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5 Tips for Preparing for an Early-in-the-Year Sale There are numerous reasons why you might need to sell early in the year. Perhaps you even need to sell this month! Whatever your reasons, preparation is key. Make the right moves now and your sale is likely to go smoothly and successfully. Follow these tips: 1. Make a list of what needs to be […]
Real Estate Blog How to Light your Home for an Evening Viewing When you’re selling your home, you may find buyers who want to see it later in the evening, when it’s dark outside. In that circumstance, effective home lighting becomes more important. The best place to start is with exterior lighting. If you have soft ground lamps on the walkway, make sure those are turned on. […]
Finding and Buying a Great Home in a Hurry Imagine if, for whatever reason, you suddenly needed to find and buy a new home in a hurry. What if you had just a few weeks? If you’re like most people, your first instinct might be to panic. Well, there’s nothing wrong with having some apprehension about having to find a new home quickly. But, […]
“Non-Market” Reasons Why it Might Be the Ideal Time to Sell When considering whether or not to sell their home, many people think about market conditions. They consider whether it’s a buyer’s or seller’s market. They look at trends. They try to time the sale to get the best price for their property. While market conditions certainly can play a role in deciding whether you should […]
How to Determine the Best Features of your Home What is it about your property that stands out? What will buyers like most about it? What are your home’s most enticing features? Answering those questions will help you determine which features to emphasize when selling your home. After all, you want buyers to notice and appreciate your property’s best characteristics. But here’s the challenge… […]
Easy Ways to Keep your Home “Show Ready” when Selling After your home has been cleaned from top to bottom, it’s natural to want it to stay that way. Don’t you wish you could just wave a magic wand and the place would clean itself? Unfortunately, even Harry Potter can’t manage that! However, when you’re preparing your property for sale, you really do need to […]
Pulling Together the Records you Need when Selling Imagine you’re viewing a home for sale. You venture to the basement, check out the furnace room, and notice the water heater. Is it owned or rented? As a potential buyer, you’d want to know. Now imagine a property you’re viewing has a brand-new gas fireplace. Nice! Is it under warranty? Is that warranty transferrable […]
The Role of Energy-Efficient Features when Selling your Home When you’re selling your home, you want to promote those features that will be of the highest interest to prospective buyers. After all, the more reasons a buyer has to love your property, the more likely they are to make a great offer. Increasingly, one category of features that buyers are looking for is energy […]
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Will You Need to Lower your Price to Sell your Home Quickly? If you want to sell an item quickly—say, a couch—you can post it online, stick a super-low price tag on it and, chances are, it will be gone by the end of the day. So it’s understandable that some people think the same thing applies when selling a home. Indeed, if you need to sell […]
Real Estate Blog How Important are Good Listing Photos? There are two trends impacting real estate photography that are important to keep in mind if you are thinking of selling this year. First, more than ever before, buyers are relying on pictures and virtual 3D tours to decide whether or not to schedule a viewing. They expect to be able to go online and […]
Should You Worry about Competing Listings? Imagine you’ve been waiting for the right moment to sell your home and you’re finally ready to pull the trigger and list it. But, just as you’re about to put up the sign, you notice that a few other FOR SALE signs have unexpectedly popped up in the neighbourhood. Oh no! Now there are competing […]
Real Estate Blog The Role of Carrying Costs when Buying a New Home When searching for a new home, many buyers will focus only on the list price and what they may need to offer to get the property. For example, a buyer might think, “We can get this house for $XX. That’s within our price range!” Of course, the selling price plays the pivotal role in whether […]
Real Estate Blog How to Make your Home Sale “Smooth Sailing” When you plan to take a journey somewhere, you hope it will be smooth sailing all the way. That simply means the trip will be relatively trouble-free, and without stress or hassles. Well, selling your property is like a journey. So, how do you ensure that adventure will be “smooth sailing” for you? While no […]