Home Exchange Programs - New Section of Website

If you've seen the recent film with Kate Winslet and Jack Black called "The Holiday," then you're probably familiar with the concept of a home exchange for vacation purposes. The entire story in that film was about around the exchanging of homes between key characters.

Because of such coverage, home exchange programs are becoming increasing popular. Here's how they work. Basically, it's a way for two people to swap homes (and sometimes cars as well) for a short period of time for the purposes of vacation.

The participants will use a home exchange website to make it all happen. For example, I live in Austin, Texas. So if I wanted to take a vacation to Italy, I would log into my home swapping / exchange website to try and find somebody in Italy looking for a vacation in Texas.

If I didn't come up with any active postings, I could post my own "seeking a home exchange with Texas" notification in the proper section of the website. Then, if somebody on the other end (in Italy) were browsing the website, they could find my post ... and perhaps be interested in swapping homes with me for a vacation period.

Home Exchanging 101

We are pleased to announce that we have created a new section of the Home Buying Institute website and are currently filling it up with advice and articles on home exchange programs. You can also sign up for an exchange service (website) through the new section we have built.

Check out the new section here:
Home Exchange Programs 101