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New Year, New Home? Tips for First-Time Buyers in 2024
We’ve all been guilty of setting ambitious New Year’s resolutions and not seeing them through. But if 2024 is the year you want to tick “become a homeowner” off your list, here are 5 tips for...
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Renters Beware! These Are the Common Craigslists Rental Scams You Should Know...
In case you weren’t aware, rental fraud is rampant in the housing market. You might be surprised to know that over 60% of renters in the U.S. encounter frauds like fake landlords. In 2022 alone, the...
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Americans are sitting on tens of trillions of dollars of home equity — here’s...
American homeowners are sitting on $28.7 trillion of home equity. That’s significant, even if the amount has fallen from a record $31.8 trillion in the second quarter of 2022. To put that latest figure...
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Mortgage, Financing, & Property Loan: How to Get a Loan for a Rental Property
One of the significant advantages of investing in real estate is leverage: the ability to buy your assets with other people’s money. The property appreciates even as your loan balance shrinks. Your...
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The American Dream Revamped: Younger Generations Prioritize Homeownership...
Move over, wedding bells and baby showers — the American dream prioritizes keys to a front door over the rest of the white picket fence life. According to the latest LendingTree survey of nearly 2,000...
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Expat Interview: What You Need to Know About Buying a Home in Italy as a...
Imola, an EU citizen from Budapest, Hungary recently bought an apartment in the beautiful region of Liguria, Italy. She agreed to share with My Dolce Casa the details of her experience and her advice...
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The Hartford Halts New Home Policies in California
Connecticut-based insurer The Hartford announced it will no longer sell new home insurance policies in California, citing the “unique challenges” of the state’s home insurance market. The insurer, in...
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10 Ways to Start Flipping Houses With No Money Down
Cash is the most significant barrier to entry for most new real estate investors. Even when you borrow 80% of a home’s purchase price, that still leaves you coming up with $50,000 for a down payment...
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Mortgage & Rental Income: How to Finance Rental Properties When You’re...
Financing real estate investments can be tricky when you’re self-employed. Lenders look for consistent income, which is harder to show without a W-2. But getting a mortgage is very doable with the...
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17 passive streams of income from real estate
In personal finance circles, people love to say that the average millionaire has seven streams of income. As far as I can tell, it’s neither a hard fact nor a quote by a famous person. But it still...
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Pushing down on me, pressing down on you: States where people feel under...
Though moving on your terms can be rewarding, feeling pressure to leave your home can be stressful and difficult. This is especially true in today’s economy, where persistently high inflation, mortgage...
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One of legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s last works is up for grabs
Here’s a treat for architecture lovers everywhere: a mid-century masterpiece that bears the signature of architect extraordinaire, Frank Lloyd Wright, is now up for grabs in New Canaan, CT. Known as...
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These upgrades can help protect your home from climate change
In less than a year between 2020 and 2021, Lake Charles, Louisiana, faced two hurricanes, then a severe winter storm, followed by more flooding, all in the midst of a pandemic. A team of engineers...
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Thinking of selling your home? Now may be the exact right time
If you’ve been waiting on listing your home, here’s some motivation to get going: we’ve officially entered the prime period to sell. On a national level, this week brings the best mix of above-average...
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Take a peek inside ‘Fear of Flying’ author Erica Jong’s stylish Upper East...
Marking the 50th anniversary of her groundbreaking book, Fear of Flying, novelist Erica Jong has plenty of things to celebrate. With a lucrative five-decade career in the span of which she published 25...
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Here’s where heating costs are really soaring
Even before the outbreak of war in Ukraine and subsequent energy crisis in Europe, Germany’s Federal Statistics Office estimated that 2.6 million people in the country could not adequately heat their...
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How to plan the perfect bathroom remodel
A bathroom remodel is one of the most challenging projects you can take on in your home. Bathroom remodel costs range from modest cosmetic updates ($3k) to full gut renos ($30k), with the national...
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Your home could be a death trap & you may not even know it
Using the word accidental to describe injuries and death gives the impression that they were completely unforeseen and unavoidable. However, most of them are considered preventable — and, in 2020,...
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The surprising number of Americans who say they’ve lived in a haunted house
A whole lot of things, according to a new survey from Real Estate Witch — including mold, a leaky roof, and termites. Surprisingly, ghosts barely made the list of homebuyer fears. Even more...
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Yes, you can even vacation like Barbie, if that’s your thing
“Barbiecore” is a hot trend characterized by vivid pink hues, based on the aesthetic of the iconic Mattel doll that has been an indelible part of pop culture since 1952. And while primarily seen in...
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