Home Ownership

If you’d love to buy a lake house but assume you can’t afford one, then you might want to rethink that belief. Lakeside living is affordable — you just need to know where to look. While lakefront property in some places comes with an astronomical price tag, lake towns off the beaten path are a […]

There are plenty of factors to consider when it comes time to decide where you want to live. You don’t want to just choose a city that is the cheapest, since those locations often come with other negative aspects — poor healthcare systems, lower paying jobs, and crumbling public education and infrastructure. On the other […]

If you’re thinking about moving to a new state, then you might want to look at its taxes. Since individual income, property, and sales/excise taxes vary from state to state, your total tax burden can vary significantly. So, where do residents pay the most taxes? To figure that out, a recent WalletHub report compares every […]

Thanks to the recent housing market boom, the property value of most homes has increased. According to a recent National Association of Realtors report, home prices have soared about 30% since 2019. “As a result,” the report says, “a typical home is about $80,000 more expensive than pre-pandemic.” That means most owners have seen the […]