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7 Steps to Take Before You Buy a Home

7 Steps to Take Before You Buy a Home

By doing your homework before you buy, you’ll feel more content about your new home. Most potential home buyers are a smidge daunted by the fact that they’re about to agree to a hefty mortgage that they’ll be paying for the next few decades. The best...
Buy Your First Home in One Year: A Step-by-Step Guide

Buy Your First Home in One Year: A Step-by-Step Guide

Resources to help you navigate the new real estate normal. Technology and good-old-fashioned creativity are helping agents, buyers, and sellers abide by COVID-19 health and safety practices while getting deals done. Some buyers are touring houses virtually. Others...
How to Avoid Mortgage Mistakes

How to Avoid Mortgage Mistakes

Once you know where the mortgage loan problems are, you can easily get around them. Mortgages don’t have to be scary. After all, they’re just business transactions, albeit big ones. Yet, a survey by mortgage website Freeandclear.com found that 75% of home...
Budget for a Remodel

Budget for a Remodel

To calculate how much remodel you can afford, follow these four steps: Ballpark the cost, establish a spending limit, get quotes from contractors, and set your priorities. When it comes to home improvements, knowing what you want is the easy part. The tougher question...
Can I Claim the Mortgage Interest Deduction?

Can I Claim the Mortgage Interest Deduction?

Details can be tricky. Double-check yourself with these tax rules affecting homeowners. Like most homeowners over the past couple of years, you may have discovered that you can no longer write off your property taxes or claim the mortgage interest deduction. That...