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'3 Tips for Getting Lower Mortgage Interest Rates

Securing a low mortgage interest rate pretty much sounds like a gift from the heavens above. Most homeowners know that even a one percent difference can translate to thousands of savings. Here are three tips for getting lower mortgage interest rates:

'House Buying Tips: Can You Still Get Your Earnest Money Back?

You may have finally set your sights on one property after scouring the real estate market looking for your dream home. The next thing to do is to secure a deal with the seller and that includes giving your earnest money. However, issues can arise, which may cause either you or the seller to back out of the deal. Can you still get your earnest money back?

'House Selling Tips: Should You Consider Doing Extreme Home Staging?

Majority of real estate agents would advise you into staging your home prior to listing it in the market. While some people would settle with a simple de-cluttering of their furniture and items, others would go as far as spending thousands of dollars for home staging. Should you consider doing extreme home staging?
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  • 'Home DIY Tips: How to Make a Small Apartment Look Bigger Using Curtains
    A small apartment seems to be the wiser choice nowadays because of the rising prices of rental homes and houses for sale in the real estate market. While such is the case, some people still want to give their home an illusion of a bigger space. Here’s how you can do so using curtains:
    By Staff Reporter
  • 'Home and Design: How to Declutter Like a Pro
    Let’s face it, everyone, at some point in their lives, have clutter piling up at the office or in their homes; however, you do not need to live with this clutter for the rest of your life. Here is how you can declutter your home (and your life) like a pro.
    By Staff Reporter
  • 'How to Improve Home Security with Technology
    The safety and security of you and your loved ones at home is probably one of your priorities. While you cannot always keep a close watch of who gets in and out of your house, with the help of technology, you can easily improve home security and keep onlookers away.
    By Staff Reporter
  • 'Quick and Easy Tips to Pay Off Your Student Loan and Other Debts
    If everyone lived in a perfect kind of world, then it would be a place wherein no one owes anyone anything. However, reality dictates that at some point in your life, you will incur some kind of debt in one way or another, but this does not mean you have to spend the rest of your life paying it off. Here are some quick and easy tips to pay off your student loan and other debts:
    By Staff Reporter
  • 'House Moving Tips: How to Get Your Security Deposit in Full
    If you are ready to move and you have already informed your landlord about your decision, then you might be expecting to get your security deposit back in full amount. However, you may be surprised to see when the landlord does not give you the amount you were expecting. How do you deal with these issues?
    By Staff Reporter
  • 'Can Your Next-Door Neighbor’s Pet Affect Your House Value?
    Several homeowners cannot live without their pets with them. While it is pretty common and acceptable to live with a pet dog or cat at home, other homeowners are going as far as taking in cows or pigs as their pets. If you had a neighbor who owns wild animals and takes them for pets, how will this affect your house value?
    By Staff Reporter
  • 'How to Avoid Common Mistakes When Moving Houses
    Moving houses is a stressful and tiring experience in itself alone. While there are a lot of things that you need to think of prior to the big move, here are some tips to avoid committing the most common mistakes that people make when moving houses.
    By Staff Reporter
  • 'Tips for Improving Your Home Appraisal
    Home appraisals determine whether you can get your house refinanced or whether a new buyer can afford the house they are eyeing on in the real estate market. Unfortunately, appraisals can often come in lower than what you might be expecting. Here are some tips for improving your home appraisal:
    By Staff Reporter
  • 'How to Organize Your Messy Cords and Cable Wires at Home
    In this day and age, it’s pretty much normal to have more than just one charger at home. You may have multiple cellphones along with a laptop, a gaming console, and your home theater system. Unfortunately, these can sometimes make such a mess that you no longer know which cord powers which. Here are some ways to organize your messy cords and cables at home.
    By Staff Reporter
  • 'Green Living: The Small Steps to Take for a Smarter Home
    The advancement of technology was once thought of as a contributor to the destruction of the environment. However, times have changed and technology is now becoming a friend to the environment, as new systems and products now aim towards conserving energy and reducing our carbon footprint. How can you transform your house into a smarter home?
    By Staff Reporter
  • 'House Selling: How to Get Tips from Your Neighbor’s Experience
    If your neighbor is selling off their house in the real estate market, then it might be a good chance for you to see and learn from their experience. While you might not yet be looking to list your house for sale, doing this can serve as a good preparation for when the right time comes.
    By Staff Reporter
  • 'Home Design Ideas: Here Are Some Bookshelf Designs for Your Home
    Here are some options for bookshelf designs you can have built in your home.
    By Staff Reporter
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