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12 Simple Home Repair Jobs to Lift You Out of Winter’s Funk
Accomplishments — even little ones — go a long way toward a sunny outlook. Fortunately, there are plenty of easy, quick home repair chores you can do when you’re mired in the thick of winter. For max efficiency, make a to-do list … Continue reading
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Tagged air, bath, bathrooms, building, clean, damage, days, design, drywall, dust, fast, floor, heat, home, house, houselogic, increase, jobs, kitchen, look, maintain, moisture, open, outside, paint, potential, quality, quiet, repair, room, supplies, time, toilets, tools, water, winter, work
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16 Useful Rules Every Organized House Follows
Homes don’t clean themselves. But these rules (wake and make!) will make you feel like they do. Here’s the thing you may have noticed about houses: They don’t clean themselves. Which is unfortunate, because if houses cleaned themselves you could … Continue reading
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Tagged air, appliances, bath, bathrooms, clean, Cleaning, cord, countertops, days, decluttering, dishwasher, dust, family, fancy, food, free, fresh, hike, home, house, household, houselogic, Houses, insurance, IRA, kids, kitchen, mailbox, maintain, mom, national association of realtors, realtor, Recycling, restore, risk, room, spa, time, tools, work
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Homeowners Say Tax Reform Would Hurt Them
Daily Real Estate News | Wednesday, December 13, 2017 A majority of recently surveyed homeowners say that changing homeownership tax incentives would restrict their mobility and cause them financial strain, according to new data from the National Association of REALTORS®’ … Continue reading
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Tagged bill, credit, data, equity, family, home, homeowners, homeownership, house, housing, market, Mortgage, mortgages, NAR, national association of realtors, News, open, potential, property, property tax, real estate, Real Estate News, realtor, Sale, Sales, Senate, states, tax reform, taxes
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11 Easy-Up, Easy-Down Décor Hacks for Stress-Free Holidays
Give or take a Scrooge or two, everybody loves the holidays: Decorating the tree, hanging lights, hanging holly … all those things! But you know what nobody loves? Taking all those things down. Because, wow, what an unorganized mess. Before you go all … Continue reading
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Tagged bath, branches, bright, clean, Cleaning, color, days, decluttering, favor, front porch, garage, gray, green, holidays, home, house, houselogic, light, lighting, lights, look, maintain, national association of realtors, new, New year, open, paint, realtor, remodel, risk, room, Snow, supplies, time, winter, work
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Pending Home Sales Strengthen 3.5% in October
WASHINGTON (November 29, 2017) — Pending home sales rebounded strongly in October following three straight months of diminishing activity, but still continued their recent slide of falling behind year ago levels, according to the National Association of Realtors®. All major … Continue reading
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What Home Insurance Doesn’t Cover
Daily Real Estate News | A home insurance policy won’t cover every thing that could possibly go wrong with a home. The details are all in the fine print within the policy. “Insurance policies are like snowflakes; no two are … Continue reading
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Tagged air, bath, contract, contractor, damage, data, design, family, floods, floor, home, homeowners, homes, insurance, national association of realtors, new, open, potential, property, real estate, Real Estate News, realtor, remodel, renovation, repair, repairs, Restaurant, room, Snow, Tenant, water, work
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Study: Your Listing’s Words Carry Weight
Daily Real Estate News | A new study finds that properties that contain certain words in their listing comments tend to sell for higher prices. CoreLogic researchers analyzed more than 1 million single-family transactions that closed in the first half … Continue reading
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Tagged appliances, bright, closing, Construction, data, features, fireplace, floor, front yard, gas, granite, hardwood, hardwood floors, light, new, New Construction, oven, paint, pane windows, price, prices, quiet, range, sellers, selling, stainless, trees, updated, updated kitchen, vaulted ceilings
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Senate Bill Cuts Property Tax Deduction
Daily Real Estate News | Friday, November 10, 2017 Yesterday, Senate Finance Committee Republicans released their version of the tax reform bill. Although it goes one step further than the House bill by preserving the $1 million cap on the mortgage … Continue reading
Posted in Mortage/ Finance News
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Homes Are More Affordable Than 20 Years Ago
Daily Real Estate News | Wednesday, November 08, 2017 Homes are actually more affordable now than they were in the late 1990s, according to the latest Mortgage Monitor Report by Black Knight Inc., a mortgage data and performance information provider. … Continue reading
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Tagged AGO, data, family, favor, home, home prices, homes, income, Interest Rate, interest rates, look, market, Mortgage, national association of realtors, new, News, open, potential, price, real estate, Real Estate News, realtor, rising home prices, Sale, Sales, savings, states, washington
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