Thanksgiving Open House Best Practices
Turkey. Dressing. Sweet potato casserole. Pumpkin pie with fresh whipped cream. Yum! You anticipate the traditional savory Thankgiving menu all year long. Read more ⇢
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How Much Will My Payment Be?
You’ve found it! The home you’ve been searching for is for sale and you want to buy it. Can you afford it? How… Read more ⇢
How to Spend Thanksgiving Weekend
Stuffed! That’s how you feel on Thursday. Once the turkey is picked clean, the dishes are done and the last bite of pie sitting in… Read more ⇢
Design and Decorator Trends to Do or to Ditch
You’ve been collecting ideas to remodel or redecorate your home for years. Now, you’re finally ready to get down to work. You’ve saved up your money and found contractors. Read more ⇢
Open House in Inclement Weather
“To cancel or not to cancel … that is the question.” When selling your home in the fall, and as the weather becomes decidedly more winterish,… Read more ⇢
Honoring our Veterans
“The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive veterans of… Read more ⇢
When Interest Rates Go Up
The Feds have been pretty indecisive about moving interest rates up, but the down-low is that they plan to make the move upwards in December. Read more ⇢
Nifty Clutter-Freeing Hints & Hideaways
Whether you’re planning to sell your home and want to make it show-ready, or just want to get organized to simplify the holidays, check out these creative options… Read more ⇢
Your House and Elections
With the national elections ramping up, many voters already have voter fatigue (also called voter apathy). That is, we’re already so tired of hearing about the elections… Read more ⇢
Spooky or Spectacular?
Sometimes, a neighborhood appears awesome…but might be hiding some spooky, ghostly elements! You can’t know, for instance, how welcoming some neighborhoods are to families with small children… Read more ⇢
Keeping It In Balance: Knowing Your Credit-to-Debt Ratio
Many potential new homebuyers find themselves unable to secure a loan, confined to a smaller home ? or at least to a smaller loan ? because they don’t understand… Read more ⇢
Counting Chickens
If your house has been on the market for any length of time, or if you need to sell because of an out-of-town job change, you may be… Read more ⇢
Selling Your Home? Think Pink
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, the annual campaign to increase awareness of breast cancer disease. Each year, nearly a quarter-million women are diagnosed… Read more ⇢
Buyers: Don’t Let Halloween Creep Up On You
Conventional wisdom is that spring is the best time for selling—and buying—a home. It’s the time of year when the most home are on the market. In fact, lots… Read more ⇢
Prepping for a Cross-Country Move
Whether you’re moving across the country (or even across the state) to attend school, take a new job or just experience someplace new, a long-distance move is different from… Read more ⇢
