In many ways, buying a condominium offers fewer headaches than owning a single-family home: you don’t need to take care of yard work or snow removal, nor do you have to handle major maintenance issues on the building itself. However, not everything about condo living is easier. In particular, figuring out how to adequately insure […]
Americans have been cheering on low rates for years. This is especially true for those looking to buy a home or thinking of getting a bigger home. After all, lower rates lower the interest you pay on a mortgage and reduces the monthly burden. Plus, lower rates increase home values, and that makes just about […]
When we built our home in 2004, we paid attention to the details we thought were important at the time. We found a floor plan we liked with the right number of bedrooms and an ample sized kitchen on a lot adjacent to a park. Unfortunately, we didn’t think a lot about how our needs […]
Having sold a home recently, it still amazes me that people are practically stepping on top of each other to buy a home during this pandemic when no agent is allowed to host an open house. Mortgage rates are crazy low right now, but is the monthly payment the only thing you should be considering? […]
Moving after being in our home for 10 years was so painful, but if there were any positives to the whole packing and sorting everything out ordeal a few months ago, it was that we were able to declutter and make some serious cash on stuff that’s been lying around the house. Emma was amazing […]
I live in California, and house prices are insanely high here. That’s part of the reason why many people downsize their homes when they retire. In fact, we bought our house recently from a family who did just that. The husband was retiring and with two kids going to college, the previously one income family […]
