Tips & Tricks
A Therapist’s 6 Tips on How to Compromise With Your Home-Shopping Partner – February 20th, 2024
Licensed marriage counselor Lauren Cook-McKay shares what to do when you can’t agree. City or suburbs? Move-in ready or fixer-upper? Condo or sprawling ranch? These are just three of the many, many questions home-buying partners have to ...
These Homeowners Turned a “Dilapidated” Shed and a Garage Into a Guest House and an Artist’s Studio – Aug 21st, 2023
By Mimi Montgomery The result: More living space—without touching the main home’s footprint. When two families needed more space, they didn’t add onto their homes. Instead, they added standalone projects to their yards. Garage...
Mortgage Declined? Here’s What to Do – Aug 2nd, 2023
By Daniel Bortz No one likes to be told “no.” (Rejection hurts—we get it.) And having your application for a mortgage declined is particularly devastating, because it throws your entire dream of homeownership into doubt. Still, jus...
What Happens If I Skip a Mortgage Payment? – July 17th, 2023
By Daniel Bortz What happens if I skip a mortgage payment?” is one of those questions we hope you never have to ask, but life is unpredictable. Sometimes no matter how carefully you plan, you may find yourself short on the funds you...
6 Things New Homeowners Waste Money On – April 25th, 2023
By Jamie Wiebe OK, we’ve said it time and again, but it bears repeating: Buying a home is a very big expense—and once you’ve kicked off all that spending, it’s easy to find yourself caught up in rampant lifestyle inflation. Aft...
Should I Sell My House Now? 7 Great Reasons To List This Spring—and 3 Times You Might Want To Wait – Apr 8, 2023
By Andrea Riquier With spring upon us, many home sellers could be wondering: Should I sell my home now? While this season tends to bring out both home sellers and buyers en masse, this particular spring is prompting many to pause. ...
How to Enhance Your Life and Home With Lighting – Feb 26, 2023
Your home’s interior lights want to help you have fun, feel better, and save energy. Will you let them? It used to be we'd walk into a room and flip on the light switch, maybe slide the dimmer up or down a bit to change the brightness. ...
7 White Lies That Can Destroy Your Homebuying Chances – Feb 20, 2023
By Kathleen Willcox You’ve probably already told several white lies this week. Yes, really. When someone asks how you are, do you always mean it when you answer with, “Doing well”? Stretching the truth here and there is pretty stan...