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Preparing Your Home for Winter

The leaves are starting to fall from the trees, it’s getting darker earlier and many people—ourselves included—have broken out their winter coats. While it may not officially be here, winter is certainly coming. To help you prepare for cooler weather, we’ve put together this list of five helpful home maintenance tips. Completing these simple tasks will help ...

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Autumn is a Great Time to Buy or Sell a Home

Fall isn’t traditionally thought of as the busiest time in real estate, but there are big advantages to buying or selling a home during autumn. People are always moving into our area, and your home will undoubtedly stand out if there are few others like it for sale. Additionally, buyers ...

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How to Kill Japanese Grass

Japanese grass, also known as stilt grass, is a prolific, invasive species that arrived in the United States from Japan, perhaps in packing materials, about 1900. It has a wiry stem from which sprout thin, pointed, lime green leaves that grow about 4 inches long. Japanese grass is unsightly in ...

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The Economic Metrics Affecting Today’s Real Estate Market

As we enter the second half of 2018, we wanted to share with you our perspective on a few key economic metrics and how they are affecting home buyers and sellers in today’s real estate market. Mortgage interest. Rates are edging up, and many in the industry expect average mortgage rates ...

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