Make your home warm and inviting to boost your home’s value and speed up the sale process. The first step to getting buyers to make an offer on your home is to impress them with its appearance so they begin to envision themselves living there. Here are seven tips for making your home look bigger,

Take your kitchen and laundry room to the next level with these connected appliances, plus one app to bring them together. There’s more to a smart home than just thermostats and speakers, if you’re ready to make the plunge. From smart ovens and refrigerators to double-duty washer and dryers, the world of smart appliances is

Homebuyers this spring will meet out-of-this-world prices and unsparing competition—a real estate rush. According to Clear Capital’s recently released Home Data Index (HDI) Market Report, the national median days on market is 43 days, down from an 85-day stretch seen in January 2012. Days on market in Denver, Colo., Lincoln, Neb., and Raleigh, N.C., are

There are 3 percent fewer homes on the market than a year ago, with the median home value hitting its highest point since June 2007, according to Zillow’s February Real Estate Market Reports – U.S. home values rose 6.9 percent over the past year to a Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI) of $195,700 in February.

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Optimism within the home building industry is at a 10-year high. Seven in 10 builders profess feeling positive about home sales for 2017, and nearly half expect to sell more houses this year. The National Association of Home Builders recently reported a 70 out of 100 builder confidence rating (up from 63 in November). “Home

Planning on selling a home this spring? It’s time to get ready. While mortgage rates have risen in the last year, experts say 2017 will still see strong home sales as job growth continues and people who’d been waiting to enter the market take the plunge into homeownership. To attract buyers in any season —

We got spoiled in 2016. Mortgage rates fell below 4 percent at the beginning of the year, and they spent the summer flirting with record lows. And they began 2017 above 4.25 percent. It’s a good idea to keep things in perspective, though. For most of the past 50 years, homebuyers would have been delighted

1. Start with your credit. Credit reports are kept by the three major credit agencies, Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion. They show whether you are habitually late with payments and whether you have run into serious credit problems in the past. A credit score is a number calculated from a formula created by Fair Isaac based

Traditional patios are often paved or gravel areas right off a home’s back door. There can also be an opportunity to add a secondary patio set apart from the house. The advantage of including a secondary seating area — or satellite patio — is that you create a reason for guests to step away from