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First thing’s first: Hire a professional. When faced with pests, many people tend to try and resolve the problem on their own. And while this may work with certain types of pests, the termite is not to be trifled with. Termites may be the most difficult pest to...

The decision to sell your home is generally a difficult one. There is a lot of doubt and second-guessing involved. Not only do you have to contend with emotional attachment, but deciding the best time financially is another can of worms: Is the market right? Will I...

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...

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 into...

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...

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...