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Winter Tips

Whether you’re a young homeowner or a senior retired in your own home, preparing your largest investment for the winter months is important and a good cost-effective preventative measure.  Gold Key Home Inspection’s, Inc. is committed to helping homeowners stay educated on the care of their home with quick tips and money saving advice. This winter, make sure your home is ready for the long cold... [Read more]

Fall Maintenance Tips for your Home

Change is in the air and the Fall season is in full swing.  Temperatures have mellowed and dropped from the hot days of Summer and Winter is just around the corner.  With the holidays approaching and a few days off to get stuff done around the house, you may want to consider some “Fall Maintenance” to keep your home functioning and cutting down on the wear-n-tear on your home.  Here... [Read more]

HUD Article: $18 MILLION IN GRANTS AWARDED TO REDUCE HEALTH AND SAFETY HAZARDS IN HOUSING

“HUD is committed to providing healthy and safe homes as part of our mission to help make the nation’s housing more healthy and sustainable,” said HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan. “These grants will help communities to protect families and children from significant health and safety hazards.” The funding announced today will go to cities, counties, states and universities to eliminate dangerous... [Read more]

VA Loan inspection requirements

Many agents and VA Loan applicants wonder what sort of necessary preconditions they must meet in order to satisfy VA Loan Inspection requirements. According to the article, Home Appraisals and Inspections for Your VA Loan (http://www.valoans.com/va_article.cfm?id=113), “When you apply for a VA mortgage, an appraisal/inspection of the home is a common requirement. In these cases, before your VA... [Read more]

Radon Testing with Gold Key Home Inspections

Radon is the chemical element (Rn) of atomic number 86, a rare radioactive gas belonging to the noble gas category [odorless, colorless, monatomic gases, with very low chemical reactivity...the six noble gases that occur naturally are helium (He), neon (Ne), argon (Ar), krypton (Kr), xenon (Xe), and the radioactive radon (Rn).] It is an element formed by the decay of radium that seeps into some homes... [Read more]

First-time buyers see no let-up in home loan drought

Based on some 21,000 residential property valuations, about 45 per cent of the total market, e.surv estimate that approvals were up 6.7 per cent between May and June, with banks anxious to meet their planned lending targets, making up for depressed activity earlier in the year. But first-time buyers are making up a steadily shrinking proportion of total lending, as banks remain cautious about risk.... [Read more]

Preparing Your Home For a Home Inspection

[http://www.goldkeyinspect.com] Inspectors from Gold Key Home Inspections inspect homes for health and safety hazards, structural issues, systems that are broken or not functioning properly (electrical, plumbing, heating/cooling, roof/attic, foundation, water penetration and damage), and perform a RecallChek on appliances in the home. When preparing your home for an inspector to inspect it, make... [Read more]

Water Heater Installation Problems

[http://www.goldkeyinspect.com] Inspector Jamie from Gold Key Home Inspections discusses several unsafe conditions involving the vent pipe, draft hood, temperature and pressure relief pipe or valve, and distance from combustibles. Gold Key inspects homes and business in northeast Indiana (South Bend, Mishawaka, Osceola, Elkhart, Goshen, Nappanee, LaGrange, Ligonier, Warsaw, Syracuse, Kendallville,... [Read more]

Mortgage denied: Sometimes, for no good reason

Spring Housing Guide 2011 By Les Christie, staff writerApril 19, 2011: 2:46 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Getting a mortgage just keeps getting tougher, and many homebuyers are getting rejected for loans they could easily afford.  The issue: Tighter standards from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government entities that back mortgages made by banks. are reluctant to make loans without the Fannie... [Read more]

Best shrinking places to live

The 2010 Census revealed that lots of U.S. towns are losing population. What makes some different is that they’re not rusting old industrial cities, but fine places to live and raise families. Here are eight. 1 of 8 Ocean City, N.J. A huge Victorian on the waterfront in Ocean City, N.J., comes with a big prices — $5.895 million. Population 2010: 14,699 Drop since 2000: 4.4% The... [Read more]

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