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Inflation seems to be one of the biggest news stories these days, but you don’t need the media to tell you that prices are up on almost everything, from food to gas to housing. When it comes to home prices for example, in February 2012, the nationwide average sale price of a home was $160,000. Flash forward to today and …
In spite of supply chain woes and increasing materials costs, there has actually been an increase in home renovation projects over the past year. Perhaps those of us still working from home full time are noticing more and more work that needs to be done around our houses. Or maybe people who might have elected to sell their home and …
The current debate among economists and lay people alike is, are we or are we not headed into a recession? Inflation is currently higher than it has been since the 1980s, which often signals a recession is either here or on the way. On the other hand, wages and salaries have increased nationally – they are up 5.3% over June …
Are you interested in owning a vacation home, but you aren’t quite sure you are able to afford this leap into multiple home ownership? While owning a second home is a luxury that not everyone can afford, owning a fraction of a vacation home might be more accessible to you than you realize. Through a home ownership model called “fractional …
Since shortly after the Coronavirus pandemic began, we’ve been constantly hearing about supply chain issues and labor shortages, and we have gotten used to many of the items we order taking much longer than usual to arrive at our doorsteps. And while most of the items we need from the supermarket are now in stock, random outages persist and holes …
If you talk to real estate agents or read real estate magazines and blogs, you will likely hear a lot about curb appeal. Real estate experts love to point out how the front and exterior of your home are the key focal points for making a good first impression when you are listing your home for sale. Great curb appeal …
What goes up must come down cries the old song, but when it comes to the hot real estate market in Atlanta, things still seem to be moving up, up, up. For at least the past year, experts and amateur market watchers alike have been proclaiming that the end to the strong housing market is just around the corner. They …
Here in the south, we are always up for a celebration, and nothing makes a small party seem more formal and important than hosting it around the ornately carved dining room table in the formal dining room. Times are changing though, and many of us are hosting fewer gatherings in our homes, while we are also hosting our group and …
Most of us are familiar with the damage that freezing cold weather can do to our pipes, or what our roof could look like after the remnants of a tropical storm with violent winds blows through. But those are not the only extreme weather conditions that can wreak havoc on our homes. Here in the south, we’re quite used to …
