Front Porch Report
Buying, selling & moving — plainly explained
Front Porch Report
Front Porch Report covers the parts of buying, selling, financing, and moving into a home that don't usually get explained in plain language: what a quarter-point rate move actually costs, what a listing agent's commission really covers, what movers charge once you get past the teaser quote, and the odd piece of house history along the way.
We started the site after watching friends and family make expensive decisions, locking a rate, picking an agent, booking a mover, based on whichever number they saw first, without a clear sense of what the alternatives would have cost. Our goal is for a reader to leave each guide able to ask a sharper question of whoever they're about to hire or borrow from.
Dana Whitfield covers mortgages and rates. Before writing, Dana spent six years as a loan officer, which is mostly why the math in our rate pieces is shown in full rather than summarized.
Marcus Ibe covers agents, listings, and the selling side of a transaction, drawing on a decade split between brokerage marketing and real estate journalism.
Priya Anand covers moving and relocation logistics, with a particular interest in how pricing actually works once you get past the advertised hourly rate.
Tom Delacroix writes about the house itself: construction history, architecture, and what it's actually like to live somewhere new.
Front Porch Report is supported by advertising and by referral partnerships with lenders, agent-matching services, and moving companies linked throughout our guides. Those relationships don't determine what we write; our editorial judgments about rates, fees, and timelines are based on publicly available data and reporting, not on which partner pays the most. Partner links are typically marked with a call-to-action button rather than hidden inside body text.
Rates, fees, and typical costs shift over time, and we aim to keep our guides current. If you spot something that's out of date or inaccurate, reach out and we'll take a look.