Category: Prep Your Home for Sale
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Why Staging Your Home Can Help It Sell Faster and for More
When it comes to selling your home, first impressions are everything. Home staging preparing and styling your home to appeal to potential buyers has become a key strategy in the real estate world. If you’re on the fence about whether or not to stage your home before putting it on the market, here are several…
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The Perks of Selling Your House When Inventory Is Low
Selling your house when inventory is low can offer several perks for homeowners. Here are some of the advantages: Increased demandWith fewer homes available on the market, there is typically increased competition among buyers. This can lead to multiple offers, bidding wars, and potentially higher sale prices for sellers. Faster sales processWhen inventory is low,…
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7 Ways to Compete in a Sellers Market
Buying a home is a team sport, especially when buyers face the affordability challenges they face now. Volatile interest rates and tough competition for a limited supply of homes pose unique issues for home shoppers. If you have been writing offer after offer even competitive offers over the asking price and still not getting anywhere,…
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10 Fatal Mistakes That Will Kill the Sale of Your Home
While it might seem a little dramatic to call a seller’s mistakes fatal, especially over something as innocuous as selling your home, selling a home is serious business. Not approaching it as such is a surefire way for your home to remain on the market. Selling your home does not have to be an emotional…
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Why Your House Didn’t Sell
If your listing expired and your house didn’t sell, you’re likely feeling a little frustrated. Not to mention, you are also probably wondering what went wrong. Here are three questions to think about as you figure out what to do next. Did You Limit Access to Your House?One of the biggest mistakes you can make…
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7 Benefits of Pressure Washing Your House
Pressure washing is a great way to clean the exterior of your home without having to scrub down every nook and cranny. You might be surprised by what parts of your home you can pressure wash—siding, concrete, outdoor furniture and cushions are all good candidates. And though having a squeaky-clean home is certainly a perk,…
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What to Know as a Home Seller
The first thing you should know as a prospective home seller is, it’s still a great market! That’s right, for over 2 years now, sellers have been uniquely positioned to get the best possible value for the sale of their homes. We even saw sellers receive offers well above the asking price on occasion. It’s…
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Five Ways to Build Home Equity
Whether you currently own a home or are thinking of purchasing one, you may be looking for ways to build equity. Home equity is the overall difference between the amount you owe on your mortgage loan and your home’s market value. Home equity can be used to take out a loan, invest, build long-term wealth,…
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