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How to Buy and Sell a Home at the Same Time—Without Losing Your Mind
Ah, to be a first-time home buyer again: How easy it was to buy a home when you weren't carrying another mortgage on your back at the same time! If you're looking to graduate from first-timer to repeat buyer, you know things ...
10 Things Your Bathroom Really Needs Right Now: Do You Have Them All?
Is there any room more essential to our everyday lives than the bathroom? We think not. Sure, kitchens and living rooms might get all the love. But the lowly bathroom is where most of us spend the first and last few minutes of our day...
A Home Maintenance Checklist for Every Season
Owning a home comes with year-round responsibilities, but you don't have to dread these tasks. "Home maintenance is easier than people think," says Jim Magliaro, risk consulting technical lead at the insurance company Chubb. The key is to comp...
Top 5 Home Odors – And How to Fix Them
Something Stinks, What Do I Do? The complete guide to odor removal Whether you’re moving into a new home or apartment — or recognizing a certain stench in your own castle — few things are more frustrating than not being ...
The Hottest Interior Design Trends for 2020—and Beyond
Interior design of the past decade has been shaped by a number of unmistakable trends. Remember Scandinavian minimalism and the all-white kitchen? How about Moroccan-inspired area rugs, Millennial Pink, and the seemingly immortal m...
The Ultimate Home-Buying Checklist: 12 Ways to Prepare to Buy a House
As everyone knows, a new home is not an impulse purchase. You can't just waltz in and declare, "I'll take it!" Long before you get to making that offer (on paper, through your real estate agent)—and even before going to your fi...
5 Tricks to Keep Your Pipes from Exploding This Winter
Even if you think they’ve already started to freeze. New homeowners may have heard that winterization is important, but in the hubbub of your first year living in a home you own (finally!), it can be easy to overlook the need to ...
12 Simple Home Repair Jobs to Lift You Out of Winter’s Funk
Like that annoying squeaky floor board. Easy as tossing a ball to fix! Accomplishments -- even little ones -- go a long way toward a sunny outlook. Fortunately, there are plenty of easy, quick home repair chores you can do when you’re mire...