3 Clever But Simple Ways To Get Your Home Mortgage Paid Faster
Updated Oct. 9, 2013
<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Paying off the mortgage on your home faster means that you will not only have the satisfaction of owning your own home sooner, you will also have the benefit of paying much less in...

5 Important Tips To Help Smooth Your Move When You Have Teens In The Home
Updated Oct. 9, 2013
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How To Improve Your Credit Scores For Better Financing Terms
Updated Oct. 9, 2013
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Whats Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week July 1, 2013
Updated Oct. 9, 2013
What's Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week - July 1, 2013The past week was active for economic news and mortgage rates. The aftermath of the Fed's indication that it may start dialing back its multi-billion dollar monthly purchases of Treasury and mortgage backed securities has sent mortgage rates...

Liberate Yourself From Your Mortgage With This Simple Plan
Updated Oct. 9, 2013
. Liberate Yourself From Your Mortgage With This Simple Plan. What if you could accelerate the mortgage payment on your home so that you own your property several years earlier than your 15 or 30 year term?. Making your final mortgage payment and owning your house is an incredibly good feeling and there is a simple...

7 Smart Tips To Painting Your Own Home This Summer
Updated Oct. 9, 2013
. 7 Smart Tips To Painting Your Own Home This Summer. Winter may have taken a toll on your home's exterior this year. You've been noticing the cracking paint for months, but you don't want to shell out the big bucks to hire a professional painter.. Don't fret! With the weather warming and the nice...

Go Green By Faking It With Artificial Grass
Updated Oct. 9, 2013
. �Go Green By Faking It With Artificial Grass. The summer heat is starting to take its toll on you and your thirsty lawn. Homeowners spend hundreds of dollars every summer striving to grow healthy grass and keep it green.. If you’re sick of trying to maintain a manicured lawn, then you can go green another way....

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – July 8, 2013
Updated Oct. 9, 2013
. What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – July 8, 2013. Last week saw a relatively quiet week due to the 4th of July holiday, but there were some housing-related developments:. Monday:The Department of Commerce reported that overall construction spending increased by 0.50 percent in May to a...

The Best And Worst Times Of The Year To Sell Your Home
Updated Oct. 9, 2013
. The Best And Worst Times Of The Year To Sell Your Home. Does the time of year when you put your home on the market affect how well it will sell? What about the final sales price?. According to many studies in housing trends, the answer is yes. The time of year when you sell your home can have an effect on how many people are...

FOMC Minutes Reveal Fed May Curb Economic Support Program Before Year End
Updated Oct. 9, 2013
. FOMC Minutes Reveal Fed May Curb Economic Support Program. Before Year End. FOMC Minutes Suggest QE Tapering by Year-End. The minutes for June's meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) suggest that committee members are mostly in agreement that the current quantitative easing program (QE)...

Can That Killer Home Theater Add Value To Your Home?
Updated Oct. 9, 2013
. Can That Killer Home Theater Add Value To Your Home?. Many home owners dream of having a home theater - an entire room of the home dedicated to enjoying television and film. These rooms are usually equipped with a large flat screen television or projector, comfortable seats, mood lighting and perhaps even a bar or a...

Whats Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week July 15, 2013
Updated Oct. 9, 2013
The Fed's release of the minutes for the June FOMC meeting was the most noteworthy economic event last week; the minutes repeated the Fed's recent statement concerning the wind-down of its current monetary easing policy.The minutes indicated that about half of meeting participants wanted to end...

3 Common Home Financing Problems And How To Avoid Them
Updated Oct. 9, 2013
. 3 Common Home Financing Problems And How To Avoid Them. Getting the best mortgage financing for your new home can sometimes be a complicated process and, unfortunately, things can go wrong. Using a licensed and trusted mortgage loan specialist can help alleviate many of these challenges.. There are certain...

5 Important Tips To Protect Your Home From Burglars When You Are Away
Updated Oct. 9, 2013
5 Important Tips To Protect Your Home From Burglars When You Are Away. . Any family would feel violated after coming home to a ransacked house. Burglars look for specific things when choosing a home to break into, and many homeowners are unknowingly inviting criminals through the front door.. Below are five ways you...

Home Builder Confidence Rises To Highest Level Since January 2006
Updated Oct. 9, 2013
Home Builder Confidence Rises To Highest Level Since January 2006. . The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) / Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) rose in July.. Home builder confidence in the market for newly constructed single-family homes rose six points to a reading of 57. NAHB reports that this was...

What Are the Hot Home Decor Trends for 2013?
Updated Oct. 9, 2013
What Are the Hot Home Decor Trends for 2013?. . Just like fashion designs and hair styles, home decor trends are constantly changing and evolving. Each new season brings a new must-have feature for your home.. In order to keep your home looking fresh and chic, what are the hot trends for 2013 that you can incorporate...

First Things First, What To Do Upon Moving Into Your New Home
Updated Oct. 24, 2014
First Things First, What To Do Upon Moving Into Your New HomeIf you have purchased a new home and are going to move in soon, what are the first few things that you will need to do upon moving into your new home?Moving can be very stressful, but having a checklist can make your move effortless.. Here are 6 easy steps that...

Existing Home Sales: Second Highest Level Since 2009
Updated Oct. 9, 2013
Existing Home Sales: Second Highest Level Since 2009. . According to the National Association of REALTORS, national sales of existing homes in June came in at 5.08 million.. June's reading was reported to be the second highest since November of 2009; this should calm concerns about a lapsing recovery in...

Gains as Measured Between the First Quarters
Updated Oct. 9, 2013
. Home prices are going up but income and rent has gone up also at the same period of time. Below is a graph from Moody’s Analytics based on Celia Chen reporting.Income you can measure between the first quarters of 2004 and 2013. Income is up 28 percent.Rent is up 26 percent. But if we look at house prices from the...

Are Properties Overvalued?
Updated Oct. 9, 2013
Are Properties Overvalued?. Prices are recovering. There was an over evaluation in 2004, 2005, and 2006. Then the market had a big correction as we all know. Like most corrections that pendulum swung too far and now we're having a correction of the correction.. We are coming back again to where prices should be...