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Home Improvements That Give the Highest Return on Investment

Making improvements before you sell can help maximize your home’s value. Even if you have no plans to relocate in the near future, enhancing your living conditions makes sense. Use this information from Remodeling magazine’s annual “Cost vs. Value Report” to get the best return on your investment when you sell.

Invest In Exterior Upgrades
Improvements to your home’s exterior can… Read More

Top Five Tips for Staying Productive While Working from Home

When you work from home, it can be difficult to sustain the same level of focus that you have in the office. Your home is where you relax, play games, and watch movies. All those distractions are within arm’s reach, and it can be difficult to avoid temptation. Follow these tips to remain productive while working from home.

1. Dress for Success
It may feel silly to get dressed when you… Read More

Three Tips to Prevent Pests
from Moving In

The ick factor of a pest infestation is understandable―who wants ants crawling all over the kitchen counter? But pests can also cause substantial damage to property that costs time and money to fix. If you want to prevent these unsavory guests from moving in and taking over, try these three basic steps.

Lock Them Out Forever
Pests won’t be a problem if they can’t gain… Read More

Record-Low Mortgage Rates Entice First-Time Homebuyers

The coronavirus pandemic has had a significant impact on the housing market, with social distancing lockdowns disrupting home sales in most states from mid-March through April. However, the pandemic is not deterring some buyers; according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), first-time buyers accounted for 36% of all sales in April, up from 34% a month earlier. According to the NAR “2019 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers,” first-time buyers were responsible for 33% of all sales in 2019. Individual investors and second-home buyers—two groups who typically account for cash sales—also saw potential in the market, purchasing 10% of all homes sold in April… Read More

Shopping Locally Helps Support Your Community

Once upon a time, consumers shopped at the butcher for meat, the drug store for pharmaceuticals, and the grocer for vegetables and food staples. Now you can have the tires changed on your vehicle while you shop for groceries and your teenage daughter browses clothing on the clearance rack—all under the same roof. But turning your attention to the mom-and-pop shops just around the corner from your house or the summer farmers market in a local lot on Saturdays can benefit everyone. Keeping these independent small businesses alive is in your community’s best interest. Here’s why:

Increases Property Value
Your neighborhood’s walkability to nearby shops affects your home’s… Read More