Michele Lerner

Michele Lerner is an award-winning freelance journalist and author based in Washington, D.C. who has been writing about real estate and personal finance for more than two decades. She writes for consumers, Realtors® and investors. Her work appears regularly in The Washington Post, New Home Source, Bankrate, Fox Business, MSN, Yahoo, The Motley Fool, REIT magazine, Realtor.com, HSH.com and numerous Realtor® association publications. She is the author of 'New Home 101: Your Guide to Buying and Building a New Home' and 'HOMEBUYING: Tough Times, First Time, Any Time.'


Michele's Articles

Solar Roof Tiles from Tesla

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Tesla Solar Roof Tiles

Solar Roof Tiles from Tesla Could Make Your Roof the Star of the Neighborhood Laughter rang out last year when Tesla CEO Elon Musk introduced Tesla Solar Tiles at the press conference by saying, "You’ll want to call your neighbors over and say ‘check out the sweet roof.’ It’s not a phrase you hear often.".....

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Kitchen Organization Tips

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Kitchen Organization

Whether you are building a new custom home, planning a major kitchen renovation or simply hope to make your cooking space more efficient, there are hundreds of options to maximize your storage. If a new kitchen is in your future, you may be more excited by the thought of shiny new appliances and gleaming counters,.....

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Fill Your Home With Art & Music

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Husband and Wife Prepping for Dinner

Technology fused with creativity has brought previously mundane household items to a new art form. Gas fireplaces, for example, can be accessorized with crystals and lights that can be programmed and operated with an app to turn an ordinary flame into a colorful light show. Speakers to broadcast music morphed from clunky brown boxes to.....

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Top bathroom trends for 2017

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Bathroom Trends 2017

Whether your bathroom needs an update or you want to improve the look of your home to attract buyers, the National Kitchen & Bath Association’s (NKBA) www.nkba.org provides insights gleaned from an annual survey of the association’s members. The members, who are design professionals from around the country, tend to work with deep-pocketed customers. However,.....

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Should You Buy a New Home or an Existing Home?

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Buy or Build New

According to research by BDX, 48 percent of homebuyers prefer to purchase an existing home, 19 percent prefer a newly built house and 35 percent are open to either type of residence. While some homebuyers prefer resale houses because they appreciate the value of an established neighborhood or like the architectural style or history in.....

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Home Location vs Home Style

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Home Location vs Home Style

In an ideal world, every buyer would find the home that matches their dreams in the community that they love with the perfect neighbors on each side. Realistically, though, finding perfection on all counts rarely happens. Homebuyers need to take time to explore their options thoroughly and then determine what means the most to them:.....

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