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As a first-time home buyer, the idea of choosing a duplex over a single home seems like a no-brainer. You get a tenant who will at least offset if not fully cover your mortgage payment, which means you may be able to build equity fast and pay your home loan before your mortgage term. Better … Continue reading A Big Question for New Home Buyers: Duplex or Single-Family Home?
Improving your credit score isn’t as daunting as it may seem. Following are five tried and proven, easy ways to boost your credit in a six-month time period. Pay Your Debts Staying current on your debts is important but it’s not necessarily enough if you want to boost your credit score. Save up extra money … Continue reading Five Easy Ways to Improve Your Credit in Six Months
Once the kids are out of school for the summer, don’t let them go from being crazy busy to bored. Keep them engaged and learning with some awesome craft activities. Crafts will keep their attention and tap into the creative right side of their brains, helping them to discover new skills, aptitudes and give them … Continue reading Fun Summer Crafts to Keep Your Kids Engaged
MARKET COMMENT Mortgage bond prices finished the week unchanged to slightly lower which put slight upward pressure on rates. The NAHB Housing Index was weaker than expected. Housing starts were 1350K. Analysts expected 1330K. Existing home sales were 5.43M versus the expected 5.55M. LEI rose 0.2% versus the expected 0.4% increase. Philadelphia Fed was 19.9 … Continue reading MIG Market Watch, June 25th, 2018
RICHARD SWAN Public Affairs Officer United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Richard Swan joins The Housing Hour this week to promote boating safety and explain the important role of the US Coast Guard Auxiliary. Show Topics: Safe Boating Statistics Proper Safety Equipment Dangers of Carbon Monoxide while boating Plus three simple principles: Be Safe, Be Courteous, … Continue reading This Week on The Housing Hour: Richard Swan
Refinancing your home’s mortgage can not only provide needed cash for other expenses but also save you money in the long run. Following are three important points to be aware if you are thinking about applying for a refinancing loan. Work on Your Credit Rating Your credit rating will have a large bearing on the … Continue reading 3 Tips for Refinancing a Mortgage
Smart homes are becoming more popular, which also means they’re becoming more affordable, so now is a great time to invest in smart-home technology. Budget-smart devices that connect to your phone allow you to have control of your home no matter where you are, offering safety, security, and peace of mind. Speakers Smart speakers are … Continue reading Get a Smart Home at a Smart Price
The experts agree that there are two main areas of consideration when figuring out how you live after retirement – your financial situation and your emotions. Do you scale down? It may cost less to live smaller. Should you rent a home or apartment instead of purchasing a smaller home? As we age, health becomes … Continue reading What Does Your Retirement Downsizing Look Like?
T. ALLEN PANNELL, JR., PHD Lincoln Memorial University Rotary Club of Knoxville Pannell joins The Housing Hour this week to discuss the life-saving project of the Rotary Club of Knoxville. Starting in 2015, the Rotary Club of Knoxville began a journey in Zimbabwe to reconstruct a failed dam in the village of Manyane. The results … Continue reading This Week on The Housing Hour: Allen Pannell
There is no better way to begin teaching your child the value of money than by them having a vested interest in it. That includes making money the old-fashioned way, earning it. Saving it for certain items they want to buy and actually having a bank account will teach them early money management skills. It … Continue reading Five Simple Ways to Teach Kids about Money
DIY home improvement projects don’t have to be costly or time-consuming. Here are three simple ones that just about anyone can complete in a few hours or even less. Paint A fresh coat of paint makes a huge difference and you don’t have to apply a lot of it in order to completely transform a … Continue reading 3 Fast and Easy DIY Home Projects
MARKET COMMENT Mortgage bond prices finished the week lower which put upward pressure on rates. The first portion of the week was calm as some of the data was weaker than expected. Factory orders came in lower than expected. The Trade deficit was $46.2B versus the expected $48.8B. Productivity rose 0.4% versus the expected 0.6% … Continue reading MIG Market Watch, June 11th, 2018
