Selling a Home

Preparing to sell? Guess which update yields a 147% return!

If you are preparing to sell, you may wonder if updates are really worth it given the current shortage of homes for sale. That’s a good question. According to Freddie...
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Water can cause hidden issues that impact the integrity of your home

Selling your home can be complicated. Just about everything affects the value of your home. One thing that can affect your home’s value is water damage and all of the...
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Weekly real estate market update 4/1/22… the best week to list your house

New listings picked up again this week while coming soon listings slowed down and pending sales stayed on its steady upward course. Showings continue to be steadily increasing, on trajectory...
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Buyers did what?! …desperate buyers going to desperate extremes

With the supply of homes for sale at all-time lows, it has become standard to submit offers well above asking price, guarantee a potential appraisal gap and waive inspection. Strong...
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Weekly real estate update 3/11/22… multiple offers are the new normal

Coming soon listings dropped about the time of the snow storm in February, and last week’s big snow dump didn’t help… coming soon listings have been flat the last three...
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Walk-Through Consultations… yes, we’re still doing them

With today’s ridiculously competitive real estate market, many home buyers are forgoing their rights to a home inspection in order to make their purchase offer more attractive. Of course, we...
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Weekly real estate market update 2/11/22… getting your home ready to sell in 2022

Showings rose above the last two years in response to a healthy injection of new and coming soon listings. It took me three times rearranging showings for a tour yesterday...
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Home Staging Tip – Go Back to the Original

When I go into a home to do a home staging consultation there are many things that I am looking at and addressing. My focus is to see your home...
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