In honor of National Movers Month, Connect Your Home would like to highlight some tips for purchasing your own home and making sure you keep it. Owning a home is a big responsibility and isn’t a decision to jump into. It requires serious thought about whether or not you are ready for a commitment of [...]
Moving can be a very stressful time, whether it comes to packing, unpacking, find movers, making sure everything survives the move, etc. Although these days Americans aren’t afraid to pack up their belongings and find new digs. Some of the reasons for a move might be that your family is growing; you are in search [...]
Did you know that your house still parties even when you are not around? Unless you make the conscious effort to turn off all appliances and home gadgets, you are wasting precious money and energy that is going unused. In the last decade we have seen home energy usage rise 14% and CO2 emissions rise [...]
Who can raise their hand and say that they look forward to paying a bill? If you are like the majority of the population then you dread paying bills, and would love to find a way to make them disappear. Unfortunately bills will never go away completely, but there are a few steps you can [...]
Some habits are good for you and some are not so good for you. It is important to acknowledge what you’re bad habits are so hopefully you can work on them and make sure that they don’t become a recurring problem in your life. If your habits involve flossing, exercise and getting eight hours of [...]
New Year’s resolutions can be a daunting thought. We all try and make them, but most of us give up right around February when it gets too tough. Some resolutions we should resolve to make not just for the year but for the rest of your life to practice good money saving habits. These money-related [...]
Results of the PriceGrabber and Experian holiday shopping survey have just been released. According to the survey, 39 percent of consumers have shopping-related apps on a Smartphone, 26 percent do not and 35 percent do not own a Smartphone. 84 percent of the consumers who have shopping-related apps indicated that they plan to use their [...]
Attention kids of Baby Boomers, you shouldn’t be holding out for a large inheritance from your boomer parents, even if they are rich. Less than half of the millionaire boomers say that leaving money for their kids is a priority for them, according to a 2011 U.S. Trust study. But 64% of boomers say they [...]
The Holidays are slowly creeping up on us and that means many things. The first is that Christmas shopping will soon take over our lives and second, that travel sites will soon top our search history online. To help save you some money this holiday season, here is a list of travel applications available both [...]
Holidays tend to leave people strapped for cash. There is some ways that you can prevent this from happening to you. Take the necessary steps to ensure that you have some money in your pocket so you don’t have to live paycheck to paycheck. Everything from holiday parties, to the numerous gifts for friends and [...]
