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  Rising home prices and housing costs have pushed some buyers to consider homes that can serve two purposes: a place to live and a source of rental income. Here, Neighbors Bank breaks down how FHA financing can make that possible in more ways than many buyers realize. FHA loans are often associated with first-time

  Property tax exemptions are a vital way for homeowners to reduce their annual tax burdens. By lowering the taxable or assessed value of a primary residence, homestead exemptions can save taxpayers significantly.  However, these relief programs vary wildly across the United States. Some states provide robust percentage-based exclusions, while others cap annual assessment increases

  For years, the common understanding in the rent vs. buy debate was that buying was “building wealth.” Renting was “throwing money away.” In 2026, that script no longer matches the numbers. Mortgage rates sit near 6.6%. The median home costs more than $400,000. And on a monthly basis, renting now costs less than buying

  American homeowners are pulling money out of their homes at the fastest first-quarter pace in years. But the way they’re doing it has reversed, which reveals how much wealth is sitting in the country’s houses and how carefully owners are choosing to reach it. In the first quarter of 2026, homeowners withdrew roughly $47

  When buying a house, you’re probably doing a walk-through and dreaming about a new life in a new space. Often, buyers are sold on a freshly painted house with brand-new appliances. But beyond cosmetics, there is critical information in property records that seasoned real estate investors appreciate. Public property records can be used to

  It’s back-to-school season, and if you just wrote a check for your kid’s off-campus rent, you may have had the thought a lot of parents have around move-in weekend: Why am I paying someone else’s mortgage when I could be paying down my own? Housing is already locked in for this school year, so

  Non-QM lending reached $239 billion in 2025, roughly 10% of all U.S. mortgage originations by dollar volume, according to a Griffin Funding analysis of Polygon Research’s loan-level HMDA data. A separate measure from Optimal Blue shows the trend continuing, with non-QM surpassing 10% of monthly rate-lock volume in July 2026. That growth continued through

  Scroll through social media or turn on the news, and you’ll see a story about a landlord being charged for negligence. You might even know someone who calls their landlord a “slumlord,” whether jokingly or not. The “slumlord” label isn’t an official legal accusation, but a landlord who has crossed into this territory may

  Today, homeowners have more financial opportunities than ever before. Rising property values are creating a powerful source—home equity. Tapping into that value, you’re likely to find two options—a home equity loan and a home equity line of credit (HELOC). You can use both to borrow against your home, but they work in different ways.

  Property owners who skip estate planning are walking into a financial trap. Tangled titles pile up. Fractional ownership disputes multiply. Forced partition auctions drain equity. Family assets fragment across generations, and there’s no easy way back. Without clear documentation—without wills, without trusts, without written agreement on ownership—properties get locked down. Owners can’t refinance. They