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Step 5 to Selling Your Home: Repair Time
Step 5 to Selling Your Home: Repair Time If you did pre-market inspections, we should already have a list of major items that need to be fixed. If not and your dishwasher hasn’t been working for years or your AC unit has been making an unusually loud noise, we need to know so we can have those...
Step 4 To Selling Your Home: Conduct a Pre-Market Inspection
We are big believers in pre-market inspections, especially for single family homes. This means you pay an inspector to inspect your home before it goes on the market. This allows us to fix any items that would come up in a buyers inspection report before the home goes on the...
Step 3 to Selling Your Home: Time to Declutter and Stage Your Home!
Step 3 to Selling Your Home: Time to Declutter and Stage Your Home! Once all of the paperwork is complete, we’ll walk through your home room by room with you to create a comprehensive list of items that need to be decluttered, furniture that needs to be moved or put in storage, and together we’ll...
Step 2 to Selling Your Home: You’ve Hired a Realtor. Now What?
Step 2 to Selling Your Home: You've Hired a Realtor. Now What? You’ve picked a Realtor (Us!). Yeah! Now what? Now we need to get your home ready for the market. This involves: More paperwork. Selling your home involves a lot of paperwork. We will be emailing you all the disclosures...
Step 1 To Selling Your Home: Find a Realtor
Step 1: Find a Realtor Many home owners start the selling process by looking at sites such as Realtor.com, Zillow, Redfin or Trulia to see what similar properties have recently sold for in their neighborhood in an effort to determine the current value of their home. That’s fine and...
VIDEO: Mortgage trick to payoff your mortgage early and save money
Have you ever wondered how to pay off your mortgage early without breaking the bank? Watch this quick video by Stephen Griffin, with Guaranteed Rate, to find out how to pay off your mortgage 5 to 6 years earlier & save thousands on loan interest....
2023 Design Trends
Staying current in your Home design, landscaping, paint colors, etc. is going to not only improve the appreciation you have for your home, but it will also increase the value of your home. For 2023 there are several "in" paint colors, what's trending in furniture design & decor, landscaping,...
Step 23 to Buying a Home: Securing Your New Home
Home Ownership is wonderful and protecting your new investment / asset is of the upmost importance. So, consider securing your new home by installing some security measures: Things We Think Are Must Have Security Measures (we really want you to do these. pretty please) Rekey all of your door...
Step 22 to Buying a Home: Do You Want a Home Warranty?
A home warranty is not the same thing as homeowners insurance, nor is it a replacement for homeowners insurance. Homeowners insurance covers major perils such as fires, hail, property crimes, and certain types of water damage that could affect the entire structure and/or the homeowner’s personal...
NATIONAL REAL ESTATE ARTICLES
The Great Wealth Transfer: A New Era of Opportunity
In recent years, there’s been a significant shift in how wealth is distributed among generations. It’s called the Great Wealth Transfer.Historically, the transfer of wealth from one generation to the next was a more gradual process, often limited to smaller amounts of inheritance or family...
Is Affordability Starting To Improve?
Over the past couple of years, a lot of people have had a hard time buying a home. And while affordability is still tight, there are signs it's getting a little better and might keep improving throughout the rest of the year. Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist at the National Association of Realtors...
Are There More Homes for Sale Where You Live?
One of the biggest bright spots in today’s housing market is how much the supply of homes for sale has grown since the beginning of this year. Recent data from Realtor.com shows that nationally, there are 36.6% more homes actively for sale now compared to the same time last year. That’s a...
Home Inspections For Sellers: How To Prepare
Some HighlightsIf you’re thinking about selling your house, it’s important to know what the home inspection is and what inspectors look for.As supply grows and buyers regain negotiation power, you may find you want to do some select repairs with a good return on investment before listing to get...
Where Will You Go After You Sell?
If you’re planning to sell your house and move, you probably know there’s been a shortage of options available. But here’s the good news: the supply of homes for sale has grown in a lot of markets this year – and that’s not just existing, or previously-owned, homes. It’s true for newly built homes...
Mortgage Rates Down a Full Percent from Recent High
Mortgage rates have been one of the hottest topics in the housing market lately because of their impact on affordability. And if you’re someone who’s looking to make a move, you’ve probably been waiting eagerly for rates to come down for that very reason. Well, if the past few weeks are any...
Helpful Negotiation Tactics for Today’s Housing Market
If you haven’t already heard, homebuyers are regaining some negotiating power in today’s market. And while that doesn’t make this a buyer’s market, it does mean buyers may be able to ask for a little more. So, sellers need to be ready for that possibility and know what they’re willing to...
What Every Homeowner Should Know About Their Equity
Curious about selling your home? Understanding how much equity you have is the first step to unlocking what you can afford when you move. And since home prices rose so much over the past few years, most people have much more equity than they may realize.Here’s a deeper look at what you need to...
3 Reasons Why We’re Not Headed for a Housing Crash
Some HighlightsBack in 2008, there was an oversupply of homes for sale. Today, there’s an undersupply. The three main sources of inventory show this isn’t like the last time.Existing homes, new homes, and foreclosures are all way below the levels we saw during the housing crash.Inventory data...
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