Home Builder News: 2017 Speedy Spring Sales

Optimism within the home building industry is at a 10-year high. Seven in 10 builders profess feeling positive about home sales for 2017, and nearly half expect to sell more houses this year. The National Association of Home Builders recently reported a 70 out of 100...

9 things to know about selling a home in spring 2017

Planning on selling a home this spring? It’s time to get ready. While mortgage rates have risen in the last year, experts say 2017 will still see strong home sales as job growth continues and people who’d been waiting to enter the market take the plunge...

What’s in store for housing market in 2017?

We got spoiled in 2016. Mortgage rates fell below 4 percent at the beginning of the year, and they spent the summer flirting with record lows. And they began 2017 above 4.25 percent. It’s a good idea to keep things in perspective, though. For most of the past 50...

Buying a home: Buyer’s guide

1. Start with your credit. Credit reports are kept by the three major credit agencies, Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion. They show whether you are habitually late with payments and whether you have run into serious credit problems in the past. A credit score is a...

Expand Your Outdoor Living Space With a Satellite Patio

Traditional patios are often paved or gravel areas right off a home’s back door. There can also be an opportunity to add a secondary patio set apart from the house. The advantage of including a secondary seating area — or satellite patio — is that you create a reason...