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What Can I Do if My Homeowners Insurance Provider Leaves the State?

In recent years, an alarming trend has emerged across several states: major insurance companies are pulling out of entire markets. Here's what to do if it happens to you.

Homeownership
How to Prepare for a Home Appraisal: A Step-by-Step Guide

A home appraisal is a crucial step in the process of applying for home equity financing. Follow these key steps to prepare for your appraisal.

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Beyond Home Equity: How to Finance Your Next Big Expense: Part III

What are the alternatives to tapping into your home equity to cover a big expense? This series of shorter blog posts delve into some of your options. Today, our final post: An Alternate Means to Tapping Into Your Equity

Homeownership
Beyond Home Equity: How to Finance Your Next Big Expense: Part II

What are the alternatives to tapping into your home equity to cover a big expense? Over the next several days, tune in to this series of shorter blog posts that delve into some of your options. Today: Retirement and Savings Accounts

Homeownership
Beyond Home Equity: How to Finance Your Next Big Expense: Part I

What are the alternatives to tapping into your home equity to cover a big expense? Over the next several days, tune in to this series of shorter blog posts that delve into some of your options. Today: Personal Loans and Credit Cards.

Couple discussing APR vs Monthly Payments.
Homeownership
APR vs Monthly Payments

If you're in the market for a loan, you do research and shop around. In doing so, you continuously encounter interest rates and APR. What’s the difference? And what do they really mean, functionally, for your budget, your spending?