The Convergence of COVID & Touchless Design for the Home
After a year of the COVID-19 pandemic, public attitudes toward viral and bacterial infections have been altered forever.
March 15, 2021
March 11, 2021
Finding a Builder for Your Accessory Dwelling Unit
Answering a growing need in the realm of affordable housing, accessory dwelling units (ADUs) are enjoying increasing favor with state legislatures as well as county and local planning boards.
March 09, 2021
What is an Accessory Dwelling Unit?
The circumstances of life have ways of upending our comfortable routines. Medical emergencies, financial setbacks, legal challenges, family dramas and political reversals -- not to mention fires and floods -- each and all can interrupt our ordered existence with new demands.
March 05, 2021
Sustainability and the Modern Home (Pt.3 - 3D Home Printing)
Building homes that speak to the concerns, passions and realities of the 21st century is a task that incorporates myriad elements. Certain fixtures and functions that were once exotic or luxurious are now expected by the more recent generations of home buyers.
March 03, 2021
Sustainability and the Modern Home (Pt.2 Landscaping to Building Materials)
In our recent post "Sustainability and the Modern Home (Pt.1)", we looked at several basic features of the modern house that are coming to be expected by the newest generation of home buyers. Not only do these elements promote sustainability, they likewise boost home value.
March 01, 2021
Sustainability and the Modern Home (Pt.1 - Composting to Solar)
When we hear the word "sustainability," some of us may simply roll our eyes while envisioning tree-huggers and tofu. In fact, however, this term simply calls forth an ancient -- even instinctive -- principle of human survival.
February 23, 2021
Cryptocurrency, Home Purchases & Mortgages
Although it has its own set of problems -- and has not become widespread as quickly as advocates had hoped -- cryptocurrency, exemplified by Bitcoin and others, is nevertheless making inroads into world and U.S. commerce. It is even closing in on mortgage finance and property conveyance.
February 19, 2021
Master Insurance for Condos
Securing a mortgage involves seemingly hundreds of moving parts. It is no surprise, then, if one or two of them go missing or prove to be defective. This can be especially true when a condominium unit serves as the subject property.
January 11, 2021
With Interest Rates So Low, Should I Pay off My Mortgage?
As the COVID-19 pandemic forced businesses to close and employees to take refuge at home last March, the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System took unprecedented action, lowering the benchmark interest rate to functionally zero percent.