5 Hot Bathroom Upgrades

Home website Houzz recently polled homeowners, asking what bathroom improvements they desired most. Many of the answers were both luxurious and affordable, and others were downright simple changes to make. Here are five hot bathroom upgrades and some ideas for incorporating them into your home: 1....

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Outdoor Living Rooms Merge with Style and Function

The arrival of summer, along with its sunny skies and beautiful weather, beckons homeowners to create a space to entertain guests and enjoy the great outdoors. Design an outdoor living room that merges style and function, and incorporates elements of indoor comfort. Arrange away Treat your outdoor...

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Can You Protect Your Property View?

The view is a great feature of any property. Whether it is a beautiful, glistening lake or tall, snow covered mountains, whatever panorama our windows show us makes us feel relaxed and calm.  Since this view is so incredible, you have to protect it.  What...

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Creative Ways to Get Outdoors this Summer

The school year has ended and kids are more excited than ever to get outside and play. However, as the days grow longer and summer boredom sets in, it's easy to become uninspired during playtime and it's tempting for families to turn to DVDs and...

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The Good and the Bad of PMI

Planning to buy a home this year? For most people, this is the biggest financial decision in their life. But you already know this, right? So does everyone else, but despite this, so many homeowners we know, actually had to pay much larger amounts than...

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Are You Prepared for Hurricane Season?

Far too often, people face grave safety threats after a hurricane or severe weather ends when they begin to clean-up their homes and businesses. It's important for homeowners and businesses to have proper equipment on hand and to be familiar with safe operating procedures when...

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How to Tap Into Your Home Equity

Have you ever heard about reverse mortgages? This is a loan that does not have to be paid back yet the bank is willing to lend you money because of the equity you have in your home. As long as you are over 62 years...

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Luxury Home Market up 21%

Home sales this year have been steady, but narrow the market and focus on only the luxury sector, and the stats are completely different. The luxury home market has kept up with the pace pretty well and leads the housing recovery. An industry expert told the...

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Home Prices on the Rise…Sellers Demand Even More

Everyone knows home prices are on the rise. But did you know that they are rising faster than ever? A reputed real estate website has conducted a survey which states that home prices are rising rapidly and have now reached an all-time high. The sellers...

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