Your credit ‘report card’ and how it affects your home buying future

Making buying a home a reality depends on several factors — many of them numbers. Home prices, mortgage rates, down payments, and time frames to name a few. But there is a lesser-known figure that can be the deal maker or breaker: your FICO score...

Is your home a target for burglary?

You’ve heard burglars “case” a particular neighborhood, driving up and down streets examining each house for its security weaknesses, right? No? Well, perhaps it’s time to wake up...

Younger homebuyers' tastes are changing

It wasn't long ago that demographers reported on how Gen Z and Millenials were all about "experiences" ...

Questions to ask yourself before buying your first home

Buying your first home. It’s one of the biggest decisions people will ever make and usually represents...

Online dating and house-hunting: ‘Hey. What’s your (for sale) sign?’

“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” When Shakespeare wrote that line, it was about finding...