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A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding Homeowners Insurance

Buying homeowners insurance for the first time can be intimidating. Gaining a better understanding of it here.
Posted by Natalie Arnold on November 18, 2019 in  uncategorized
The following is a guest post from Paul Martin While buying your first home is exciting, buying your first homeowners insurance policy isn’t nearly as much fun. New homeowners have all kinds of questions about what homeowners insurance covers and what it doesn’t, and understandably so. When shopping around for a policy to protect the biggest financial investment of your life, you want to feel confident that you’ll walk away with enough coverage. Fortunately, with just a bit of a debriefing on home... read more
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Where Did Americans Move in 2018?

National Movers Study of movement state-to-state in 2018
Posted by Cindy Dunnican on February 15, 2019 in  Buying A Home  Home Buying  Home Selling  Relocation
Where Did Americans Move in 2018? Some Highlights: Every year United Van Lines conducts their National Movers Study by tracking their customer’s movement state-to-state over the course of the year. Vermont claimed the top spot of states with the highest percentage of inbound residents following a campaign that covered relocation costs for skilled workers who moved to the state. The most common response for why someone relocated to another state was for a new job or company transfer. ... read more
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How to Get a Better Perspective on Affordability

Buying a home is less affordable today than it was at any other time in more than a decade
Posted by Cindy Dunnican on February 07, 2019 in  2019 Housing Market  Buy a home  Financing  Home Buyers  Home Buying  mortgage
How to Get a Better Perspective on Affordability Headlines spotlight the fact that buying a home is less affordable today than it was at any other time in more than a decade. Those headlines are accurate. Understandably, buying a home is more expensive now than immediately following one of the worst housing crashes in American history. Over the past decade, the market was flooded with distressed properties (foreclosures and short sales) selling at 10-50% discounts. There were so many that this lowered the prices ... read more
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New Year New Home?

If buying a house is on your “to do” list this year, now is also the time to begin preparing.
Posted by Natalie Arnold on January 05, 2017 in  uncategorized
It’s officially 2017 so let me start by wishing you a happy new year.  In early January, many of us are planning and setting goals for everything we want to do and achieve in the year to come.  While many people think of spring as the primetime home buying season, the winter months often offer an even greater selection, and the opportunity to settle into the new home before warmer months arrive.  If buying a house is on your “to do” list this year, now is also the time to begin prep... read more
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Hottest Trends in 2015

What are the hottest trends this year in Real Estate?
Posted by Matthew Young on November 18, 2015 in  uncategorized
What’s hot in 2015?  According to Realtor Mag there is not just 1 hot trend for real estate this year, there are 21.  In December of 2015 Barbara Ballinger predicted her top 21 hot trends for the upcoming year.  (Click here to view article) These trends include colors, floor plans, finishout materials, and bringing technology into the home.  Now short of checking with all current homeowners to see what categories their home improvements fall under, it will be difficult to see what the hott... read more
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