Homeownership Articles
Sharing articles with clients and customers on all aspects of homeownership, buying and selling.
How to Help Your Appliances Last Longer
Do your appliances die before their time? Here are ways to keep them humming longer.
4 Money-Saving Ways to Add Style and Function to Your Yard
No doubt, exterior upgrades like adding a wood deck or installing new garage door offer great return on investment that’s worth the cash outlay. But these four blogger projects will ratchet up your curb appeal for a lot less money. And your friends will think you hired a pro.
How to Use Comparable Sales to Price Your Home
How much can you sell your home for? Probably about as much as the neighbors got, as long as the neighbors sold their house in recent memory and their home was just like your home.
Home Prices Up 25% Over Three Years
If you own a home, chances are good it’s worth more now than when you bought it. Home prices rose in 86% of metro areas in the fourth quarter of 2014, data from the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® show.
7 Tips for Staging Your Home
The first step to getting buyers to make an offer on your home is to impress them with its appearance so they begin to envision themselves living there. Here are seven tips for making your home look bigger, brighter, and more desirable.
Keep Your Home Sale from Falling Apart
Repair wood floors and scratches that make rooms look worn out. We’ll show you easy ways to put the luster back into your floors.
Budget Kitchen Remodeling: 5 Money-Saving Steps
Can’t afford an entire kitchen remodel in one full swoop? You can complete the work in 5 budget-saving stages (and still cook dinner during the down time).
Kicking Off National Homeownership Month!
National Homeownership Month actually started as a week-long celebration of homeownership during the Clinton administration in 1995. In 2002, President George W. Bush proclaimed June as the National Homeownership Month.
Erase Ugly Scratches from Your Wood Floors
Repair wood floors and scratches that make rooms look worn out. We’ll show you easy ways to put the luster back into your floors.
Budget Kitchen Remodeling: 5 Money-Saving Steps
Can’t afford an entire kitchen remodel in one fell swoop? You can complete the work in 5 budget-saving stages (and still cook dinner during the down time).
The 7 Most-Needed Repair Tips Every Homeowner Should Know
Relax. Here’s how to make short work of every common repair annoyance from a leaky toilet to a sticky window.
Choice One Key Title and Escrow is presented award
Stewart Title presents Choice One Key Title and Escrow with outsanding performance award and also present
Invest a Tax Refund in Your Home: $500 Projects
Here are five great ideas for investing a tax refund in your home if you receive $500 or less back from the IRS this year.
Inspecting Your Roof to Get Ahead of Problems
Your roof takes care of you — return the favor with a yearly inspection that’ll stop moisture damage and head off expensive repairs.
Tips to Make Your Roof Last as Long as Possible
Whether your roof is brand-new or years old, here’s what you need to do to keep it in the best possible shape for the longest possible time.