact of their house. Take interest rates, for instance – according to the Fed, they will now stay at 2.5% for the foreseeable future. How many home owners have used this 12 year period of low rates to […]
December 28, 2018 | Post a Comment | Buying Home, Home Improvement, Mortgage
You may be a new couple looking to find a new house to start a family, a student looking for an apartment if you are not comfortable with the campus hostels or anyone moving out of your parents’ house looking for an affordable place to live. Here are a few steps you can use to […]
August 20, 2018 | Post a Comment | Home Improvement
North West of England provides a robust property market for potential investors and buyers considering their next purchase location, serving a more economically secure contrast to the cities sitting in the South of the country. Hometrack, a company who collate statistics from house price trends have analysed the latest house price index across 20 cities […]
April 30, 2018 | Post a Comment | Buying Home, Home Improvement
The Kentucky Derby is on the horizon, and that signals the start of warmer months ahead for the vast majority of people residing in the United States. Growing up in Ohio, my mother would plant flowers every year on the first Saturday in May, making her annual trip to the nursery in the morning to […]
April 5, 2018 | Post a Comment | Buying Home, Home Improvement, Mortgage
You have finally achieved a major milestone in your life. You have saved up enough and advanced in your career to a point where you can afford a mortgage. You are excited but also wondering what this new journey will entail. Questions are buzzing in your mind: How much will I afford? How much will […]
January 22, 2018 | Post a Comment | Home Improvement, Mortgage
As a landlord, screening tenants for your rental property can mean the difference between finding an ideal renter who makes timely monthly payments and signing a problematic occupant who can be a threat to other residents. Screening tenants is an important step to protecting your rental property because the wrong tenant can potentially cause property […]
January 8, 2018 | Post a Comment | Budgeting, Home Improvement
Giving your kitchen a makeover needn’t cost the earth. If you’re working to a budget that doesn’t stretch to a brand new kitchen, there are many ways to make your current kitchen look lighter, brighter and fresher. A pre-existing fitted kitchen can be made to look like new simply by replacing the cabinet doors and […]
December 6, 2017 | Post a Comment | Home Improvement, Investing
There is no better time to enter the property market than right now. The market is booming and demand for new properties is on the rise. Both the residential and commercial property markets are just as exciting; there are plenty of opportunities to succeed and not many barriers to success. Despite the wealth of opportunity, […]
November 2, 2017 | Post a Comment | Buying Home, Home Improvement
Living in a safe neighborhood or in a quiet area doesn’t protect you from home burglary. In reality, taking a passive approach to home security and neglecting your own safety actually increases your odds of getting robbed. According to data from Alarms.org, homes without a security system are 300 percent more likely to be burglarized. […]
November 2, 2017 | Post a Comment | Home Improvement
You love your house, but you know it will eventually need to be sold. If you are aware of this, you should also know that renovation projects now can still generate value for your home years down the line. When you do renovation projects, you want to make sure you are adding value to your […]
August 23, 2017 | Post a Comment | Home Improvement, Mortgage
Let’s be honest: rarely are our homes at 100% when it comes to wear, tear and maintenance, right? The fact remains that there’s always something that could be approved upon; however, it’s often our finances that get the way of taking care of those nagging repairs or much-needed projects. Even so, it’s crucial that homeowners […]