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Do you have a home equity loan or home equity line of credit (HELOC)? Homeowners often tap their home equity for some quick cash, using their property as collateral. But before doing so, you need to understand how this debt will be treated come tax season. With the 2018 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the rules of home equity […]

It’s getting harder to find starter homes for sale. But if you know some tricks of the trade, it’s still possible to find — and buy — the perfect one for you. Once you’ve taken all the steps to prepare for buying a home, you’re ready to begin the house hunt. But what happens when […]

Real estate agents often suggest the “five year rule” when asked how long someone should live in a new home before selling it. However, when it comes to deciding how long you should remain in a home, why you wish to sell could be as important as whether you should. Expanding Out According to a […]

Getting ready to sell your house? You may want to consider these five home improvements to ensure a bigger price tag at closing time. Unless you’re Joanna Gaines, the prospect of updating and prepping your home for sale can seem daunting. All those little repairs you were happy to postpone for another day (or year) […]

If you’re a seller, letting your house sit on the market for too long will lower your chances of getting a reasonable price for it. That’s why it’s in your best interest to sell as quickly as possible. In this post, we’ll take a look at the average time to sell a house, the pitfalls […]

Without clairvoyance, it would’ve been nearly impossible to foresee most of the events that unfolded in 2020. In the real estate realm, who could’ve guessed a global pandemic, citywide shutdowns, and widespread unemployment would’ve provided further fuel to already red-hot housing markets spanning the country. However, with a million-plus Americans vaccinated inside of two weeks, economic […]

Home is the most important place in the life of any person. Here we relax, work, gain strength, spend time with loved ones and raise our children. Of course, when arranging such a significant space, you should first of all be guided by your tastes and preferences. However, if you, like us, are inspired by […]

There are three values for any home on the market: What the seller thinks it’s worth, what the buyer thinks it’s worth and what a professional appraiser will think it’s worth. The key to a successful purchase is to get those three numbers to align. You never want to assume that the asking price of […]

Selling a home as is sounds like a pretty sweet deal for sellers. Sellers don’t have to scurry around fixing the place up. But what does an as-is sale mean for buyers? When looking through property listings and the term “as is” appears, some people see it as a warning. Others, such as real estate […]

St. Nick packs his pipe and moves to the North Pole St. Nicholas’s migration to the North Pole is due most directly to Thomas Nast, an American cartoonist who submitted 33 Christmas drawings to Harper’s Weekly magazine between 1863 and 1886, one of which featured a village called “Santa Claussville, N.P.” N.P., as you may have guessed, […]