Making a big decision is never easy, especially when you’re aware it will affect your entire life. How should you know if it’s the right time for you to sell your property, the place where you most likely spent many years and is filled with memories? This is always a serious step and it’s best to have someone you can trust guiding you throughout the process. Our team of professionals is eager to support you during your journey – from the beginning to closing the deal. Here’s a short guide we’ve prepared to help you decide if you’re ready for the big step.
What Your Agent Should Do For You?
Just like in any other profession, there are good real estate agents … and there are, unfortunately, subpar real estate agents, too. But how do you know if you’ve got a dreamboat or a dud handling your real estate transaction?…
Deep-Cleaning Tips For Homeowners
If you’ve never owned a house before, then it’s entirely possible that you’ve never deep-cleaned a house. (Hey, no shame in that game.) But when the house is yours, the desire to see it as clean and sparkling as it…
How To Maximize A Small Living Space?
Between micro-apartments, tiny homes, and even #vanlife, the real estate industry is taking the saying “less is more” to previously unknown levels. And while we can all get behind the idea of streamlining your life and shedding possessions that no…
Is It The Right Time To Sell Your Home?
Is now the best time to sell your home? That’s an intensely personal question that depends on a number of factors — many of them beyond your control. In 2006, some sellers might have been wondering if they should have…
Home Seller’s Step-By-Step Guide To Preparing For Showings
When you’re selling your house, it can be tempting to hope that buyers will see past the surface to the beautiful bone structure of your abode and realize what a lovely life they could make in it. But the truth…
How To Market A Luxury Home
When you’re selling a luxury property, the usual rules about how to market a home tend to go out the window. For starters, not all sellers want the universe to know that their home is going on the market, so…
Open House Prep Guide: Get Ready In 5 Steps
An open house can be an ideal way to introduce a bulk of buyers to the property you’re hoping to sell them, and done right, an open house can sometimes generate multiple offers. The key, though, is “done right” —…
4 Tips For Assessing Your Home’s Value
As a homeowner, it’s perfectly natural to wonder how much your house is currently worth (and, not so incidentally, how much money you might make today if you were to sell it). Even though the internet has brought information about…
What Factors Can Keep Your House From Selling?
Selling your house can be an intensely emotional experience in any market, but it’s particularly nerve-wracking when it seems like other homes are going under contract in a matter of days while your listing lingers. In that situation, sellers can’t…
Selling Your Home – Selling at a Loss
Can a home seller sell a home for less than its mortgage? Yes, in some cases you can sell your home for less than what you still owe on the mortgage, but this is complicated and depends on the lender….
Selling Your Home – Short Sales
When does foreclosure begin? Lenders will initiate foreclosure proceedings when borrowers become delinquent in their mortgage obligations, usually after three payments are missed. The lender will then notify the borrower in writing that he or she is in default. The…
Selling Your Home – Seller Financing
What is seller financing? Seller financing is when a seller helps to finance a real estate transaction by taking back a second note, or even financing the entire purchase if the seller owns the home free and clear. Usually, sellers…
Selling Your Home – Property Taxes
Where can I learn more about appealing my property taxes? Contact your local tax assessor’s office to see what procedures to follow to appeal your property tax assessment. You may be able to appeal your assessment informally. Most likely, however,…
Selling Your Home – Pricing the House to Sell
What is the difference between list and sales prices? The list price is how much a house is advertised for and is usually only an estimate of what a seller would like to get for the property. The sales price…
Selling Your Home – Negotiating
Is there a secret to good negotiating? There are several cardinal rules to negotiating effectively. One is do your homework, and learn as much about the seller or the buyer as you can. Another is to play your cards close…
Selling Your Home – Disclosure
Whose obligation is it to disclose pertinent information about a property? In most states, it is the seller, but obligations to disclose information about a property vary. Under the strictest laws, you and your agent, if you have one, are…
Selling Your Home – Common Q&A About Selling Your Home
Should I add on or buy a bigger home? Consider these questions before making a choice between adding on to an existing home or moving up in the market to a bigger house: Ultimately, the decision should be based on…
Selling Your Home – Appraisals & Market Value
What is the difference between market value and appraised value? The appraised value of a house is a certified appraiser’s opinion of the worth of a home at a given point in time. Lenders require appraisals as part of the…