Clients often ask about betterments and home value. What is a betterment and how does it differ from normal improvements to a home or property? Here is the answer.
Simply put, if it makes your property more valuable (or better), it’s a betterment. Painting your home isn’t a betterment because it sustains your home’s value but doesn’t increase it. But a new addition to your home does…
What is a Real Estate Betterment?
Five Air-Purifying Houseplants and How to Care for Them
After living in an apartment for a year and a half, I figured out that I was starving for some plant life. I wanted the air in my apartment to feel fresher and I wanted some greenery. And believe me, I was far from having a green thumb. But the deprivation fueled my fire. After failing to keep an embarrassing amount of plants alive, I think I’ve started to get the hang of it.
Now I love my…
Harvard: 5 Financial Reasons to Buy a Home
Eric Belsky is Managing Director of the Joint Center of Housing Studies at Harvard University. He also currently serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Housing Research and Housing Policy Debate. Last year he released a paper on homeownership – The Dream Lives On: the Future of Homeownership in America. In his paper, Belsky reveals five financial reasons people should consider buying a…
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