7 Essentials Every Millennial Needs in Their First Home
More and more millennials are buying homes, representing around 45 percent of all purchase loans, and most first-time millennial homebuyers are on a limited budget. While you may not be able to find the perfect home that checks every box on your dream home list, you can find a home you can improve on or […]
How to NOT Get Scammed by a Contractor
While the majority of contractors are honest professionals, it is still important for homeowners to be aware of possible scammers, frauds or swindlers when hiring a contractor before undergoing a remodel. Consumers should be wary of contractors who ask for money upfront. Click Here for the rest of the story…
How to save enough money for a down payment on a home
Saving up a down payment to buy your first house can seem a pretty daunting task. If you’ve never had more than a few thousand dollars in the bank at any given time, then setting aside five figures or more may seem impossible. However, getting a down payment together is not as difficult as you […]
Millennials Are Buying Homes Because of Their Dogs – Not Their Children or Marriages
It’s no secret that millennials love dogs and now their four-legged friends are starting to influence the decisions they make about housing. A recent survey by SunTrust Mortgage found that a third of millennials who had already purchased their first home said they were influenced by the need to have space for a dog. The […]
5 Crucial Questions Home Buyers Should Ask Sellers Before Moving In
Moving into a home you’ve just bought is exciting—and sometimes exasperating. That’s because, although you might love your new place, you don’t know it all that well—which means that sooner or later, you’re bound to end up in a situation where you’re floundering cluelessly with the circuit breaker, or petting a neighbor’s seemingly adorable Pomeranian […]
Looks Can Be Deceiving — Get Your House Thoroughly Inspected
One of my clients was house hunting in a particular, 100-year-old neighborhood in Oakland, Calif. Very stroll-to-the-local-produce-market-esque. We found this lovely little Spanish-style cottage with all the charming detail of the 1920s when it was built, but simply gleaming as though it was in brand-new condition. We walked inside and saw that the home had […]
Top 5 ways to boost the value of your home
This is a great time to be selling a house—or buying one. With housing prices at recent highs (in some neighborhoods they’re exceeding pre-2008 valuations), it’s no wonder about 5.3 million homes are expected to change hands in 2015, up about 30 percent from the bottom of the crash, according to the National Association of […]