Posts From Matthew C. Keegan
A Second Mortgage and Your Home
A second mortgage is debt that along with your first mortgage must be paid back to satisfy the lien on your home.
Low Appraisals and Your Home’s Refi
Refinancing a home can yield tremendous savings for some homeowners, but getting it refinanced means having it appraised properly.
How to Waterproof a Basement
A home with a basement is desirable as it can provide additional storage space, help regulate heating and cooling, and provide shelter when weather conditions are dangerous. Basements, however, can accumulate moisture as water may seep in from the walls or through the floor.
Bring in the Outdoors with an Elegant Conservatory
Sunrooms can be used for one or more purposes including as an exercise room, a sitting area or as a breakfast nook.
You can also use a conservatory for two or more purposes — offering a living area as well as a place to showcase your indoor plants.
Smart Tips for Eliminating Ticks in Your Yard
Warmer weather has people spending more time outside, soaking up the sun, tending gardens and enjoying wide-open playtime. That increased time spent outdoors also puts people at greater risk of encountering ticks, tiny arachnids that inhabit woody areas, brushy fields and can be found close to your home.
You Can Sell Your Home in a Flat Market
Let”s face it: renovating a home may not be on your list of favorite things to do. Although our main thrust here is home renovation we understand that the best decision for some homeowners is to move, with that new home offering the right size, amenities and look that they want. Besides, when you get to your new home you’ll find a project or two to do handle and we’ll be here to help.
Spring Yard Preparation Done Right
Much of the eastern two-thirds of the continental United States enjoyed a mild winter with an unseasonably mild spring well in place. Warm weather has caused trees to bloom two to three weeks earlier than normal and has awakened flower beds and lawns too.
Is it Time for a Fresh Look at Adjustable Rate Mortgages?
Say “adjustable rate mortgage” to many consumers and you’ll hear a variety or responses, with not a few being quite negative. That’s because ARMs are associated with sub-prime lending, which was quite common and have been routinely blamed for our current mortgage crisis.
Short Sale Considerations and Your Home
Millions of American homeowners are under water, owing more on their mortgages than what their homes are worth. If you are in a positive financial position where you can hold onto your home, then you may be able to ride out this present crisis.
5 Affordable and Practical Outdoor Patio Areas
You want an outdoor living area, but a Florida room is too expensive and a deck requires too much maintenance. With these choices nixed, you’re left with just one choice: a patio.
4 Teen Bedroom Organization Tips
Your teen’s bedroom is either a disaster or he or she has learned what it takes to manage one’s personal space. And likely with not a little prodding from you.
Driveways: To Pave or Not
With a finished driveway, you’re always ensured of a smooth and clear surface, weather conditions excepted. With other options you have no such assurance, but you do have one distinct advantage: reduced problems of run off from paving land that once was left uncovered.
Basement Rec Room Considerations
If you’re fortunate to have a basement or its more basic cousin, a cellar, then that is one area in your home that may be underutilized if it is used at all. The advantage of having this space is that it is already there.
7 Current Trends in Home Remodeling
Do you remember the soaring housing market of the 1990s and 2000s? Of course you do. Those two decades led to the biggest run up in housing prices we’ve seen in our lifetime.
All About Kitchenware
Whether you’re replacing your kitchenware following a renovation or a general kitchen improvement, or you plan to keep your current wares, there is one thing you know: kitchenware is expensive. Hopefully, you have plenty of room to store all of your kitchen stuff, ensuring easy access and a long life for all of your goods.
How to Obtain a Home Equity Line of Credit
A home equity line of credit (HELOC) is type of revolving credit. When choosing a HELOC, your home serves as collateral the moment funds are withdrawn from your credit line.
DIY Recycled Wide Plank Pine Floors For Less than $1000!
Wood flooring can instantly transform a space from blah to beautiful. It can also cost a small fortune to install.
7 Yard Decor Ideas
Homeowners enjoy personalizing their yards, by adding decor that reflects their tastes and is admired by visitors and people passing by. You can add yard decor from the whimsical to the practical, finding a variety of items to fit most any budget.
How to Hire a Landscape Professional
Some homeowners prefer to outsource their lawn care needs to a private party. This makes sense if you don’t have the time to take care of your property or simply prefer to leave the chore to someone else.
Home Values? Not at Bottom Yet Zillow Says
You may have no plans to sell your home this year or next, but local home values should concern you and be of concern to all Americans for that matter.
