Selecting a Realtor®: 9 Questions
The value proposition for Realtors®has changed dramatically over recent years: from providing (and controlling) market information, to representation, advocacy, and risk-mitigation. Choosing the right broker can help keep your transaction as "stress-free" as possible.
Setting the Stage
for Showings!
Sellers may already have made repairs, repainted, and cleaned the carpets. But they don't always realize the power of small details.
"If we just wait long enough, the right buyer will come along . . ."
Does time on market correllate with how much you eventually sell for? Yes, but not the way you think. Check out these findings from the 2009 NAR Profile of Homebuyers and Sellers . . .
"Honey, Stop the Car!" The Importance of Curb Appeal
This is one of the most important aspects in Staging and Selling a home. You must draw that person out of the car, onto the sidewalk and up to the front door. Color, landscaping, walkway, driveway, neighbors . . .
"HomeStaging" Cheat Sheet
Faced with a massive glut of unsold homes, many would-be sellers are struggling to make their properties stand out in today's downtrodden real estate market. But while the economic head winds are beyond property owners' control, author Barb Schwarz says they can dramatically improve their chances of making a sale by devoting attention to an often-overlooked corner of real estate marketing: home staging.
5 Things to do Before Putting Your Home on the Market
Sellers may already have made repairs, repainted, and cleaned the carpets. But they don't always realize the power of small details.
Home Safety
If you're locked out of your home, you can still get in through an unlocked window in the back, or using an extra
key hidden under a flowerpot or up on a ledge, right? Not so fast . . .
Carbon Monoxide Detectors now Required for Denver Home Sales
Styled, staged & sold, (www.realtor.org).
Vacant home staging basics, (ActiveRain).
House-selling secrets of a home stager, (This Old House).
8 tips for low-cost staging, (REALTOR® Magazine Daily Real Estate News).
Moving hard-to-sell homes with staging, (Realty Times).
Putting zeal in your curb appeal, (Realty Times).
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