You’re smart. You’re doing your research about home buying and homeownership (like you are right now!), so you feel like you’re prepared to avoid common home buying pitfalls. But you’ll soon find that once you’ve moved in, there is a whole new list of common problems that plague unwary first-time homeowners. To help you make […]

The sight of large bulldozers moving sand from the parking lots of the beach front motels on the northern edge of Buxton Village is not unusual. In fact, it can even be encouraging as it indicates that sand is being cleared from NC Highway 12 as well as from the motel parking lots to benefit […]

Acronyms are tossed around like crazy in the real estate world, which can be confusing to even the most veteran home buyers. But don’t worry — it doesn’t take long to learn the language. Here’s a quick list of the most widely used home buying acronyms and what they actually mean. Of course, if you’d […]