You don’t need real estate statistics or government bureau reports to sense that first-time home ownership rates have been in the dumps for a while. Highlands housing figures have too few transactions month-by-month to draw many conclusions about sustained trends in home ownership here—yet it’s evident that for young adults everywhere, the glacial recovery in […]
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Low Credit Scores Don’t Always Nix First Time Home Buyers
They really ought to teach this stuff in school: real-life, day-to-day economics. Highlands youngsters out on their own for the first time are usually left to trial and error when it comes to mastering things like how to lay out a personal budget or use credit advantageously. Or even how to go about selecting a […]
Obvious (and Less Obvious) First House Buying Tips
For Lake Toxaway renters who are beginning to investigate the possibility of buying a first house, the prospect can look like more than just a steep hill to climb—it can look more like a cliff! Just last month, the Daily Real Estate News cited recent research that indicates in most places (512 counties surveyed, in […]


