Get a Property Inspection Before You List
Many real estate agents and home sellers focus on staging, cleaning, and painting a property so it will ‘shine’ for potential buyers. They spend a good deal of time looking at comps…
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Should You Consider Listing Your Home During the Holidays?
As the holidays approach, I’m always asked the same questions: Should we keep our property on the real estate market or take it off? Do we list now, wait until after the…
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3 Reasons to Live in a New Home Before Renovating
Especially during a time of flat or declining home values, I’m a huge believer in making smart improvements to a property. Not only can you customize the home to your requirements, you…
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How is Square Footage Measured? You’ll Be Surprised
An inch is an inch is an inch. Or, so you’d think. But when it comes to measuring the square footage of a property, it’s not quite that simple. I doubt there…
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Why You Should Never Buy the First Home You See
Often I’ll receive a call from a prospective client who was just at an open house. During our conversation, I’ll discover that they’ve fallen in love with the property, and it’s the first open…
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You Bought a Home and the Basement Flooded. Now What?
Well-informed buyers may spend six months looking at properties, learning the neighborhoods, and gaining deep market knowledge. Once they identify a winner, they may spend weeks getting to know more about the…
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How to Address a Leaky Window After Escrow Closes
Got this question from a friend on East Coast this week. Q: We bought our house months ago – now one of the bedroom windows leaked in the past rain storm– seller…
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Chart Showing Average Mortgage Rates Over Past 30 Years
I always like to look at this chart. It shows yearly averages of conforming loan rates for a 30 year fixed loan. For those of us who weren't around to enjoy a 16% interest…
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Buyer’s Guide to Understanding Today’s Seller
Is the person selling the home you want a Music Facer, a Dream Chaser, or a Long-Distance Racer? As with any high-stakes negotiation, it helps to know the type of seller with…
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What to Do if Your Home Doesn’t Sell
Your house has been on the real estate market for months. You haven’t had any offers, or the offers you received were absurdly low. Now what? A lot depends on the property…
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