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New 5% down financing for owner-occupied 2-, 3-, and 4-unit properties

One way some buyers are making homeownership more affordable is by buying 2-, 3- or 4-unit homes and living in one of the units… letting the rent help make the...
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Fed meeting this week….

Wednesday was the “Fed Day” – the end of the two day meeting and as expected the Fed didn’t adjust rates at all. However we did see mortgage rates improve...
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Wednesdays Unplugged – Tortellini Sausage Soup with spinach

“Winter’s firstborn snow dots the soul with magic.” Angie Weiland-Crosby NOTE: I spend my Wednesdays Unplugged from appointments. It’s my day to stay home, enjoy cooking and welcome our kids and grandkids...
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Animals, skeletons, and creepy home inspection stuff 2023

This is the best time of the year to share some of our creepiest home inspection finds. Enjoy! I’d hate to be the last person to use this bathtub. Blue...
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Foodie Day Trips… an excuse to check out fall colors

The colors are popping around here this week, even more vibrant because of the moisture. A foodie and explorer at heart, when this article arrived in my inbox from Eater...
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Weekly real estate market update 10/27/23 – new listings and price changes are tied

New listings and price changes are about the same this week as are homes back on the market and coming soon. I wouldn’t be surprised if pretty soon there are...
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Are Higher Mortgage Rates Here To Stay?

I have been getting lots of questions on interest rates lately and no one truly knows what is going to happen. The only thing we really know is where rates...
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Wednesdays Unplugged – The Farm Brownies

“Good architecture is like a good therapy session, a good marriage, a good poem – gently and almost invisibly allowing you to be you, as flawed and as beautiful as...
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Free home inspection tool: Google Lens

Google Lens is a fantastic tool that every home inspector should know about. It’s a free mobile device app to help you identify stuff. You take a photo with the...
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Dave Brubeck ‘tree house’ for sale

After visiting the ‘tree houses’ on Lexington in St. Paul over the weekend it got me thinking about the unique houses built into the hills around Berkeley, California… and led...
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