Every real estate agent, good or bad, will agree on one thing: curb appeal gets more potential buyers to your home and increases sale prices. First impressions go a long way and excellent curb appeal suggests a home has been cared for. Upping the curb appeal of your home doesn’t require a lot of money. … Continued
Maybe you’ve been in your home for several years now, and it’s, well, just looking a little tired. So now you want to make it look newer and fresher and maybe increase its value at the same time. But you don’t have the cash for a major remodel or thoroughgoing renovations. You can, though, do … Continued
Staging a home for sale can cost thousands of dollars, usually up front and without any guarantee of effectiveness. Quality home staging is said to yield a nearly 300% return on investment. If you don’t have the cash up front but still want to stage your house, there are inexpensive ways to it. Here are … Continued
Buyers have different needs and desires when buying a home. Watch any real estate show on television and it is easy to see that what buyers are willing to concede on varies widely. Because you can’t read the minds of the perfect buyer, making a home widely appealing helps attract the right buyers. Here are … Continued
You probably know that you should stage your home even before you list. But are you really aware of how much good it can do you? Staging can, in fact, increase the sale price by as much as 7%, and staged homes sell, on average, 100 days faster than homes that aren’t staged. Those are … Continued
You know that when you’re ready to sell your house, there’s a lot to do before listing. The problem is, though, that all those pre-listing tasks can just go on and on. So you have to know what to take care of and what to leave alone. It all begins with understanding your own motivations … Continued
If anyone tells you that selling a home is simple or easy, they just aren’t telling you the truth (or not all of it anyway). However it turns out, it’s not something you could ever call fun. But whenever you undertake a difficult task, knowing what to expect beforehand helps immensely. So here are 4 … Continued
The work of selling your house in Middletown actually begins long before listing it. In fact, what you do get your house ready for listing just may be the most critical part of the whole process. Presentation is everything, and all those pre-listing tasks are designed to present your to best advantage so that it … Continued
Even just a move across town can be stressful and overwhelming, even traumatic, and it only gets worse when you have to move a long distance. While moving to a new home can be exciting because it means starting a new chapter in your life, there’s not much most of us dread more than the … Continued
When it comes time to move, most of us have to budget carefully. But we can’t work up any kind of budget till we get a handle on the moving costs. There are, of course, a ton of smaller items involved in a move that will add to the cost, things such as boxes, tape, … Continued