Archive for the ‘House’ Category
Building a compass rose(star) with travertine
Recently I decied to start a journey to build a compass rose in my entry way. Mine measures 6ft from one tip of the star to the other. At the tile store these retail for $2500. I considered purchasing one but then what fun would that be? Some items you will need are as follows:.
New HUD announcement: Short sell your house and buy a another
The department of housing and urban development(HUD) has a new FHA program. You can now short sell your house and qualify to purchase another one. You no longer have to wait 3 years. There are however qualifications for this program. 1. Get approved from a mortgage company before selling your house. 2. Your credit score.
Is now the time to buy a house in Arizona?
I have recently considered purchasing a new house in AZ and I took time to analyze the market. Hopeful this post will help provide some insight to other people who are wondering if now is the time to buy a house. I use Tempe, AZ in my example since this is the area that I.
Existing home sales down 16.7% in December
According to the National Association of Realtors existing home sales fell 16.7 percent in December brining the annual rate to 5.45 million units. It appears what happened was everyone in the market for a house rushed to buy one in November to take advantage of the government subsidy. The program was then scheduled to expire.
Ugly railing needs to go
So for the nine years or so I’ve had to look at this ugly 1970′s wood railing in my house. I decided to replace it with a concrete balluster railing kit. As you can see from these pics, not too appealing. I informed Roshana via image text message that the project had started She informed.
Is now the time to buy a house?
There is a lot of talk going around lately as to whether or not the time is right to purchase a new home. “Housing prices are at rock bottom!”. This is what some people claim. However, these are probably the same ones that bought or tried to convince you to buy a house from 2007-2009.
The still downward spiraling housing market
Contradictory to what some suggest the housing market is still being brutalized where I’m from. I’ve uploaded a chart from Zillow so that you can see the Arizona market specifically. If you look at this chart light blue represents AZ and dark blue represents the United States. It appears as if the US has.
