Homeownership Articles
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A Financial Plan for Your Home
Your home is probably your biggest investment. To manage it, create a financial plan that takes into account repairs, upgrades, mortgages, insurance, and taxes.
Is Antibacterial Soap a Friend or Foe to Your Health and Home?
Here’s an ironic twist for all you germ-a-phobes: The products you buy to overpower germs in your home may be seriously affecting your health. And not doing much germ-fighting to boot.
A Dozen Foyer Ideas for Under $100
When you open your front door, do you step into what looks like a lost-and-found? Here’s how to organize the jumble and avoid a bad trip through your foyer.
How to Make Your Home a Soothing Sanctuary
our home may never be a castle, but it can definitely be a haven — your own private refuge (at least after the kids are asleep) from the mayhem outside.
5 Smart Home Products
Published: January 28, 2013 Would you buy any of the wow products HouseLogic’s intrepid reporter spotted at the home builder show? After hiking miles of aisles past thousands of products (you’re welcome!) displayed at the 2013 International Builders Show in Las Vegas,...
15-Minute Home Makeovers
Here are 7 house pick-me-ups that take about as much time as brewing a pot of coffee and fit your schedule whenever you have a few extra minutes.
Make Your Own Inexpensive Garden Fertilizer
Your plants need food — nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium — to grow healthy and strong. But they don’t know the difference between store-bought fertilizers and the tonics you mix up yourself.
Garden Watering Systems You Can Make Yourself
Easy DIY watering systems for gardens are lifesavers when hot weather moves in and thirsty plants moan, “Feed me!” once or twice a day.
5 Fragrant Plants for Your Home
Here are 5 green and fragrant houseplants that can chase the winter blues away.
If you’re starting to feel stifled by the dark days of winter, snap out of it with a fresh whiff of spring.
Have You Seen Your Refi and Mortgage Options Lately?
Three good reasons to warm up to a refinance this spring.
Low interest rates and new loan programs abound this spring, so if you assumed your refinancing and mortgage options were dismal, you’ll be surprised by these three offerings.
Help for Homeowners Who Are Behind on Mortgage Payments
If you’re behind on mortgage payments (or about to be), which is putting you at risk of foreclosure, the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) could be your lifeline.
Want to Refinance Your Mortgage But You’re Being Turned Down?
Is your mortgage rate above today’s rates?
Is your house worth less than your current mortgage amount?
Are you unable to refinance into a lower-rate mortgage or convert your adjustable-rate mortgage to a fixed-rate mortgage?
Then the federal Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) is an option you should explore.
HVAC Maintenance Checklist
Here’s an easy, doable preventative maintenance checklist to keep your HVAC in top shape.
How to Prevent Water Damage
Water damage is the No. 1 culprit that weakens your home’s foundation and the very core that holds your house together.
The Right Disaster Insurance for Your Region
The region in which you live dictates what kind of disaster insurance you might need to protect your home from Mother Nature’s wrath.