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Reasons To Consider Condos in Your Home Search

Are you having trouble finding a home that fits your needs and your budget? If so, you should know there’s an option worth considering – condominiums, also known as condos. According to Bankrate:“A condo can be a more affordable entry point to homeownership than a single-family home. And as a homeowner, you’ll build equity over time and have access to tax benefits that a renter wouldn’t.”That’s why expanding your search to include additional housing types, like condominiums, could help you accomplish your homeownership goals this spring, especially if you can be flexible about the space you...

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The Role of Access in Selling Your House

Once you’ve made the decision to sell your house and have hired a real estate agent to help, they’ll ask how much access to your home you want to give potential buyers. Your answer matters more now than it did in recent years. Here’s why.At the height of the buying frenzy seen during the pandemic, there was a rise in the number of homebuyers who put offers on houses sight unseen. That happened for three reasons:Extremely low housing inventoryA lot of competition from other buyers wanting to take advantage of historically low mortgage ratesAnd general wariness of in-person home tours during...

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‘Last of Us’ fan ponders better home & gardening in a zombie apocalypse | Commentary

A “Last of US” fan, City & Shore’s Mark Gauert talks better home & gardening in a zombie apocalypse: “I should be doing some work around the house, but an episode of the hit HBO series ‘The Last of Us’ is on, and I’d rather face a post-fungal-pandemic apocalypse than do work around the house.”

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What’s Ahead for Home Prices in 2023

Over the past year, home prices have been a widely debated topic. Some have said we’ll see a massive drop in prices and that this could be a repeat of 2008 – which hasn’t happened. Others have forecasted a real estate market that could see slight appreciation or depreciation depending on the area of the country. And as we get closer to the spring real estate market, experts are continuing to forecast what they believe will happen with home prices this year and beyond.Selma Hepp, Chief Economist at CoreLogic, says:“While 2023 kicked off on a more optimistic note for the U.S. housing...

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The Bite Eatery’s best bites: Sampling the top dishes from Pompano Beach’s first food hall

The Bite Eatery, Pompano Beach’s first food hall, arrives after three years of delays with a dizzying feast of dishes, from ropa vieja on tostones and housemade pasta to lobster rolls and smoked brisket burnt ends. Here are the best dishes to try.

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Never seen an opera? Florida Grand Opera’s ‘Tosca’ promises to get you hooked

Florida Grand Opera to present “Tosca” at Miami’s Arsht Center and Fort Lauderdale’s Broward Center. “‘Tosca’ could be a Netflix series today, and we could drag it out for six seasons,” conductor Gregory Buchalter says. “Audience members … [will] be on the edge of their seats.”

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