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Explore our blog for insights on buying, financing, remodeling, and taking care of your home.

Tips to Save on Your Homeowner's Insurance

  • Wed, Dec 7, 2022
  • 4 min read

Home insurance premiums can make up a big chunk of the annual expenses of a family.  Insurance rates change every year, and in many cases the premiums go up. We all know that there are several variables that determine which banks will lend us money, how much insurance companies will charge us for coverage, and what qualifies a buyer. There are four main variables that may affect your home insurance rate:

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Home Maintenance Tips for Winter

  • Wed, Nov 30, 2022
  • 3 min read

Sure, spring cleaning sounds great.  However, in reality, tackling a long home maintenance checklist all at once can be overwhelming. Rather than letting it all add up, what if you tackled home maintenance a little each season? Here are some ideas for taking care of your home during the winter months.

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Mortgage Interest Rates Up - Is It Still a Good Time to Buy?

  • Thu, Oct 27, 2022
  • 2 min read

You've seen the headlines and heard the chatter - mortgage interest rates have gone up. How long will this last? Will this be a return to renting for people who were thinking of buying a home? Or is it just a small adjustment in the overall scheme of things? 

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Home Improvements with the Biggest ROI

  • Thu, Sep 15, 2022
  • 3 min read

Adding value to your home can be a great thing. You don’t need to completely renovate your property to improve your return on investment (ROI). In many cases, smaller upgrades can increase the value of a home by thousands of dollars! Let's take a look at a few of the home improvements you can make to add instant equity to your home.

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Tips for Moving with Young Kids

  • Fri, Sep 9, 2022
  • 3 min read

Everyone knows that moving to a new home or apartment is an aggravating, tedious chore, but once you have a family, moving can become a truly daunting task. Obviously, there is a lot to be excited about with any move – more space in a new neighborhood, a new job or just a change of scenery. For young children, however, it can be a serious disruption.

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What Does it Take to Maintain a Home Each Year?

  • Fri, Dec 28, 2018
  • 6 min read

Tackle your "to-do" list with our Home Maintenance Checklist Life is busy. Kids, work, meals, appointments - the list goes on. And hey homeowner, you still have to squeeze out time to clean the gutters (yuk!) and change your furnace filter. We've put together this monthly Home Maintenance Checklist to help you tackle your chores in bite-sized chunks so you have time for the bigger things in life.   

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So an Appraiser Hits Your Dream Home with Repairs - Now What?

  • Fri, Dec 28, 2018
  • 4 min read

Home appraisals can be one of those things home buyers get tripped up about during the buying process. In fact, we've talked about home appraisals and why they're needed before. The fact is, they're good for buyers, sellers and everyone involved. But they can also be frustrating when an appraisal comes back with required repairs.

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