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Whether you are selling or buying a house, your plans are likely to be derailed by one of three factors that are tripping up thousands of real estate deals this year, according to a recen...
If you only have so much time and money to spend on a remodeling project, you'll stay more on trend by investing in the bath. A recent survey from Better Homes & Gardens found tha...
The smart way to buy today is with resale in mind. Here are four long-term trends that will likely shape the marketability of your house if you, like most homeowners, sell in seven to ten...
It's not a snap, but the Federal Housing Agency's 203k program enables homeowners to finance home improvements as part of their FHA-insured purchase or refinance loan. How much? It depend...
Photo: shutterstock. comBasements are a common target for the supposedly easy and fast addition of livable space. After all, the space is there; it can't be that hard to finish and heat, ...
Home values continue to vacillate in most markets, which means that it's difficult to estimate exactly how much equity you might be adding with a renovation or remodeling project. If you ...
Though they've seen their parents lose equity, today's 20-somethings have home-buying on their minds. A just-released study of millennials by Western Union found that nearly half expect t...
It's a realty agent's dream: bidding wars are back! At least, that's the hyperventilation du jour. From Boston to Los Angeles, the news from the front lines is that house-hungry buyers ca...
Not much has been guaranteed in the housing industry in the past seven years, but there's one trend that is sure to reinforce the market value: the aging population. Baby boomers will liv...
You stripped the woodwork, replaced the windows, and brought the kitchen from the dark ages into the light. You poured your heart into your house. And now it's time to sell it. Rehabbers ...
