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Is it difficult to finance a condo?

Buying a condo is a little different than buying a single family home. In a condo you have shared spaces and an association and it makes financing a bit more...
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Wednesdays Unplugged – Simply the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

“You can be miserable before you have a cookie and you can be miserable after you have a cookie, but you can never be miserable while you are eating a...
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Inspecting Joist Hangers on Decks

Joist hangers are metal brackets that support deck joists. It’s almost impossible to build a deck without them, and there is a ton of stuff that can go wrong with...
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Home Maintenance Inspections

A home maintenance inspection is essentially the same as a standard home inspection, but the inspection is done for the current owner. Most of these homeowners have been in their...
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Weekly real estate market update 1/24/25… average new home size has gotten smaller

With weather cold enough to close schools this week, it should come as no surprise that showing activity didn’t follow the upward trend of past years. New listings and price...
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How does home insurance affect your mortgage?

Over the past couple of years we have seen home insurance rates increase. Your insurance payment will affect your mortgage payment and can cause it to increase each year. Most...
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Wednesdays Uplugged – To-Die-For Lemon Bars

“One kind word can warm three winter months.” – a Japanese Proverb NOTE: I spend my Wednesdays Unplugged from appointments. It’s my day to stay home, enjoy cooking and welcome our kids...
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Unusual Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian home… part of the National Trust and so much carved wood!

This unusual Usonian home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1939 was developed as a way to provide affordable housing for people of moderate means. Sounds like a familiar dilemma,...
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Weekly real estate market update 1/17/25… roughly 11,000 homes sell each day

After the dramatic jump last week following the holiday season, the market is settling down again this week. It’s too early in the new year to see trends or much...
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What is driving senior moves?

Millennials and Baby Boomers are the two largest generations, and while Millennials delayed settling down longer than previous generations, they are now buying homes, establishing roots and growing families. At...
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