One issue largely ignored when selling is how best to live in your home when it’s on the market and your agent is calling to arrange walkthroughs at short notice. Maintaining a home so it’s pristine for potential buyers can be especially difficult if you have children and pets. The idea that the family can…
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Selling a home is a decision that leads to lots of other choices that will affect the final price a buyer will pay. One of the most fundamental is whether to invest in improvements to maximize the value of your home, or sell it in its current state and take the best offer that comes…
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There’s a lot at stake when you decide to undertake a major remodel of your existing home, or the property you’ve just bought needs more than a fresh coat of paint and some TLC. Deciding to remodel should only be done after you’ve satisfied yourself that you cannot buy an alternative property that needs no…
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In real estate, we love the idea of minimalism and open spaces that make homes feel so much bigger than if they were cluttered with oversized furniture, undersized rugs and coffee tables. While any buyer’s decision is, in part, based on the square footage of a property, it’s also influenced by the ease with which…
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Here’s the seller’s nirvana – sell your home faster and for more money than you had anticipated. Sounds great, right? But how does that happen? There are a number of strategies you can deploy to accelerate the process without reducing your asking price. As an experienced agent will tell you, you cannot compromise on marketing…
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Is AI really going to help you buy or sell your home this year? And if so, how is that actually going to happen? Such questions, while perhaps a little skeptical, are more than valid in an era in which we hear almost nothing else but how AI will change our lives, take our jobs…
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It seems crazy to think that while snowstorms dominate the weather news, owners who want to sell and capitalize on the strength of today’s real estate market need to start thinking of how to pitch their property in spring sunshine. For anyone who wants to sell their home this coming spring, be aware that the…
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The strength of the American housing market continues to build with sales of existing homes rising 5.1% in December to provide a powerful beginning for 2026. The jump in sales for December compared with the previous month put the national market’s seasonally-adjusted annual rate of existing home sales at 4.35 million. The December home sales…
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In a move that will catch the attention of savvy property investors and landlords, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) has unveiled its top 10 homebuying hot spots for this year. The list has been curated based on economic, demographic and housing factors – the key measures every landlord and investor should consider when assessing…
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In a bid to bring down housing prices, President Trump has signed an executive order banning institutional investors from purchasing family homes. With prices edging higher each month currently, but with little sign of a further easing in mortgage costs from the Federal Reserve, politicians are under pressure to ease the financial burden of owning…
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