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How To Turn A “Dumb” Home Into A Smart Home

How To Turn A “Dumb” Home Into A Smart Home

Having a “smart home” is a trend that is popular. What does it actually mean? Smart home technology improves energy-efficiency, increases security, and creates more convenience for the home’s occupants. Innovative smart home technology

Jul 04, 2019 |

4 Tips To Ensure A Successful Closing

4 Tips To Ensure A Successful Closing

As you come up to the date of your closing, there’s time to reflect on everything that led to this step. Your real estate agent, mortgage broker, title company and others all work hard to ensure a successful closing for you. They’re all in yo

Jul 03, 2019 |

Happy 4th of July

Happy 4th of July

We want to wish you a Happy Fourth of July! It is because of clients like you who believe in this great country and the dream of homeownership that we have reason to celebrate. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men ar

Jul 03, 2019 | Mortgages

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – July 1st, 2019

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – July 1st, 2019

Last week’s economic reports included readings on home prices, sales of pre-owned homes and pending home sales. Weekly readings on mortgage rates and first-time jobless claims were also released. Case-Shiller Home Price Index: Home Price Growth Sli

Jul 02, 2019 |

Home Staging Tip – Urban Gardening in Small Spaces

Home Staging Tip – Urban Gardening in Small Spaces

Home staging means getting a home ready for sale with the goal to maximize the sale price and close a sale as fast as possible. Some home staging tasks are very dreary, like having to get the place sparkling clean. That is really not fun work. It may be

Jun 29, 2019 |

Case-Shiller: Annual Home Price Growth Slows for 13th Consecutive Month

Case-Shiller: Annual Home Price Growth Slows for 13th Consecutive Month

Case-Shiller’s 20-City Home Price Index for April showed further declines in home price growth with 2.50 percent year-over-year home price growth as compared to March home price growth of 2.60 percent. New York City home prices held steady month-to

Jun 28, 2019 |