Oct 14, 2021 | Consumer News and Advice, EAR Local News, Real Estate, Real Estate Finance, Trends
Published on October 13, 2021 by Ana de Guzman Home renovations provide homeowners with the opportunity to take their house and turn it into a home they’ve always dreamed of – all while increasing the home value. And, with the change of seasons,...
Oct 11, 2021 | Consumer News and Advice, EAR Local News, Home Buying 101, Real Estate, Real Estate News, Today's Marketplace, Trends
Mary Bradshaw’s fire-hardened home in Elkhorn, Oregon, on Feb. 26, 2021. It was one of few that survived the Beachie Creek fire in the area.Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB The green metal roof on Mary Bradshaw’s house gleams amid scorched earth and dead, blackened...
Sep 28, 2021 | Consumer News and Advice, EAR Local News, Home Buying 101, Real Estate, Real Estate Finance, Real Estate News, Today's Top Consumer News
The earnest money deposit—the cash you as a buyer offer to essentially call dibs on real estate—is one of the most important and misunderstood parts of the home-buying process. Naturally, you probably have a few questions: When can the seller keep earnest...
Sep 27, 2021 | Consumer News and Advice, EAR Local News, Home Buying 101, Real Estate, Real Estate Finance, Real Estate News, Today's Top Consumer News, Trends
Getty Images Ron and Kathy Kern began looking in earnest for their forever home this past spring when their youngest child finished college. The couple hoped to trade their two-story, four-bedroom house in the Indianapolis suburbs for a smaller, one-floor ranch...