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5 Low-Cost Kitchen Updates to Attract Home Buyers
It’s a tool used by house flippers all across the nation. Stagers know its power. Real estate agents push its importance. What is this not-so-well-kept secret of real estate? A kitchen can sell a house.
A kitchen is the heart of a home. This is true all across the globe. The old saying that the “stomach is the way to the heart” carries a lot of truth. Kitchens are where we spend much of our time and most of that is with our families.
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Tips for Selling a Home in the Winter
Traditionally, the time from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day can be some of the slowest time of the year for home buying due to the holidays and the often less-than-perfect weather. But that doesn’t mean sellers can’t sell during the winter months. In fact, with decreased inventories, sellers may have a better chance to standout and face a buyer pool with more urgency to settle down.
Experts offer some of the following tips for selling a home in the winter:
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What’s the Best Day to List a Home?
List a home on Friday and you’ll have a greater chance of success when selling it, according to Redfin, which analyzed 1.2 million listings in 16 markets over 21 months to determine the best day of the week for selling a home.
In every market analyzed, Redfin found that homes listed on Friday were 12 percent more likely to sell within 90 days. What’s more, the company found that homes listed on a Thursday or Friday sold …
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Open Houses vs. Virtual Tours
While open houses benefit real estate agents in terms of advertising, training new agents, and finding buyers for other properties, sellers reap fewer benefits. They have to tidy the house and leave it for the afternoon, and the likelihood of the home actually selling as a result of the open house is small.
Experts say agents should consider the security risks posed by an open house.
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Sellers – To Gain an Edge over Foreclosures, Do the Little Things
Home sellers today are competing with foreclosures and their low prices. So how can sellers set themselves apart? Go that extra step when banks won’t. It seems like a no brainer but …
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Sell Your House Faster in a Tough Market
(Money magazine) — It’s an extreme buyer’s market — and home values could fall another 5% by year-end. Here’s how to meet the challenge faster, cheaper and better.
Faster
Underprice the place by 10%. Doing so will be painful, no question. But with cheap foreclosures still flooding real estate markets around the country …
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Yes, You Can Still Sell Your Home
The home next door is in foreclosure. The neighbors down the street just put their house up for sale at a ridiculous discount. And “For Sale” signs litter lawns all over town.
Welcome to the toughest selling conditions in years.
The bright side of selling a home in a down market is …
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