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• Author: Mary Singleton
• Posted: December 10, 2021

Many of our readers are already well-versed in local and national housing programs, but there are always some programs that slip under the radar. Our goal is to bring some lesser-known programs and deals to light so you c...

• Author: Jeffrey Simmons
• Posted: January 11, 2022

Since the onset of the pandemic, the real estate market has seen some dramatic changes. People are spending more time in their homes. They're looking for ideal remote work settings. Both indoor and outd...

• Author: Jacob Greene
• Posted: January 11, 2022

It was quite the ride for the U.S. housing market in 2021. According to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, home prices rose almost 20% on average through the third quarter of the year compared to 2020....

• Author: Jessica Williams
• Posted: January 11, 2022

Housing analysts and economists predict that mortgage borrowing and home equity lines of credit will reach record levels in 2022. Fierce competition, price wars, low interest rates and soaring home prices wi...

• Author: Mary Singleton
• Posted: January 05, 2022

Getting ready to buy your first home can be an exciting and worrisome time. You have likely spent years planning for this financial occasion and want to make sure you select the right home for you and your family. These tips are designed to hel...

• Author: Jeffrey Simmons
• Posted: January 04, 2022

As the holiday season continues and the remaining days of the year dwindle away, many people consider what they can do over the next year to improve their financial situation in 2022. Besides any New Years' resolutions, the continued econo...

• Author: Kelly Cooke
• Posted: December 28, 2021

According to the numbers from the federal government and a few different housing authorities, eviction numbers in America are finally starting to dip. The way that evictions are counted is when landlords and big mortgage lenders file that t...

• Author: Jeffrey Simmons
• Posted: December 17, 2021

In case you are late shopper (like me) and/or short on dough! (also like me), we scoured the web for the best ideas that cost nothing, or nearly nothing. Check them out: 1. Offer your DIYer services – housecleaning, car ...

• Author: Bryan Miller
• Posted: December 15, 2021

To say that America is experiencing a housing crisis is really putting things lightly. It's not so much that people are being thrown out of their homes because they cannot afford their mortgage payments. Although that is unfortunately a ...

• Author: Kelly Cooke
• Posted: December 15, 2021

According to a new housing report released on Wednesday, Dec 8, the housing shortages in America are considered a 'disruption' to the normal, organic process of the market's typical ebb and flow. This, of course, is a gros...

• Author: Kelly Cooke
• Posted: December 07, 2021

Renovations improve your home's appearance and longevity of different components. Unfortunately, some refurbishment might be too expensive, forcing you to put them off for several mon...

• Author: Chris Remington
• Posted: November 30, 2021

Looking for a house is one of the most challenging tasks. If you want to settle for the best, you have to be prepared to spend much time online comparing apartments in different neighborhood...

• Author: Jeffrey Simmons
• Posted: November 30, 2021

Finding the perfect rental property can take several weeks or months. However, that depends on your commitment and how informed you're about housing matters. Therefore, before you start searching for a home, take some time...

• Author: Mary Singleton
• Posted: November 23, 2021

When it comes to personal investing, there are all sorts of different stocks in which one can invest. The meaning of a stock is not necessarily some commodity on Wall Street. Anything can be a stock. You're basically betting that i...

• Author: Jeffrey Simmons
• Posted: November 23, 2021

Disabled? How to Protect Your Finances While Seeking HUD Housing People with one or more disabilities must often turn to the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program, formerly k...

• Author: Chris Remington
• Posted: November 23, 2021

The housing market in the United States is a mess. In fact, most housing experts go well beyond that description and call it an outright disaster. There are a lot of people who blame it all on a lot of different things. Some cite COVID as the ...

• Author: Chris Remington
• Posted: November 10, 2021

Becoming a landlord can be a dream opportunity for many people. Renting out housing and spaces to people can be a very important investment for retirement or helping raise a family. However, renting isn�t alwa...

• Author: Chris Remington
• Posted: November 02, 2021

Moving into a new house is exciting because you will have a chance of living in a new neighborhood for several months, years, or even for the rest of your life. Besides, you will have the opportunity to visit...

• Author: Bryan Miller
• Posted: October 21, 2021

Managing a rental property is very challenging, especially when solving conflicts between tenants. For example, if one tenant complains that their neighbor has been chanting religious passages at th...

• Author: Mary Singleton
• Posted: October 21, 2021

Your home's appearance plays a significant role in determining how long it sits in the market. Therefore, even as you look for an experienced agent to help you with the sale, you must ensure that your ho...

• Author: William Asher
• Posted: October 12, 2021

Most homebuyers face different challenges when purchasing property for the first time. For example, some buy homes in the wrong location or buy a property with different deformities be...

• Author: Michael Bordonada
• Posted: October 12, 2021

People have different experiences when buying a house for the first time. For example, some feel excited that they have achieved one of their biggest dreams. However, those who apply for a mortgag...

• Author: Jessica Williams
• Posted: October 12, 2021

Already in 2021, we have read breaking news about well over a dozen housing projects being built (or rebuilt) in inner cities. The price tag is in the billions, but the cost of these housing projects is said by many to be much high...

• Author: Jessica Williams
• Posted: September 28, 2021

However, buying a home with a partner can cause disagreements that might hurt your relationship in the future. Therefore...

• Author: William Asher
• Posted: September 28, 2021

With a housing shortage affecting all Americans, and millions finding it hard to pay their mortgages and rent, it is clear that the country is suffering. Though while you might think that people would join together to do ...

• Author: William Asher
• Posted: September 28, 2021

The city of Seattle is currently experiencing a boom in two areas: An influx of new residents paying upwards of 50% above market value for the few homes available, and homeless people. It’s a crazy dichotomy to see, especia...

• Author: Bryan Miller
• Posted: September 21, 2021

The best way to ensure that your luxury home possesses all your preferred features is to build it yourself. However, bui...

• Author: Chris Remington
• Posted: September 21, 2021

In the United States of America, there are a reported three quarters of a million homeless people, and those are just the ones we can count and measure. In all likelihood, that number is tripled. There are around 50 million Amer...

• Author: Jessica Williams
• Posted: September 21, 2021

The recent Recall election in California was certainly something to see. Gavin Newsom won with a bigger percentage than he originally won the governorship with, even though a higher percentage of people initially signed to recall Newsom th...

• Author: Jessica Williams
• Posted: September 14, 2021

However, even if you've bought an ordinary house previously, you need to do a lot of homework when buying a luxury home....

• Author: Monica Jackson
• Posted: September 14, 2021

Spending too much on renovations will take a chunk of the money you will receive from the sale. Therefore, it is advisab...

• Author: Jeffrey Simmons
• Posted: September 14, 2021

According to a Business Insider report from earlier this week, Wall Street investment firms are making billions of dollars on Americans' mortgages once again, capitalizing entirely on a struggling housing market that's on the ...

• Author: Jeffrey Simmons
• Posted: September 09, 2021

Many of our readers are already well-versed in local and national housing programs, but there are always some programs that slip under the radar. Our goal is to bring some lesser-known programs and deals to light so you c...

• Author: Chris Remington
• Posted: September 07, 2021

The administration of President Joe Biden announced a comprehensive plan that is designed to help Americans in need of affordable and quality housing. The goal of the initiatives announced on Wednesday is ...

• Author: Jessica Williams
• Posted: September 07, 2021

The NRP Group has just broke ground on affordable housing in the north of Austin, Texas. The group is known nationally as a "best in class" housing developer and builder, and their focus has turned in recent years to affordable housing,...

• Author: Chris Remington
• Posted: September 07, 2021

The previous two presidential administrations in America have spent more money than the ten before them. There isn’t a day that goes by in the United States where the federal reserve isn’t printing out billions of dollars in cash t...

• Author: Chris Remington
• Posted: August 31, 2021

The Risk of Overvalued Housing Markets The housing market has long been a very sporadic thing to track. It's up and down like the ebb and flow of the ocean's tides. Though it's also one of the things that props up the economies of many...

• Author: William Asher
• Posted: August 31, 2021

Where you choose to build your life when you are just getting started in your professional life can have a profound impact on your career success. When looking for a place to purchase your first home, ...

• Author: Jeffrey Simmons
• Posted: August 31, 2021

The US Supreme Court blocked the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from enforcing the latest federal eviction moratorium on the nation's renters. This move marks a defeat for the admini...

• Author: Kelly Cooke
• Posted: August 24, 2021

New York City is one of the world's most populous and most popular cities. There isn't a whole lot of space available for anything, which is why people build up. They won't construct wide; they will instead construct tall. After th...

• Author: Jessica Williams
• Posted: August 24, 2021

The average student who lives on campus will leave college with over $100,000 in student debt. This is usually accumulated over the course of at least a four-year degree, and it's a very difficult thing to pay back. A lot of students ...

• Author: Kelly Cooke
• Posted: August 24, 2021

When you think of the word "blight," you likely think of falling down houses, a lot of poverty and despair, and people who were once vibrant but are now struggling. Inevitably, most people who think of blight will also think of a state l...

• Author: Kelly Cooke
• Posted: August 17, 2021

If you rent an office located in an area where employees will be taking too much time on the road in the morning or even...

• Author: Jacob Greene
• Posted: August 17, 2021

However, putting out your luxury home in the market does not have to be as hard as you think. With the following informa...

• Author: Bryan Miller
• Posted: August 17, 2021

Michigan has a very long and unfortunately a very brutal reputation of its population falling on hard times. Throughout what many consider the "Golden Years" of manufacturing, during the 1950s and 60s, Michigan was home to Det...

• Author: Kelly Cooke
• Posted: August 12, 2021

During the height of the pandemic last year in the United States, then-President Donald Trump worked with various governors and state representatives to start eviction freezes around the country, called moratoriums. Basically, this mea...

• Author: William Asher
• Posted: August 12, 2021

One of the most important factors to consider when looking for a house is the neighborhood where it's located. The neigh...

• Author: Monica Jackson
• Posted: August 12, 2021

BlackRock is a supposed investment firm that just so happens to own well over 300,000 homes in the United States, making them one of the largest homeowners in the nation. Mainstream media, all of which is owned by large corporations, g...

• Author: Michael Bordonada
• Posted: August 03, 2021

Demand for rental apartments is also on the rise as more people start families. Therefore, constructing a commercial pro...

• Author: Chris Remington
• Posted: August 03, 2021

Besides, you won't require a huge deposit and a long repayment period if you decide to seek funding. However, with the i...

• Author: Michael Bordonada
• Posted: August 03, 2021

Consider Sharing One Office with A Partner One of the best ways to find affordable office space is by partnering with an...

• Author: Jacob Greene
• Posted: July 20, 2021

Baltimore, Maryland has a very long history of unsatisfied renters. When the rest of the popular mainstream American media speaks about things like “ghettos” and “slums,” Baltimore is usually their apex example of how things have fallen apart...

• Author: Jessica Williams
• Posted: July 20, 2021

There has been breaking news in California this week, as home prices have reached an all-time high in the Bay Area, as they're creeping up that high in areas like LA as well. The typical home is selling for around $200,000 more tha...

• Author: Monica Jackson
• Posted: July 20, 2021

Both prospective home buyers and renters across the United States are having a tough time finding affordable housing. In a report about the Ohio housing market issued by the National Low Income Housing Coalitio...

• Author: Michael Bordonada
• Posted: September 26, 2021

1. Inspect Your House and Make the Necessary Renovations Even with the proper maintenance, some of your house components...

• Author: William Asher
• Posted: November 10, 2021

Orlando, Florida is one of the most popular and populous cities in America and is ranked the number-50 most expensive city to live in. While it's nowhere near as expensive as New York City or San Francisco, the fact is that...

• Author: Kelly Cooke
• Posted: September 15, 2021

Besides, the process of selling a house comes with different challenges. For example, different buyers will come into you...

• Author: Jessica Williams
• Posted: December 22, 2021

The best way to ensure that your house does not develop any significant problems is by handling any issue before it deve...

• Author: Kelly Cooke
• Posted: July 21, 2021

However, even with the numerous benefits, you might keep putting off repairs because of the notion that it will take up ...

• Author: Monica Jackson
• Posted: October 30, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a significant disruption in economic interactions, with the housing market being one of the hardest hit sectors. For those looking to buy, the lack of choice h...

• Author: Monica Jackson
• Posted: December 01, 2021

As we move out of the global pandemic, house buying is on the rise. California is a leading example of where the housing market continues to soar this year. Yet, in this state and elsewhere in the ...

• Author: Kelly Cooke
• Posted: December 22, 2021

However, you must take care of your property to improve its integrity and longevity. Read through to find out. Clean An...

• Author: Jacob Greene
• Posted: September 14, 2021

Since the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) refused to hear a fraud case regarding the US Presidential Election, more and more people have been saying that something fishy is going on. Why is SCOTUS seemingly bending...

• Author: Jacob Greene
• Posted: July 28, 2021

The governor of Massachusetts, Charlie Baker, is a Republican, but the entire legislative body working with him are Democrats. That in itself means that there's about a dozen news stories flying out of the state every single day...

• Author: Jeffrey Simmons
• Posted: October 05, 2021

However, most home renovations require a substantial amount of money. Therefore, if you're hard-pressed for cash, you mi...

• Author: Jacob Greene
• Posted: September 02, 2021

The state of California is incredibly polarizing. People have strong opinions about where they stand on the state, it's typically one of two stances they take. They either admire the state (because most who take this stance live t...

• Author: Jacob Greene
• Posted: October 07, 2021

Many prospective home buyers erroneously believe that they need to put down 20% on a house in order to obtain a mortgage. However, many lenders and available programs make it easier to get into that dream ...

• Author: Chris Remington
• Posted: August 14, 2021

A small office will affect your business operations because your employees will not be comfortable working in an overcro...

• Author: Jacob Greene
• Posted: July 28, 2021

There are a lot of cynical people in the nation today; many Americans who always suspect ulterior motives. And for a nation that's perpetually awash in some scandal at the highest tiers of society, people have a right to display their cynicism. ...

• Author: Michael Bordonada
• Posted: August 02, 2021

Do you plan to buy a house? If yes, you have to evaluate your financial options to know how to finance your project. Cash might be the best option because the total purchase fee will be less than buying a house through a mortgage or any ...

• Author: William Asher
• Posted: September 18, 2021

It's an odd sight to see from time to time; people taking to the streets to shout that their politics are right, and the other person's politics are wrong, and vice versa. This is something that has been as American as app...

• Author: Monica Jackson
• Posted: August 29, 2021

On June 5, the Northwest Ohio Board of Realtors gave an interview about the inventory of homes and how the market is performing. It also released some projections about its expectations for the summer. In northwest Ohio, like ...

• Author: Jacob Greene
• Posted: October 05, 2021

However, managing rental property is overwhelming and time-consuming. Therefore, there might come a time when managing y...

• Author: Monica Jackson
• Posted: November 25, 2021

Besides, you might have to re-start your search after realizing that you made a mistake during the rental process. There...

• Author: Michael Bordonada
• Posted: September 23, 2021

If you don't have managerial experience, you might make costly mistakes when dealing with the tenants. Therefore, to ens...

• Author: William Asher
• Posted: December 22, 2021

However, managing rental houses is challenging. If you decide to manage them yourself, you'll have to handle every proce...

• Author: William Asher
• Posted: July 25, 2021

Owning property comes with numerous responsibilities. Depending on your state and the property you own, you have to pay a holding cost, insurance, mortgage, and other applicable fees associated wit...

• Author: Kelly Cooke
• Posted: October 26, 2021

Whether you are looking for a small office or a spacious room that allows more comfort and flexibility, knowing the fact...

• Author: Jeffrey Simmons
• Posted: August 13, 2021

However, if you have an emergency and you have to move in the next few days, you don't have enough time for all that. In...

• Author: Monica Jackson
• Posted: August 31, 2021

Many states in America in 2021 are still implementing their same lock-downs from the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic, insisting that a new wave is coming and we're not out of the woods yet. However, just as many states have opened back u...

• Author: Monica Jackson
• Posted: October 02, 2021

If you want to make informed decisions before and during your house construction process, there are several factors you ...

• Author: William Asher
• Posted: September 12, 2021

No one needs reminding that 2020 was a year full of shut-downs, lock-downs and more business closures than anyone can count. Even for people who kept their jobs as an essential worker, the rest of the economy was closed down and pretty m...

• Author: Kelly Cooke
• Posted: July 17, 2021

Why go through all these troubles if you can easily find a rental home for your family? The troubles are worth your mone...

• Author: Jessica Williams
• Posted: October 15, 2021

Are you in the market looking for your first house? Purchasing the first house can be exciting, but it comes with some effort. Since this might be the biggest financial move you will ever make, you should be careful every step of the w...

• Author: Michael Bordonada
• Posted: August 11, 2021

Remember to take your time before making an offer to ensure that you buy the house you require. Therefore, if you plan t...

• Author: Bryan Miller
• Posted: October 09, 2021

If you are successful in getting a mortgage, you might have to pay back that money until you retire, depending on the ho...

• Author: Kelly Cooke
• Posted: August 21, 2021

What is an Eviction Moratorium To better assist those who have lost their jobs, the federal government has issued an evi...

• Author: Bryan Miller
• Posted: September 05, 2021

Are you not sure whether or not you need to renovate your home? If you are looking to sell your house in the future, then renovation is a must. Since homebuyers are never going to settle for less, how do you increase your home'...

• Author: Jacob Greene
• Posted: November 10, 2021

Maybe you have just found the home of your dreams. It has the right layout and is located in your dream neighborhood. Since a rent-to-own company listed the property, you might not be sure how to go about the situation. This article ha...

• Author: Chris Remington
• Posted: September 13, 2021

If you are looking to sell your house without involving a real estate agent, you should know what to do to get the profit you deserve. This article shares some of the best steps to sell a home without hiring realtors. Note that while many...

• Author: Jessica Williams
• Posted: September 22, 2021

To enable you to make an informed decision, consider the following questions to allow you to rent a house that will make...

• Author: Michael Bordonada
• Posted: January 12, 2022

With the cost of living going up every day, finding an affordable rental house will help you manage your budget. Therefo...

• Author: Kelly Cooke
• Posted: July 18, 2021

Therefore, don't think that you are taking too much time comparing different houses. Keep searching until you get the on...

• Author: William Asher
• Posted: September 28, 2021

People who manage to get an affordable housing unit often have to deal with a long list of stipulations. They can't have any arrests, can't be charged with any drug violations, must allow inspectors to come in and en...

• Author: Kelly Cooke
• Posted: July 31, 2021

Just a few years ago, there was a housing bubble that led to housing insecurity for many Americans. What are the barriers to housing security today? The simple answer is there is not enough housing i...

• Author: Chris Remington
• Posted: October 14, 2021

Finding affordable housing is challenging because of the increasing population globally. However, you can still manage t...

• Author: Mary Singleton
• Posted: August 19, 2021

Renting a house is one of the most common ways of homeownership. Renting a house means that you assume its ownership for as long as you need, while making a series of interval payments to the owner as per ...

• Author: William Asher
• Posted: January 11, 2022

All over the United States, there is a severe shortage of affordable housing. Even if Congress managed to pass a bill that increased the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, there is no state in which that wo...

• Author: Bryan Miller
• Posted: December 28, 2021

The demand has grown since people have been working from home to limit human interaction. If you are working from home, ...

• Author: Michael Bordonada
• Posted: November 18, 2021

Purchasing a house is one of the most important decisions you can make in your life. For this reason, you need to be keen on every detail that involves that purchase. You don’t want to live in regret because you overlooked so...