Residential
Choosing the Right House: Make Sure It Works for You
Looking for a new home? It's a complex process, but the reward is great - a refuge from the world, a place for entertaining, a comfortable and safe nest for a growing family - a place where you can create the surroundings and decide how to live in them...Your Next Move: Are You Ready for a Retirement Community?
The kids are gone, your career is winding down, and you can think of better things to do with your time than maintaining a house that's too big for you. Maybe it's time to think about a retirement community...Selling Your House? Add Value to Your Home with Design Details
Real estate brokers and building contractors have long known one thing: that adding a few special architectural and design details to a basic home can raise the sale value of the home considerably...Using Reclaimed Wood in Home Construction
Frugal Yankees have been doing it for centuries-cannibalizing old buildings and incorporating the material into new ones. Wood from old barns has been used to build new barns...Using Local Building Materials Makes Sense Environmentally
Much has been made of alternative building materials considered to be green, or environmentally friendly, but one of the simplest ways to build green is to use materials that are available locally...Housing by Increments-A Great Pay-As-You-Go Solution
Buying an existing home or building a new one is an expensive proposition, but if you're willing to take an unconventional approach, you can build your own home by increments and spread the cost out over a period of years, possibly saving yourself a mortgage...Moving? Think About Hiring a Relocation Service
If you're moving from one part of your hometown to another, you are probably in a position to do your own research about your new location. But if you're moving across the state or even across the country, how do you gather all the necessary information about your new hometown so that you can make your transition as smooth as possible?...Buyer's Watch Services Do Your New Home Search for You
Thanks to the Internet, it's a lot easier to find a new home than it used to be. For instance, it's possible to log onto multiple listings websites and search just about anywhere in the U.S. for the home of your choice....Skyrocketing Mortgage Payments Threatening Homeowners
The popularity of adjustable rate mortgages and the housing boom of recent years put lots of people into new homes; but with mortgage interest rates rising, many homeowners are suffering from "sticker shock,"...What Do Cows in Balloons Have to Do with Real Estate?
Some years back, the news media latched onto the topic of silly, wacky, or outdated laws-absurd laws that found their way onto the books of various state and municipal governments and never were eliminated. One such law was that in one jurisdiction-I think it was New Jersey-it was illegal to send a cow up in a hot air balloon...Commercial
Brokers & Consultants
Buying a Home? Consider Hiring a Buyer Broker
When thinking about purchasing a new home, most prospective buyers rely on the expertise of a professional Realtor. They shop around, meet a salesperson they feel comfortable with, and sign up with that individual's agency, confident that she will guide them through the home buying process...