When Should You Buy A New Home?

If money is no object, then anytime you want. But for most of us, money is an object, so some months may be better than others to buy your new home. There are a lot of misconceptions about when the best time is, with many thinking it’s spring. While that might...

Upgrade Your Space Heater for Next Year

There are areas you congregate or where you stay for long periods (home office anyone?) that you love, but where you just can’t keep out the cold of winter. The ideal solution is to tuck a space heater into those areas and warm them up. Unfortunately, those...

The Giant Disruptor?

It appears that launching a mortgage payment calculator may have only been the first step in a much longer journey for Google into the mortgage market. The US version of Google’s Compare service lets consumers compare different credit cards. The UK version of...

Cold Weather Home Care

With the chances that another winter storm is on the way to the East, you may be right in thinking your normal winter routine preparations might be reaching their limits before the winter ends. Keeping an eye on your roof, keeping heavy snow and ice clear from...

Don’t Mistake The Rescuer for The Threat

As part of National Consumer Protection week, it might be an opportune time to have a look at mortgage fraud and modification scams. Many Americans suffered during the collapse and many are still in full recovery-mode, looking for any port in the storm. Unfortunately,...