Real Estate
Pros And Cons Of Installing A Pet Door
If you've just moved into your new home and you have a pet, you may be thinking of installing a pet door. A pet door is a permanent door feature that is cut into the bottom third of an entry door. Before making a permanent alteration to you...
The Monopoly Technique – How To Build Value By Acquiring Adjacent Properties
Have you ever played the classic board game called Monopoly? The object of the game is to collect all the properties until one winner bankrupts all the other players. The other part of the game is that accumulating properties adjacent to ea...
NAHB: Housing Market Index Rises 1 Point in July
Home Builder sentiment rose one point in July according to the National Association of Home Builders Housing Market Index. 2019 builder confidence in housing market condition continued to fall short of 2018 levels. July's Housing Market Ind...
New York Penthouse Sells For $238 Million – Is This A Real Estate Bubble About To Burst?
The most expensive home sold in America, so far, was a New York penthouse that sold for $238 million in January 2019. It is on the top of a building that overlooks Central Park. The 26-story luxury condo building designed by Robert A. M Ste...
Innovative Home Security Technology
For market value and the comfort of a home's occupants, home security is just as important as energy-efficiency. Innovation in smart home technology focuses on both of these areas. Here are some tips about things a homeowner can do to ma...
5 Important Benefits Of Downsizing Your Home
After the children are all grown and moved out, the family home often feels excessively large and empty. If you're in this stage of life, you may be wondering if you should downsize like so many others, or stay put. Downsizing may be the be...
Selling Your Home? 4 Ways to Quickly Boost Your Curb Appeal
Most people that have embarked on selling their home know a lot about how to showcase the inside of it, but one of the most important parts of showing a home can be forgotten as a result. Since the outside of your home is the first thing a pote...
Feeling Squeezed by Higher Rents? It Might Be Time to Consider Buying Your First Home
With the cost of rent going up across the board and becoming even less affordable in metropolitan centers, it's never been a better time to seriously consider home ownership. While the price of a home and all the associated costs can certainly ...