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A Ray of Sunshine for Older and Disabled Residents: Pennsylvania’s Amped-Up Property Tax Assistance Can Help
Getting over the hurdle of property tax payments is harder these days. That’s because taxable home values have gone up. So older Pennsylvanians are praising their governor, Josh Shapiro, for signing Act 7 of 2023 into law. It enlarges Pennsylvania’s…
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Safe or Sorry? The Evolving Law of Disclosing Flood Risk (and How to Look Up Your Own Home’s Risk of Flooding)
How many of us ask about flood risk before buying a house or renting an apartment? In many areas of the country, whether we rent or buy, no one mentions flood risk. And yet, for millions of homes, flood risks…
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Some Offices Are Bringing Their Remote Workers Back. Will This Force Homeowners to Sell?
“They need us. They won’t force us to come back to the office!” Or will they? During the pandemic, remote work became a survival tactic. Some companies liked the new ways. They said they’d keep remote or hybrid working options…
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Biotecture: What’s an Earthship Home?
Michael Reynolds is the pioneer of an off-grid, passive solar architecture style known as the Earthship home. To give you the picture, above is a photo of the south-facing, double-greenhouse wall of one of these extraordinary structures. Reynolds’s company, Earthship…
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How Today’s Demand for Pet-Friendly Homes Impacts Buyers, Sellers, and Agents
It’s a steadily growing trend in real estate: the demand for pet-friendly homes. It impacts the way we create, furnish, and market homes. Let’s explore how this phenomenon is evolving. Then we’ll look at what matters most from the perspective…
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Latest in House Hacking: The Influencer Edition
Back in 2020, it seemed to be everywhere. But we wondered just how persistent “house hacking” would be. Turns out the trend has stayed popular on real estate investment websites, in spite of (or maybe because of) a hard-to-crack housing…
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“Hustle Culture”: Is This the Trouble With the Housing Market?
Some people are fed up with the “hustlers” of the U.S. real estate market. They criticize celebrity investors such as Grant Cardone, the host of a podcast titled “This Is Not Your Daddy’s Economy,” accusing him of promoting a get-rich-quick…
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When in Delaware… A Homeowner’s Deed Must Be Filed With the Register of Wills
What happens with Delaware real estate deeds when someone dies? The home’s title (whether the owner dies with or without a will) vests immediately in the beneficiaries’ names. The home county’s Register of Wills sends the deed to the County…
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How Self-Driving Cars Could Transform the Suburbs
Self-driving cars are becoming a real thing. As they rise in popularity, they’re likely to shake up the way we move, the way we cope with age and disability, and the way things look and feel in our cities and…
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I Deeded My Property to Someone Else. Can I Revoke My Gift?
Giver’s regret isn’t unusual. A desire to void the gift of a home after transferring the deed could happen for various reasons. Perhaps you recovered from a serious illness and could really use that home after all. Or maybe your…
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Dower Rights for Surviving Spouses: Does Your State Still Have This Old English Relic?
If you live in Michigan, your state ended its dower rights in 2017. But if you live in Arkansas, Kentucky, or Ohio, dower is still on the books in your state. This musty old legal provision gives spouses a peculiar…