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5 Tips to Find That Much Needed Quiet Space in Your Home

Increasingly, today’s home buyers are looking for a retreat from the physical and mental pressure of their constantly hectic lives. A sense of community and togetherness continues to be meaningful to most buyers, but the current trend seems to be leaning more toward the need for a bit of quiet separation. As a matter of… Read More

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12 Year-End Tax Tips Especially for 2017

12 Year-End Tax Tips Especially for 2017 Year end brings the craziness of holiday celebrations, the joy of family visits, the excitement of the coming new year, and looming quietly in the background… another approaching tax season. Are you a recent home buyer? Make sure you are well informed about the deductions and benefits available… Read More

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Fannie Mae Broadens Access to Credit for Eligible Home Buyers

Fannie Mae Broadens Access to Credit for Eligible Home Buyers. Home Buyers have long been overburdened by the mortgage application process and simplification of the lending regulations is long overdue.  There have been a few policy shifts recently that make the mortgage process smoother, and in my humble opinion fairer, for qualified and qualifiable home… Read More

Hand holding a home with umbrella above - The importance of Title Insurance

Does Anyone Think About Title Insurance? Why It Matters to You.

Does Anyone Think About Title Insurance? Why It Matters to You. After dealing with a title issue for a home we owned many years ago, years of stress, inconvenience and expensive attorney fees, I can attest to the fact that an Owner’s Title Policy is absolutely essential. An owner’s title insurance policy protects your property… Read More

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Anticipating Common Challenges during Escrow

Anticipating Common Challenges during Escrow – I work a lot with the folks at Pioneer Title Agency. They are local, efficient, and very knowledgeable all critical attributes in such a precision-dependent occupation. They’ve taught me a lot over the years, but one thing I have not learned from them is that problems are inevitable. I… Read More