Going green at home doesn’t necessarily require a lifestyle overhaul. You can save money while saving the environment. Click Full Article below for seven great ways to activate your green home. Greening up your lifestyle at home is relatively simple when you take the time to consider choices. Two central approaches are reducing your energy consumption and...

Paying off your mortgage early can save you lots of money. Many homeowners can achieve this with careful planning and budgeting. Click through for a few tips and tricks to get you started. Did you know that less than 20 percent of U.S. homeowners have 50 percent equity or more in their homes? After reviewing the terms of your mortgage, it may seem like it will...

With the Lowest ROI  Now more than ever people want to increase the value of their homes. But what you like is often what turns off potential buyers. Click through for a list of improvements that fail to give a lot of bang for the buck. It is estimated that 28 percent of U.S. homeowners have plans to remodel, expand or otherwise improve their homes in the next...

The national housing market has now regained enough momentum to provide an engine of growth for the U.S. economy, according to the latest The State of the Nation’s Housing report by the Joint Center for Housing Studies. Robust rental demand continues to drive the housing expansion, and sales, prices, and new construction of single-family homes are on the rise....

Carlos Alvarez, then-mayor of Miami-Dade County in this 2011 file photo, raised property taxes during his last year in office. Declining real estate values meant the county collected less property-tax revenue that year. His successor, Carlos Gimenez, is proposing a slight dip in property-tax rates this year, but property-tax revenues should hit a new record...

Key Takeaways The share of first-time buyers purchasing homes in June 2016 was the highest recorded since July 2012: 33 percent. Total existing-home sales were up 1.1 percent in June, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 5.57 million. There’s finally some good news on the first-time homebuyer front: The share of first-time buyers purchasing homes in...