Homeownership

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How Selling with Equity Can Help You Avoid Foreclosure

If you are in danger of foreclosure, you may be able to leverage your home equity to pay off your debt.

How Home Renovations Can Protect You from Natural Hazards

Learn more about renovations that can protect your home from severe weather.

Why You Should Consider a Home Energy Audit

Energy-efficient upgrades can save you money on utilities and increase your home’s value.

What You Should Know About Titling a Manufactured Home

Learn more about your options for titling a manufactured home.

Tax Deductions for Homeowners

Tax breaks are one of the many benefits of homeownership.

Avoiding Fraud: What Is Call Spoofing?

Learn how to protect you and your family from call spoofing scams.

What to Know About Coming Out of Disaster Forbearance

Know your options before disaster forbearance comes to an end and your monthly payments resume.

Is Your Home Insured for a Natural Disaster?

To protect your home from a natural disaster, you may need to pay additional costs to your current homeowners insurance or take out an additional policy.

Protecting Your Investment with Home Insurance

A home insurance policy can provide vital protection to your home and your family. Learn the basics of home insurance.

4 Benefits of Owning a Home

Homeownership builds a sense of pride and accomplishment and is an important step toward achieving long-term financial stability.

Block by Block in Baltimore: Raising Home Values by Investing in Overlooked Communities

Learn how an initiative to remodel abandoned homes and sell them at affordable prices has benefitted homeowners and homebuyers along one Baltimore street.

The Best Home Maintenance Purchases to Make Each Season

With a little planning and patience, there is a best time to buy the items needed for your home improvement needs.