What’s the Best Day of the Week to Browse New Home Listings?
Photo: Shutterstock (Shutterstock) Warmer weather means a lot of things: Pool days, ice cream trucks, and peak moving season. Around 80% of all moves in the United States occur between…
How to Use Zillow’s New Side-by-Side Tool to Compare Houses
Photo: Tada Images (Shutterstock) We’ve written a handful of times in this real-estate boom about the collective obsession with Zillow doom-scrolling—looking at and dreaming about buying homes you definitely cannot…
How to Choose the Right Realtor or Real Estate Agent (and What Is the Difference?)
Photo: SMRPHOTO (Shutterstock) There are tons of things you can do on your own without professional help. This website is full of them. One thing you should not try to…
How to ‘Appraise’ Your House Without Paying Someone Else to Do It
She’s smiling because she bought in 2018.Photo: fizkes (Shutterstock) A home appraisal is a standard step in the mortgage approval process. If you’re buying a home or refinancing your current…
The Most Popular Places on Zillow to Fantasize About a Home You Can’t Afford
Photo: DTM Media (Shutterstock) Many of us have spent a portion of our free time over the last two years looking at home listings online—first with aspirations of getting outside…
It’s Not a ‘Master Bedroom’
Fans of TV shows featuring house-hunting, flipping, flopping, or home improvement may have noticed a new term popping up in more recent episodes: “primary bedroom.” It’s also slowly becoming the…
Make These Tweaks Before a Home Appraisal to Get a Higher Valuation
Photo: Andrey_Popov (Shutterstock) The process of selling your home is, well…a process. There’s paperwork galore, along with multiple showings, visits, and inspections. One of these steps is the home appraisal,…
Landlords Still Can’t Evict You in These States
Photo: John Moore / Staff (Getty Images) Last week, the Supreme Court struck down the CDC’s latest extension of the eviction moratorium, which was supposed to last through Oct. 3.…
How to Hire a Contractor Without Getting Hosed
We love a good DIY project around here, but even the most seasoned DIY-ers still need to call a professional from time to time. When that happens, you’ll want to…
How to Buy Property In a Hot Housing Market
Photo: Peathegee Inc (Getty Images) The housing market isn’t overheated, it’s on fire. Both pent-up post-pandemic demand for homes and a supply shortage has pushed up the median sales price…