by Megan Morris | Jan 23, 2019 | CoVA Tips, First Time Home Buyers
If you’re shopping for a house, or even just considering buying one, there’s one person that you absolutely need on your side: a Realtor. Potential buyers often think they can go it alone, but there are a number of things they may not be considering. What is a Buyer’s...
by Megan Morris | Jan 9, 2019 | CoVA Tips, Home Improvement
If you’ve been paying any attention at all to the world of smart homes and home automation, then the fact that smart switches and smart lights exist could not have escaped your notice. But if you’re like a lot of homeowners, you may still be scratching your head...
by Megan Morris | Dec 19, 2018 | CoVA Tips, First Time Home Buyers
For a lot of homebuyers, buying their dream home means choosing an older structure that has passed the test of time. These grand places have an undeniable charm about them, with classic styling that can be adapted to nearly any taste. Older homes can be incredible...
by Megan Morris | Dec 5, 2018 | CoVA Tips, Home Improvement
There is a whole boatload of articles on the Internet about the home renovations that offer the best return on your hard-earned cash, but not so many about the ones that are just black holes that suck said cash out of your pocket and never, ever tell you where it...
by Megan Morris | Nov 21, 2018 | CoVA Tips, Home Improvement
It’s been a busy year. It almost feels like we completely skipped over spring, summer, and fall and found ourselves barreling head first into winter like a kid on an out of control snow sled. With those cold days just around the corner, now is the time to make sure...
by Megan Morris | Nov 7, 2018 | CoVA Tips, Home Improvement
For the third time this week, you’ve found yourself cursing the unusability of your kitchen. The drawers come out in all the wrong directions; the cabinets are so shallow that you can barely use them and the entire layout just puts you off. You’re ready to talk about...
by Megan Morris | Oct 24, 2018 | CoVA Tips
As a homeowner, or soon to be homeowner, you can get some pretty sweet tax deductions from things related to your home. Some tend to change from year to year, like those for energy-efficient upgrades, others are pretty stable, like being able to deduct mortgage...
by Megan Morris | Oct 10, 2018 | CoVA Tips, For Sale
Home values are determined through a complicated series of calculations roughly based on the cost of actual construction plus value-adds like proximity to shopping and other conveniences. The prices that other nearby homes have sold for in the past are also taken into...
by Megan Morris | Sep 26, 2018 | CoVA Tips, Home Improvement
When you bought the house with the pool, it looked like it was going to be all fun in the sun and splishin’ and-a splashin’, but now that the first signs of fall are appearing (the emergence of Pumpkin Spice signals just six more weeks of summer), it’s time to figure...
by Megan Morris | Aug 29, 2018 | CoVA Tips, First Time Home Buyers
Shopping for a house can be stressful, but choosing a loan has the potential to be just as bad. There’s a lot to know, a small window in which to figure it all out and a 30-year commitment to a loan product that might just not be right for you for to worry about. All...
