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6 Tips for Selling Your Home This Fall

6 Tips for Selling Your Home This Fall By Jerry KronenbergFall is second only to spring as the busiest time of the year for home sales -- and Idaho Realtor Gail Hartnett sees this autumn as an...

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Consumers Sign More Purchase Contracts While Mortgage Rates Remain Low

Consumers Sign More Purchase Contracts While Mortgage Rates Remain Low by Ed Ferrara The promising news about the housing market is that it is moving ahead in the right direction, even after the busy...

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Real Estate Outlook: Existing-Home Sales Increase

Real Estate Outlook: Existing-Home Sales Increase by Carla Hill Existing-home sales are on the rise, despite the recent impact from Hurricane Sandy. The National Association of Realtors latest report...

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December gardening checklist

December gardening checklist There's plenty gardeners can do to bring color indoors to offset the dullness of the outdoors in December. And there's also a lot to do to make sure equipment and plantings...

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December home-maintenance checklist

December home-maintenance checklist This month usually brings the first big snowfall, and with it, a number of tasks for keeping your home cozy and secure. It's also a great time to create your...

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Stopping The Spread Of Flu at Home

Stopping The Spread Of Flu at Home by Broderick Perkins At-home steps to prevent the spread of the flu may sound harsh, but the current strains sweeping the nation are killers. The Centers for Disease...

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Preparing To Buy A Home

Preparing To Buy A Home by Phoebe Chongchua Preparing to buy a home is a bit like preparing to go on a very long journey. You have to have your finances in order, know where you're going, what you're...

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Contingencies Your Home Offer Should Include

Contingencies Your Home Offer Should Include Sponsored By Use contingencies as a safety net when buying your home By Tasha Schroeder When you’re buying a house, there are a lot of unknowns—and once...

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Five Keys to Successful Negotiation

Five Keys to Successful Negotiation Sponsored By Whether you're a buyer or a seller you want to succeed in the realty marketplace. That's natural and reasonable, but what are the steps you need to...

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Shopping for a Home in Winter

Shopping for a Home in Winter Sponsored By A strategy for bargain hunters If you've been thinking about buying a new home, winter is the time to start getting serious. Here are a few reasons to brave...

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Should you buy a fixer-upper?

Should you buy a fixer-upper? April Buying Advice: With fewer houses to choose from, more buyers are considering purchasing homes with problems. Here's what you need to know, and which issues might be...

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April home-maintenance checklist

April home-maintenance checklist Fix fences, tighten your home’s energy efficiency, repair a screen door and make 8 cheap, fun improvements to give your home’s entrance some spring sparkle. By...

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In Love With Two Houses?

In Love With Two Houses? Sponsored By What to consider when making the final decision By Michele Dawson As you find yourself heavily immersed in house-hunting mode, you may encounter a situation in...

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Don't Overlook a Home's Potential

Don't Overlook a Home's Potential Sponsored By Cosmetic issues are easy to remedy By Michele Dawson Home shopping for first-time homebuyers it's an exciting, albeit nerve-wracking, experience. If...

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April home-maintenance checklist

April home-maintenance checklist Fix fences, tighten your home’s energy efficiency, repair a screen door and make 8 cheap, fun improvements to give your home’s entrance some spring sparkle. By...

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April gardening checklist

April gardening checklist Gardens start to come alive this month, and if the weather cooperates, it's a time to plant, water everything and take care of the lawn. By Sally Anderson of MSN Real Estate...

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Lawn Care Maintenance Tips to Revive Your Frozen Turf

Lawn Care Maintenance Tips to Revive Your Frozen Turf Has the Polar Vortex Wrecked your lawn? Here's how to bring back the green. By Lisa Kaplan Gordon of House Logic (NAR) A polar vortex has pounded...

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