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Step Inside A Historic Mid-Century Modern Home With Views Of Austin

Imagine waking up every day and looking out through a wall of windows onto a sea of seemingly unending greenery. This was architect Leonard Lundgren’s peaceful, progressive vision when he designed this home for sale in Travis Heights, a neighborhood just 10 minutes from downtown Austin, TX, in the late 1950s. Lundgren was a disciple of the Mid-Century Modern style and is best known for his…

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Vote! Are You Team Beach Or Team Mountains?

Beach pro: Bikini bods, scaling back on clothing Beach con: Something scaly brushing past your leg in the water (eek!) Mountains pro: Mother Nature in all her glory Mountains con: Snow all up in your boots, wet socks Put down that pros-and-cons list and let your emotions take control: Choosing a favorite between the beach and the mountains is more fun when you feed that online home-shopping…

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5 Signs It’s Time To Replace Your Windows

Your house may not be able to talk to you, but nevertheless it gives you signs when something’s not right. A home’s windows are particularly communicative. Although they don’t last forever, high-quality, well-maintained windows could last for 20 years or more, but there are many factors at play. (Windows in a coastal city like Charleston, SC, might age faster than they would in Los Angeles, CA,…

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8 Top Homes For Sale Under $200K

If you’re looking for the perfect starter house, Trulia’s got you covered. Whether you’re house hunting in Atlanta, GA, or scoping out Sacramento, CA real estate, there’s a home out there for you — and it doesn’t have to cost a mint. Here are eight affordable options, all priced at less than $ 200,000, and they’re all loaded with charm. Retro…

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My Partner Has Bad Credit: Can We Still Buy A House?

Picture this: You’re a financial rock star. You pay all your bills on time and you work hard to earn more — so you can save more. Your credit score reflects your savvy money-management skills, and you can proudly boast that you’re a member of the 730-and-up credit score club. Your partner? Not so much. Whether due to past actions or financial mistakes they’re currently working to correct, your…

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4 Signs Your Mortgage Payment Is About To Go Up

If you chose an adjustable-rate mortgage, it should come as no surprise when your mortgage payment fluctuates — that’s what “adjustable” means, after all. But how can you predict if and when your fixed-rate mortgage payment will increase? And did you even know that it could? Although your monthly payment with a fixed-rate mortgage shouldn’t vary wildly, there are several reasons why it won’t…

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Why Home Buyers and Agents Need to Have Each Other's Backs

Why Home Buyers and Agents Need to Have Each Other’s Backs

Searching for a home and engaging with a real estate agent today is not the same as it was a generation ago. The space (both physical and virtual) between the buyer and the real estate agent was much larger, and coming together was slower and more methodical. If a buyer saw a For Sale sign or an ad in the paper, they might call the real estate agency’s office, get some information, and move on.…

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How to Choose a Storage Facility

Lack of space is one of the most acute problems in our hectic modern-day world. Quite often, people find their homes packed and crammed with all kinds of items they don’t want to part with, but don’t have the room to keep either. Especially when downsizing to a smaller home, moving in with a partner, or remodeling your place, the question of what to do with all the miscellaneous items that don’t…

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4 Hallmarks Of A Successful Kitchen Renovation

It can be challenging to live without a kitchen during a renovation, but the payoff can be worthwhile, since a new kitchen can dramatically improve ease of use while also providing the biggest return on investment when it’s time to sell. After all, there are two main spaces — kitchens and bathrooms — that are often a huge selling point in for-sale homes since they get such frequent use. Taking…

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10 Tips for Organizing an Irresistible Yard Sale At some point, nearly all of us will organize or assist with a yard sale, garage sale, or estate sale.

How To Hang A Picture Wall

In an age when so many of our photos are taken with a smartphone and stored in the cloud, the picture wall, a grouping of framed images, continues to be a popular, tangible way to showcase our most cherished memories. Gallery walls can be as eclectic or uniform as you like, and since they’re so… Continue reading → The post How To Hang A Picture Wall appeared first on Trulia's Blog. Trulia’s Blog…

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3 Reasons You Might Not Get An Advertised Interest Rate

With all the hype about historically low interest rates, you may decide that now is the right time to start searching for homes for sale in Charlotte, NC, or Orlando, FL. And that makes sense: the lower your interest rate on your mortgage, the more money you’ll save over the life of your loan. Just a one-point difference can mean saving thousands of dollars over 15 or 30 years. So you may be…

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New Mortgage Rules For Self-Employed Borrowers

If you’re self-employed, you must meet different requirements than a salaried person to qualify for a mortgage. The rules about how that works were updated in recent months to take an even closer look at your business income, so let’s review the rules for self-employed people borrowing for the first time, and for those who will be impacted by new rules next time they get a loan. Self-employed…

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7 Ways To Deal With Bad Credit When Renting

Real talk: Many landlords now rely on a credit check to vet potential renters, especially in competitive markets. (Just try hunting for an apartment for rent in Chicago, IL, and you’ll feel the pinch of a poor score.) Like it or not, your credit history can be used to assess how much of a financial risk you may pose to a landlord. Are you going pay your monthly rent on time, or does your credit…

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Magic Number: The Ideal Credit Score For Securing A Mortgage

To most of us, a credit score seems like a random trio of numbers determined by a complicated algorithm, but it represents much more to a lender who’s considering whether to approve your mortgage loan. A low credit score can indicate you’re a risky borrower, while a high score can significantly upgrade the mortgage terms you’re offered. If you’re considering making the leap to homeownership,…

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7 Myths About The First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit

The U.S. tax code is notoriously long and difficult to understand — and the few lines about home-related tax issues within those 73,000 pages of code are no exception. But there’s one tax program that still seems to cause lots of confusion: the first-time homebuyer credit. Even though it ended in 2010, the tax credit still applies for certain first-timers who purchased a home in 2008, 2009, or…

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How To Appeal A Property Tax Assessment

Income taxes aren’t the only taxes raising eyebrows this time of year. Property tax bills are also hitting mailboxes across the country. And while real estate prices remain relatively steady nationwide, many local tax bills are on their way up — and it’s not easy to predict when your condo in Orlando, FL, or real estate in Chicago, IL, will be subject to higher taxes. While it’s easy to simply…

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