Buy Now to Get the Tax Credit!

Home buyers, there’s still time to lock in a home purchase before the federal tax credit’s April 30 deadline. True, you won’t have several more months to look around, but you will have a pretty big incentive sweetening the deal if you don’t...

10 Tips for Spring Decorating

It’s spring! What does that mean for your decorating? Out with the old, dark, heavy and dreary, and in with the new, bright, light and cheery! New seasonal decorating ideas are available every year, but the rule of thumb seems to stay the same, which is that...

WSJ: The Forecast This Spring

According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, the forecast for real estate this spring is not a bleak one: “After polling builder communities in North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Texas and California’s Inland Empire, Ticonderoga Securities Analyst...

Avoiding (Home) Buyer’s Remorse

You’ve found the perfect home, or so you think. Imagine searching endlessly for that one place where you feel warm and comfortable. After weeks, months, years even, you fall in love with a beautiful house and sign your name on the dotted line. However, a few months go...

Spring Clean Your Way to a Sale, Part 1

Once the winter weather finally dwindles off, we’re all thinking the same thing: it’s time for spring cleaning. Now is when you scrub the floors clean of muddy slush from the bottom of your boots, sweep away the lasting remnants of pine needles from the...