6 Creative Open House Ideas To Sell Your Home Fast
It’s easy to see the value of an open house—a designated time for real estate agents and prospective buyers to scope out your home while on a Sunday spree of house tours. But if you’re [...]
What you need to know about who is Buying Homes
There’s always a lot of news around housing numbers. Whether home sales are up or down, hot or cold, when they’re released, housing numbers grab headlines. According to the most recent numbers from the National [...]
13 Rules Today’s New Home Buyers Can Learn From The Past
Many of today’s new home buyers are Millennials – the generation born in the 80s and 90s – who are now getting married, starting families, and stepping into the real estate arena for the very [...]
Kitchen Remodeling: 14 Ways to Take Thousands Off the Cost
We always hear that remodeling a kitchen is one of the most expensive home improvements. And it can be. The Remodeling 2014 Cost vs. Value Report listed the average cost of a major kitchen remodel [...]
Should a Seller Get a Pre-Inspection for their Home?
Why We Fall in Love—With Houses
Falling in love can be wonderful—and finding the perfect house can make a house-hunter weak in the knees. As Valentine’s Day approaches, a survey by Realtor.com shows that falling head-over-heels for a house is fairly [...]
A Garage Addition Can Solve Your Storage Problems
For many Jacksonville residents, the garage is far more than a spot to park the car — it’s become more of a catchall for every outdoor item the family owns. Floridians spend a ton of [...]
Fed Keeps Interest Rates, Bond-Buying Program Unchanged
To the surprise of virtually no one, the Federal Reserve kept its cheap-money policy in place, but markets interpreted language in the decision to mean that the end may come sooner than expected. Wall Street [...]
Move-In Ready Is the New Starter Home
Looking at today’s market, I’m so happy about the opportunities that first-time homebuyers are seeing and embracing. One of my colleagues is a young man in his 30s, and recently bought his first home. For [...]