If you'd prefer to buy an older house in a prime location, your patience will most likely be tested. Sellers tend to have low, or no, mortgage balance, and they'll only move when they don't have any other choice - plus they love to hold out on price. The houses are...
Rick and Nancy give us a tour of their recently-installed solar panels.
You may have heard me comment here that mortgage underwriting guidelines aren't really tighter now - they are the same as they always were, they're just being used now. But over the last few months one thing has gotten a lot tougher - how to handle repairs. It's...
From the nytimes.com: One part of the housing market is experiencing a rebound that will probably continue even if the rest of the market remains sluggish: remodeling. A recent report by the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University predicted that...
The last installment on wood floors - here is Ken discussing the wide array of laminates, with some of the decent ones selling in the mid-$2s per sf: In our next video, carpet!
Remodeling Magazine has published their latest cost comparisons of 35 home-improvement projects, and the additional value created. The data is broken down into "Midrange" and "Upscale" projects, and has the percentages of how much of your investment you can expect to...
Owning a home means having to fix stuff - there are no perfect houses! Once that reality sinks in, it makes home buying easier - because you begin to see houses for their potential. Knowing that you have competent help available makes a difference. We can get you...
