Most houses have ornamental flowerbeds around the front of the house, trees, and in the back yard. Every flowerbed is different, some with trees, others with bushes, ones with flowers, and there are those with a mixture of all three. Whatever you flowerbeds hold, do they contain mulch? While not necessary if you use a [...]

“About 11 million Americans — roughly 1 in 4 with a mortgage — are underwater,” according to CoreLogic, a real estate data firm. The Obama administration announced its latest plan to help troubled homeowners, enabling an estimated 3.5 million underwater mortgage holders to refinance at today’s historically-low interest rates. However, experts speculate the proposal—which is [...]

Neglect is not a beautiful thing when it comes to your shrubs. Over time flowering shrubs and trees that are not pruned will become woody and gradually decrease in flower production. As Realtors, we see this most often in families that are too busy to maintain their landscaping or in homes that have been vacant [...]

Whether you plan to stay in your home forever or want to sell this year, you need to maintain your landscaping. Now that some of the cooler weather is behind us, it is time to start looking outside. Hiring someone to do your landscaping can be very expensive and often unnecessary. With a little know-how [...]

As we embark on a new year, there is both good news and bad news on the foreclosure front. The good news? According to RealtyTrac’s Year-End 2011 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report™, total U.S. foreclosure activity and the foreclosure rate were both at their lowest annual level since 2007. The bad news? Foreclosure levels were artificially [...]