No Overhaul Needed! When deciding to sell your home, there are many issues that should be considered. It is not just simply putting a sign in your front yard. There are many aspects to successfully selling a home, especially in today’s market. The appropriate approach will decide whether your home gets sold or remains stale […]
Category Archives: Selling Your Home
Does your Jacksonville NC Home Have Curb Appeal?
In the past, buyers would drive by your home with the For Sale sign in the yard, and it was the curb appeal from the road that potential buyers looked at and determine if your house was one they were interested in seeing. Now when a buyer is showing for a home along the Crystal […]
Fed Stimulus Can Help You Buy Or Sell A Home Right Now
Looking back to 2009 the Home Buyer Tax Credit was created to help the crippled housing industry to get back on its feet. Twenty-five billion dollars was spent as a short-term shot in the arm to jumpstart the housing market by helping hesitant home buyers to get off the fence. Just a couple of months […]
Speed Up The Sale Of Your Home
Selling your home will be a monumental undertaking that will require many weeks of mental and physical planning before you list. You can sell your home very quick by underpricing it, but if you want to speed up the sale of your home and get a good price, too, there are some preparations you can […]
Lower Rates, Price Stability Allows Buyers & Sellers To Take Advantage Of Fed Stimulus
There is something driving the red-hot housing market that today’s homeowners need to know about. What is really behind the real and sustainable jump in housing sales and prices taking place right now? In September 2012, the Federal Reserve announced a plan to invest $40 billion per month to purchase mortgage debt in order to help […]
Jacksonville NC Homes for Sale – Weekly Market Report – Nov. 5, 2012
Watching the Weekly Market Report can be helpful in determining whether you are in a buyer’s market or seller’s market. Normally, it is considered a seller’s market if the average home is selling under 5 months, a balanced market when selling between 5 to 7 months, and if a home is taking longer than 7 […]
Is Your Realtor Giving You A Quality CMA?
A lot of agents offer a free Comparative Market Analysis (CMA), but you’d be surprised how many are poorly done. Some are automated, some are dashed off quickly by agents hurry to sell a prospect on listing their property, and others are just plain lazy. Given that a CMA is often the first professional contact […]
Short Sale Relief for VA Loans
“Freddie Mac announced its support for this important new effort to help servicemen and women when national duty requires them to sell their homes in an uncertain market. We look forward to working with our servicers on this new short sale policy. Together we can help ease the challenge of relocation for military families when […]
Selling Your Jacksonville NC Home – Avoid Emotional Traps
I absolutely feel for clients who are stressed out during the sale of their home. While I make the process about as smooth as possible, there are always high-stakes feelings on the table. Unfortunately, these mistakes can cost sellers thousands. In the interest of protecting sellers everywhere, perhaps you or your own clients can avoid […]
Mistake #2: Wasting your valuable time looking at homes online that are already sold.
Many real estate websites offer pages of houses, townhomes & condos to browse through, but are the homes you’re seeing still available for sale? Even the most up-to-date website can experience a lag time in updating pending properties and removing sold listings. Sites like Trulia, Zillow, and Hotpads have a lot of listings that are […]