Our listing clients often ask us which home improvements provide the most bang for the buck when it comes time to sell. We always remind them that the market value of a home – what it will sell for to a willing buyer – is in large part determined by the sales prices of similar […]

One of the most devastating problems a homeowner and the buyer attempting to purchase the home may run up against is a low appraisal. Luckily, there are several ways of dealing with the situation. Challenge the Appraisal Appraisers sometimes make errors. When confronted with a low appraisal it’s important to ensure that the appraiser had […]

Knowledge is power. The reason you have decided to put your home on the market is knowledge that can prove quite valuable to a potential buyer. Whether it is a divorce, death, debt or other reason you need to sell, it is a private matter and the buyer’s knowledge of it will reduce your power […]

 For the first-time home seller, staging a home that is for sale may seem like an unnecessary expense. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth. A National Association of Realtors study revealed that professionally staged homes sell quicker and for more money. If a professional decorator isn’t in your budget, take heart: some […]

Call us the masters of understatement, if you like, but deep cleaning isn’t fun. It’s time consuming and it’s hard work, but if you intend on getting maximum dollars for your house, it must be done. If you simply don’t have the time or energy to clean your house, hire someone to do it for […]

In part two of this series we looked at how to ensure that the interior of your home is pleasing to the senses. This presents a strong first impression and will help keep the buyer in the mood to view the rest of the home. In part three we’ll discuss decluttering the home and why […]

In part one of this series you learned the importance of curb appeal and what to look for when evaluating the exterior of the home. If you followed our advice, you’ve lured the buyers out of the car and into the house, Congratulations! Is what they’ll see compelling enough to make them want to venture forth […]

Before you envision us sticking the for-sale sign in the lawn, you need to prepare the house for the all the buyers that will be viewing it. This is a crucial step in the selling process that deserves all the time and effort it requires. Clean, de-cluttered and staged homes sell faster and for more […]

For experienced real estate professionals, determining an accurate list price for a home is all in a day’s work. We can remember, however, when we were consumers like you and how confusing so many aspects of real estate are. Home value is one of those aspects. A home’s market value is the amount of money […]

The media loves to make predictions about the housing market. At the first sign of bulging inventories or falling prices, they’ll happily holler that we’re in a buyer’s market. Unfortunately, journalists are usually late to the party, heralding a particular market when we’ve been knee-deep in it for months. So, just what is a buyer’s […]