Moving into a new home is a busy and exciting time.  You have spent months going through the home buying process and getting ready for the big move, but often times it is not until we are actually leaving our old home and moving into the new home that reality sets in.  You have moving boxes, empty rooms, cleaning supplies, and a whole lot of work ahead of you.   When looking at what lies ahead, you are beginning to realize this house might not feel like “home” to you.  You might actually be wondering if it ever will.   This does not mean you are not excited about your new home; you might just need to focus on ways to help make it feel like home.

According to Dictionary.com, the definition of community is “a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage”.  However, for so many of us, the true definition and the way a “community” helps us and makes us feel is much more important than the definition implies. 

You are purchasing a home and find out you need to set up the home inspection; or perhaps you are selling your home and eagerly awaiting this next step. Either way, there are many aspects of the inspection process you should become familiar with.

You’ve decided you want to take the plunge into homeownership, but there are multiple decisions you need to make before you can really even begin your home search.

As a prospective home-buyer who will be considering a mortgage, you will have to determine how to come up with a down payment for your new house.    The standard down payment for a conventional loan is 20 percent; however, there are other loans that might be available to you, such as the FHA loan, in which you might only be required to put down 3.5 to 5 percent of the purchase price.