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Nine Ways to Make Your Home More Appealing to Buyers
June 5, 2024
When you're ready to sell your house, it pays to assess your home and make improvements before the for-sale sign goes in the yard. By doing so, you'll help buyers see the beauty of your home -- and that helps put the sold sign up faster. Especially in today's tough market for home sellers, attention to details and a willingness to go the extra ...
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10 tips on staging your home to sell
June 4, 2024
It doesn't take long for a prospective buyer to form an opinion about your house. Here's how you can tilt the odds in your favor by making your home appeal to the widest clientele possible.
You don't have much time.
Prospective home buyers form an opinion about the home you're selling in 15 seconds, by one estimate. And the clock starts ...
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Dealing with an eyesore next door
June 1, 2024
In a buyer's market, curb appeal -- yours and the neighborhood's -- becomes even more important.
Fresh paint, a new front door and colorful landscaping often are sure-fire ways to tease potential buyers over the threshold of a home for sale. But in some cases, no matter how perfect your pansies, nothing can draw their gaze past the ...
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Last Gasp For Housing - Sales growth slows as pent-up demand peaks
May 31, 2024
The spring homebuying season has reached a fever pitch with a record number of "for sale" signs being placed on Canadian lawns for the month of March.
But there are indications the market has reached the peak with nowhere to go but down.
The Canadian Real Estate Association said yesterday that 97,663 properties were put on the market last ...
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Buyer’s Info
May 28, 2024
A home is probably the biggest financial investment you’ll make in your life. Before you get started, do some homework. This handy Buyer’s Guide will show you some things to keep in mind as you’re hunting for that home of your dreams.
1. Determine How Much You Can Afford
How much house you can afford is largely dependent on how large a ...
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Receive an offer.
May 26, 2024
All of your hard work has paid off, but you won’t know exactly how much it’s paid off until you see the offer.
This is an exciting, often emotional time, so be prepared.
Your REALTOR® will walk you through the process.
You’ll see every offer. It’s required that your REALTOR® show you every offer that’s submitted. They’ll call for an ...
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Go it alone, or with a Realtor
May 19, 2024
The fact is, most people who try to sell their own home end up using a REALTOR® in the end anyway.
Before anybody decides to fly solo through this complex, time consuming and financially perilous process, they should consider these questions.
Will you really “save” the real estate commission?
When buyers see a home for sale ‘by the owner’, ...
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Home Sellers Need Inspections, Too
May 18, 2024
A visit from the home inspector can be nerve-wracking for a seller, especially in a market like this -- when the potential buyer isn't afraid to demand that a long list of problems be addressed before the sale is finalized.
No matter how much you do to prepare the home, brace yourself. "The first thing for people to realize when selling their ...
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Six signs it's time to buy a house
May 17, 2024
If you've been considering buying a house but you're still unsure, consider some of the personal and economic conditions that favor home purchases. If you find that a number of these signs ring true for you, it might be time to contact a real estate agent and start shopping.
1. You're Ready to Commit
First and foremost, if you're not ready ...
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Pricing Your Home
May 14, 2024
Pricing your home is a serious consideration that requires research and prudent thought.
Price too high and your home may languish on the market. Price too low and you may short-change yourself in a recovering real estate market.
Speak candidly with your Olivex broker, who has a deep understanding of market conditions and the factors driving ...
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