Category: Home Industry Strategy

City workshop to provide home-buying information > Columbia Business Report

13/06/2022 By Author Off

Potential homeowners can learn about available loan programs and other information during June’s All Access Columbia session.

The quarterly sessions held by the city’s Community development department aim to strengthen neighborhoods by providing resources to citizens on topics such as local leadership, financial education and home maintenance. The June 23 session will focus on encouraging home ownership and include details on city home loan programs, do-it-yourself projects and cost-saving home improvement ideas.

The session, to be held at the Busby Street Community Center at 1735 Busby St., will also cover topics such as credit and budgeting management, with representatives from several financial institutions on hand to provide information about the process of pre-qualifying for a home loans.

Registration is available online.

“This All Access event for home ownership will entail some DIY classes. We’ll have some seminars and workshops covering home ownership and homeowner maintenance tips,” Delores Shabazz, housing

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Home maintenance fear? Here’s how to keep repair costs down with regular upkeep

12/06/2022 By Author Off

Juli Adelman of Northeast Portland should be feeling confident about homeownership by now. Since remodeling a fixer-upper 16 years ago, she’s sold each of her past three properties at a profit, moving her up the real estate ladder.

A year ago, she purchased a century-old house in her goal neighborhood: Beaumont-Wilshire. Despite her time-tested DIY repair skills and her contractor father’s assurance she wasn’t buying a money pit, Adelman still feels nervous.

She wonders: What costly mystery may be ahead?

“It’s a totally sound investment and I’ve been pretty lucky at this so far,” she said, “but it’s still kind of a gamble. What if the sewer goes sideways?”

She’s not alone in having home repair fear.

A survey by the Seattle-based real estate marketplace Zillow found 75{889f11dd78af44195e99a8a45806d98ad1fa7f272d11f4c6d22b45f5e75dcb8c} of pandemic-era home buyerswho battled record-low inventory, rapidly escalating prices and brutal bidding wars, wish they had done things differently.

Many

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Home Maintenance Tips for Summer

11/06/2022 By Author Off

Summer is officially upon us! There is a lot to do around the house if you haven’t already. Our homes take a beating in the fall and winter months, making spring and summer the best time to clean up and do some repairs. Also, living in Texas, we need to prepare our homes for the harsh summer heat. Here are a few ideas to get you started.

The Interior

· Change air filters and clean vents.

A good rule of thumb is to change your air filter at the beginning of every month, or at least every other month. The dust and dirt from outdoors easily make their way into our homes and circulates through our vents. Yuck! A clean air filter and vent will help to keep your family and home healthy. And a dirty filter causes poor air flow to the air conditioner (A/C), which left untreated could

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