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Information You Need to Have Before Renting a Home
You need to be careful when renting a house because it is not yours. Being alert may mean ensuring that the property doesn't get damaged. In addition, you must be observant about your legal rights as a tenant. If yo...
A Looming Housing Crisis Being Ignored
A Looming Housing Crisis Being Ignored Forbes released an article earlier today, October 3, on the current state of housing in America. The gist of the article is that people were giving impassioned speeches at a housing conference, wa...
Preparing Your House for the Spring Season: What You Need to Do
It already feels like spring is in the air in many areas of the country. Even if you have a few more weeks of winter left in your neck of the woods, now is the time to start thinking about how you can prepa...
How to Determine Which Housing Program Suits You
Housing programs are a great way to get access to affordable living and can help take the burden off of your wallet in a big way. But where do you even begin when it comes to figuring out which program is right for you? Fea...
Pandemic Rebound Creates Bidding Wars in Housing
According to housing data in the US from the first weeks of May, 2020, over 41% of homes being sold actually faced a bidding war. These numbers were released by Redfin, and show a 9% increase from January, and a huge increa...
What Recession? America's Booming Housing Market Is More Robust Than Ever
Contrary to popular opinion. The American housing market is heating up. The nation's property is worth a staggering $35 trillion, which is just slightly higher than the present value of the st...
COVID-19 Creates a New Type of Housing Boom
A remarkable 35% of renters have missed a rental payment between March and July because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many renters are in low-wage jobs in service industries that were hit hard by closures enacted in order to slow the s...
A Third of Americans Have Outstanding Housing Payments
Many readers out there are likely more than a little fed up with the fact that most of the news cycle in 2020 has been centered entirely on the novel Coronavirus, which first appeared in China way back in January and ...
COVID-19 Pandemic and Hurricane Laura Coalesce to Create Housing Crisis
In parts of Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas, both renters and homeowners are dealing with the aftermath of catastrophic Hurricane Laura. The hurricane made landfall as a category 4 storm, with wind speeds ...