A string of letters behind a Realtor’s name might resemble alphabet soup, but it actually shows that agent has decided to specialize.
Let’s say, for example, a Realtor hands you a business card identifying him as “Skipper Benton, ABR, CRS, GRI.” What Skipper is trying to tell you is that he has earned the Accredited Buyer [...]

Q. We were preapproved for a loan and proceeded to make an offer on a home. The offer was accepted, and a closing date was set for April 2. Last week, my boss told me that my job will be eliminated in May. Now we want to cancel our purchase because we cannot afford the [...]

There is no mistaking the contemporary energy and confidence of Italian style. We are all familiar with the low, clean lines of furnishings conceived by today’s brilliant Italian designers. These designers juxtapose modern materials — plastics and steel — with traditional woods in a manner that brings the past and present together. I find it [...]

Q. We have recently downsized, and our new condo is great. However, we’re not sure how to combine spaces. We have boxes of books we don’t want to part with, but no den. Any ideas?
A. Sometimes it takes a leap of faith to combine furnishings and personal belongings that lived in separate quarters in a [...]

I keep hearing about a “move-up tax credit” for repeat home buyers.
The odd thing is that such a thing doesn’t exist. Apparently, there’s a misconception suggesting that the Internal Revenue Service tax credit for repeat buyers only applies if we’re talking about a situation where a homeowner sells his house and purchases one that costs [...]