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Gather the family for a fun filled day and take a trip to your local pumpkin patch. Not only will everyone will pick out their own pumpkin to carve at home, but you will also be able to capture some great shots of the kids in the beautiful field of pumpkins.
Bring out the families favorite horror movies and gather around the TV. Everyone can hang out in their coziest lounge wear and snuggle up in piles of blankets & pillows. Prepare some yummy snacks for the evening and enjoy the comfort of spending some family time at home.
If you and your family enjoy a good scare and an adrenaline rush, head to a haunted house attraction. Be prepared for screams and jumps, and don’t forget to get some pictures and videos for good laughs afterwards.
If the colder weather really gets your sweet tooth going, its time to get the aprons out and bake some halloween goods. Anything from cookies, brownies, cakes and more can be festively decorated. Click here for some neat ideas to get you inspired.
If your family enjoys crafting, why not DIY everyones costume this year? Not only will it allow everyone to let their creativity out but it will probably save you a few bucks. Click here for ideas to get you started.
Mount Olympus was the home of the gods in Greek mythology, but you don’t have to climb any superhuman or financial summit to become the god and goddess of own new Lennar home—you just have to get past the intimidating myths that keep you from it.
If anything, right now is the time to buy—as in, stop reading immediately and go see one of Lennar’s new homes for sale in Dallas, TX, especially with mortgage rates below 4 percent. In fact, during the week ending Aug. 22, 30-year fixed-rate mortgages fell to 3.55 percent.
But wait, you say, what about all those myths that have prevented me from obtaining the godlike powers of homeownership? Lennar’s Dragonglass-in-Dallas dagger kills these pesky homebuying myths once and for all:
No, you don’t need to have a 20-percent cash down payment as a first-time homebuyer. KeepingMattersCurrent.com says the average now is only 6 percent, while USA Today reports that veterans can put down 5 percent, with an FHA mortgage as low as 3 percent.
Let’s do some quick figuring. Lennar boasts 11 communities coming soon, including Woodcreek in Fate, Elements at Veridian, a new active-adult community in Arlington, and Trinity Crossing in Forney, where new homes start at $149,990. For qualified homebuyers, if your down payment is 6 percent, that means your new home in ideal Forney, would need … wait for it … only about $9,000.
What’s more, you get your new Lennar home with Everything’s Included®, the homebuilding signature that provides features other builders pass on as costly add-ons.
No, you don’t have to have a perfect credit score. The average score has been falling. Most lenders, according to USA Today and KeepingCurrentMatters.com, don’t require scores higher than 700, with the FHA looking for only about 580. Even better, you don’t have to have all your student loans paid off, either.
Don’t buy into the now-is-a-bad-time myth. Aside from interest rates being so low, the Dallas market is still awesome. While home prices have inched up nearly 3 percent in the last year, Dallas News says they’re still at their lowest levels in seven years. With so many new homes for sale in Dallas, TX, and such a huge variety of them throughout the Metroplex, Lennar’s the leading myth-buster in north Texas.
To learn more, contact Lennar’s Dallas-Fort Worth Internet New Home team at 866-314-4477 and visit our
The Connected Home by Lennar not only connects you to the most desirable technology brand devices but can add more convenience to your daily life. Hands-free and voice-active, Amazon’s Alexa lets you play music and send messages, plus can help you achieve a more productive morning. Learn more in this NBC News article by Nicole Spector.
It’s been four years since Amazon launched Alexa, and in that time the cloud-based voice service integrated into the Amazon Echo, among other devices, has become a staple in many homes, with more than 100 million devices sold as of January, according to The Verge.
Most of us who use Alexa know our way around the basics — like for requesting a song to be played or searching the Internet, but there’s a lot more that Alexa can do — or so I hear. I’m new to Alexa and honestly, I don’t really know how to make the most of this so-called virtual personal assistant, and the amount of information online is seemingly endless — and just a bit overwhelming.
What are some simple, practical ways that Alexa can be put to work to make life at home easier for the whole family? We consulted an Amazon spokesperson as well as a number of Alexa users to compile tips to get the most out of this techy sidekick.
“One of the reasons I love waking up with an Alexa alarm is that I no longer have to rely on my phone as my alarm, so I can leave it to charge in the kitchen and get some much-needed no-phone time late at night and first thing when I wake up,” says Katherine Prescott, founder and editor of VoiceBrew, a digital media company focused on the voice space — specifically tips on optimal Alexa usage. “You can set as many alarms as you want (I set one at 6:15 a.m. and another for 15 minutes later so I know it’s actually time to get up), set a music alarm to wake up to your favorite tunes and even snooze by saying ‘Alexa, snooze.’”
Learn about how to use Alarms with Alexa here.
