Energy Efficiency in Newly Built Homes

Energy Efficiency in Newly Built Homes

Energy Efficiency in Newly Built Homes With the winter months approaching, and some areas of the country will get cold pretty soon, heating costs will be on people’s minds.  They can potentially save thousands of dollars each year with a better energy efficient home....
10 Simple Ways to Eat Healthy Without Thinking

10 Simple Ways to Eat Healthy Without Thinking

Your environment has an incredible ability to shape your behavior. I have written previously about choice architecture and environment design, both of which are focused on the idea that, “By making small changes to the physical environment around you, it can become...
How to Become More of a Morning Person

How to Become More of a Morning Person

We’ve all heard it. “The early bird gets the worm.” But what if you despise mornings? Like, really hate them? There’s hope for you yet. While you may never love the sound of your alarm blaring at 5 a.m., there are several things you can do to become tolerant of...
Now is the Time to Buy a Home

Now is the Time to Buy a Home

Now is the Time to Buy a Home Now Is the Time to Make Your Dream Come True With an Academy Residential Mortgage If there was any lingering uncertainty over whether now is a good time to buy a house, it may be squashed after the release of several favorable housing...
Mortgage Rates Hit 2014 Low

Mortgage Rates Hit 2014 Low

  At the start of 2014, there was a lot of speculation that mortgage rates would rise to unaffordable levels, with many expecting to see 30-year fixed mortgage rates exceed 5%. However, luckily for homebuyers, mortgage rates have stayed historically low, with a...
Overnight Guests Coming? How to Be a Great Host

Overnight Guests Coming? How to Be a Great Host

If you have ever had a bad experience as a weekend guest, you know just how awful it can be. Dog hair in the sheets, bare windows, nothing for dinner, missed rides at the airport — I have experienced all of these and more … thankfully not at the same time. When...