With the spring sales season just around the corner, sellers will not only be planning how to maximise the value of their property but also contemplating the practicalities of moving to their next dream home. There’s a lot to think about, of course, including the physical moving of your possessions and the transfer of utilities…
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The ability to make your home look and feel bigger is an important part of preparing for a sale. There are several techniques to accomplish this goal, including repainting the interior in a consistent light cream or white. Darker colors tend to suck up the light in rooms, which makes them feel smaller. When light…
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Preparing your home for sale is a serious undertaking if you want to maximize the value of your home – and who doesn’t want to do that? And with the popular fall selling season getting under way, you have the ideal opportunity to tap into increasing buyer enthusiasm. Fall is one of the best times…
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Are the walls closing in on you? Does the feeling of a growing family feel almost suffocating? Are the kids getting to an age when it’s not just impractical but emotionally impossible for them to share a bedroom? Are your parents getting a little too old to maintain their own home? If the answer to…
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Repainting the interior of your home is never a small task. The interruption to the household can be substantial. Not only do you have to move furniture and put down drop cloths, but the fumes can linger for days. Repainting is often an important step in preparing your home for sale. It freshens up the…
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Many owners work incredibly hard to prepare their homes for sale, but sometimes the end result is a presentation that feels a little lacklustre or is missing an essential spark. It’s not always easy to put your finger on the problem. The owner has followed all the basic guidelines for decluttering and depersonalising, yet something…
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Every market moves in cycles and the current environment requires a little more work to strike a deal if you’re the seller. The Royal Bank of Canada says our real estate market is improving, but its return to prosperity is likely to be gradual. For sellers, it’s more important than ever to find an agent…
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For many Australians, it’s been a long, wet winter that will have increased the possibility of pests such as mice and cockroaches finding warm refuge in the nooks and crannies of your home. Spring is a great time to consider commissioning a pest inspection as part of your property’s maintenance program. As any real estate…
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The monthly volume of home sales has now risen 11.2% since March and there are predictions across the real estate sector that the Canadian market is beginning its long-awaited bounce back. After the threat of significant US tariffs put a brake on transactions earlier this year, Canadians have started to regain confidence in the economy,…
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Are you planning to sell your home this fall and asking whether your old kitchen is going to hold back the possibility of a good price and a quick deal? If that thought is going through your mind, then you probably know the answer already. You’re going to have to concede you must spend some…
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