BY JOE SZYNKOWSKI Not all home improvement projects are the same. The impact of a project or upgrade depends on factors such as the market you’re in, and your existing home value. Some projects like adding a pool or wood floors tend to have bigger increases for more expensive homes, while projects like a kitchen…
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When Can a Landlord Be Arrested?
By Jameliah Francis While owning your own home can be a welcoming delight, most persons cannot afford such luxury. Nonetheless, one can still obtain some level of independence and fulfillment in getting their own home through apartment rentals. According to a report from the real estate website Rentcafe, “The number of renters in New York…
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Why Your House Is Not Selling
Home sales in August 2019 spiked 10.8% from 2018, marking the largest year-over-year increase for a single month since 2018, according to a Redfin report. The supply of homes for sale, however, fell 5.7% year over year, representing the biggest decline since April 2018. So if it’s such a hot seller’s market and other properties…
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When to Refinance
The advertisements and phone calls sound great — get a lower interest rate and save as much as hundreds of dollars a month on your mortgage payments. But is it too good to be true? The answer: It depends. Unfortunately, your decision should be based on a complicated mix of how much of a lower…
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What Does a Real Estate Agent Do?
A real estate agent, as defined by Cambridge Dictionary, is a person whose business is to arrange the selling or renting of houses, land, offices, or buildings for their owners. While that is a technically accurate definition of a real estate agent, it doesn’t give an accurate description of what a real estate agent does…
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