Buying, selling, financing, and furnishing your new home is a fun and exciting challenge. Look at the articles, columns, blog posts, radio shows and videos for advice on new construction home building. With these helpful home construction tips, building a new home is a whole lot easier.
House In A Day
There are a lot of choices to make when you're building a home from scratch. A lower-stress way to design and build your dream home is to do it in a day. Building a modular home from the ground up could save you hundreds of thousands on your dream home.
New Construction Trends Are Unique
The annual show for the National Association of Home Builders showed that the latest trends in new construction are unique. One trend that came through loud and clear is that new home buyers aren't interested in cookie cutter construction. They're interested in features that give them the feeling they've stepped up from their last home. So new quiet doors that shut out the sound of your teenager's music habit, to more custom cabinetry, copper accents on windows and waterfalls that hang on the wall.
Before You List Your Home, Check Out The Competition
Why do you want to find out about the other homes on the market? It's important to develop a mental inventory of what's been sold, and what is currently available for sale so you have a good idea of the market value. You're looking to see what condition the homes are in, what amenities they have, and how much the owners are asking, then compare it to your own to estimate a market value.
Home Improvement Can Become Ongoing Home Repair
What starts out as a home renovation or home improvement project can become an ongoing home repair. Not long after you complete your home improvement project, your home may again begin to show signs of wear and tear. Should you keep making home improvements or home repairs?
Sell Your Home: Tips For Selling In A Buyers Market
Ilyce shares tips on selling your home in a buyers market. Sellers should take another look at their homes, from a buyers point of view to see if there's anything they should change. Homeowners trying to sell their homes should also check with buyers agents and real estate brokers to see if they can tell you why your home isn't selling.
Saving Money On Your Homeowner’s Insurance
Insurance companies have not renewed coverage for homeowners who have made more than the average number of claims in a four-year period. Insurance companies also have been checking out the credit histories of clients and cutting off homeowners who may have problems such as a bankruptcy in the past two years.
For everyone else, the price you pay for your policy could double this year.
How Smart Is Your House?
Today's technology can make your house seem like the Jetsons -- for a price.
Ask Ilyce – June 18, 2002
When should a homeowner refinance to take advantage of low interest rates? What is a punch list for a new construction home? WGN's Money Saving Expert Ilyce Glink answers real estate questions from the Mailbag.