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March 21, 2022

How home improvement funds upgrade your new house to a home

  • Here's why home improvement savings are a homebuyer must-have and how to build yours.
    • By ANNIE MILLERBERND
    NerdWallet

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    Once you own the home, you also own its peeling wallpaper, aging water heater and the carpet on which past owners’ pets have traipsed.

    If you're preparing to buy a home, you've probably been saving up for the down payment and other closing costs. But if that nest egg can only get you through the front door, it may not be enough.


     
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