Category: Selling a home
If you have a mortgage, but can’t stop dreaming of a brand new home, we’re here to help you navigate the selling process. Get tips and tools for a smoother sale.
What is a Seller’s Market in Real Estate?
Read more: What is a Seller’s Market in Real Estate?In real estate, a “seller’s market” occurs when the demand for housing exceeds the supply. This often results in multiple buyers competing for a single home. Cue the bidding wars… A seller’s market is obviously an ideal time to sell your home—especially if you have built up a lot of equity. But is it the…
How Selling a Home Works
Read more: How Selling a Home WorksTransitioning from first-time buyer to first-time seller? Check out the following roadmap for an overview of the process and tips to help you successfully sell your home! Make home improvements You don’t want to sink unnecessary money into your current home (better to save it for the next one!), but there are a few prudent…
Capturing Curb Appeal: 4 Real Estate Photography Tips
Read more: Capturing Curb Appeal: 4 Real Estate Photography TipsPhotos sell homes, and no photo is more important than the exterior shot that will be associated with your home’s MLS listing. Ideally, you or your real estate agent should hire a professional real estate photographer to do the job. But, if you’re listing your home independently or have a tight budget, here are some…
What to Update When Selling Your Home
Read more: What to Update When Selling Your HomeYou want to make your home more attractive to prospective buyers, but you don’t want to waste valuable time and money in the process. We don’t blame you! Determining which home renovations will bring you the greatest return on your investment can be tricky. Before you reach for the toolbox or call your contractor, you…
Home Staging Tips: How the 5 Senses Help You Sell
Read more: Home Staging Tips: How the 5 Senses Help You SellMost homebuyers know that sensation—the moment you walk into a house and just know it’s the home for you. What they may not know is the feeling of “home at first sight” sometimes needs a helping hand. Home staging is all about creating that emotional connection. To be successful at it, you have to appeal…
Choosing an Agent to Sell Your Home: 4 Tips
Read more: Choosing an Agent to Sell Your Home: 4 TipsYou’re ready to buy your dream home. But first, you have to part with your current home. Of course, you can choose to sell your home on your own. However, there are many advantages to enlisting the aid of a skilled real estate agent. How can you find the right listing agent for you? Following…
What Are House Hunters Looking for in 2016?
Read more: What Are House Hunters Looking for in 2016?From dedicated laundry rooms and outdoor living spaces to eat-in kitchens and walk-in pantries, here’s a look at the top structural items on homebuyers’ wish lists—plus a few more desirable features like exterior lighting, garage storage and hardwood floors. Check out our handy infographic and feel free to share it! If you like this post, don’t…
4 Things a Real Estate Agent Can Do for You (Other Than Show Homes!)
Read more: 4 Things a Real Estate Agent Can Do for You (Other Than Show Homes!)If asked to describe the role of a real estate agent, most people would probably say that it’s to help clients rent, buy and/or sell property. Although technically accurate, this description fails to convey the breadth of a typical agent’s responsibilities. From initial consultation to final transaction, real estate agents often perform countless tasks on…
Ways to Help Your Real Estate Agent Help You
Read more: Ways to Help Your Real Estate Agent Help YouYou’ve already taken the first step many people take when buying and/or selling a home: hiring a reputable real estate agent. Now it’s time to do your part to help ensure your real estate transaction(s) is as seamless as possible. Wondering what you can do to assist your chosen advisor? Following are some simple ways…
Prepping Your Home for a Real Estate Photographer
Read more: Prepping Your Home for a Real Estate PhotographerIf you’ve hired a professional real estate photographer, you’re well on your way to selling your home. But don’t send out your change of address cards just yet—there are still a few simple steps you can take to stage your home for its big photo shoot.
Strategies to Keep Your House Clean When Selling
Read more: Strategies to Keep Your House Clean When SellingMany potential homebuyers have a tough time seeing past dust and disarray. Can you blame them? But living in your home and keeping it buyer-ready at all times can be rather daunting. Before you schedule your first showing, it’s a good idea to: Declutter and depersonalize. It may be difficult for prospective buyers to envision themselves…
Selling Your Home: 3 Questions to Ask Your Agent
Read more: Selling Your Home: 3 Questions to Ask Your AgentBy the time you’ve chosen a real estate agent, you’ve hopefully asked them dozens of questions about their track record, their local knowledge, how they plan to market your home and—very importantly—how they plan to keep you in the loop throughout the upcoming sales process. Those questions all have to do with what your real…
