Selling a home

Listing Agent Advantages

It’s a hot market for sellers. If you’re considering putting your home on the market, you may be tempted to go the FSBO (For Sale by Owner) route. Before you do, consider what the right listing agent can do for you – and how they earn their commission. A qualified,…Read More

Filed under Real Estate Agents, Selling a home on Sep 30,2020 | Tagged in: best real estate agent, best real estate company, For Sale by Owner, FSBO

Safe Home Selling

Selling a home is always a complicated process. During a pandemic, new safety concerns are added to the mix. But, real estate professionals are rising to the challenge and working to keep sales on track. Virtual showings are becoming the new norm, and real estate agents are encouraging the use…Read More

Filed under Selling a home on Jun 09,2020 | Tagged in: remote home closings, remote mortgage closings, virtual real estate, virtual showings

Is It Time for Virtual Staging?

Now that COVID-19 has forced us all to spend time in the virtual world, it might be the perfect time to learn about marketing your home using virtual staging. New York real estate firm The Bamberger Group explains how it works. First, the rooms of your home are professionally photographed,…Read More

Filed under Selling a home on May 19,2020 | Tagged in: virtual staging

Remote Notarization

Wondering how you can possibly close on a home sale during COVID19? Usually, a closing involves all parties involved in the sale meeting at a title company to sign piles of documents. That may be impossible right now. A bipartisan push is taking place in Congress to allow remote notarizations. …Read More

Filed under Selling a home on Apr 14,2020 | Tagged in: bipartisan push, closing on a home, covid-19, covid19, Home selling, Notarization

Words with (real estate) Friends

Words matter – and when it comes to selling your home, they can make a real difference in attracting buyers. Describe your home as “adorable” and watch prospects beat a path to your door. The same goes for descriptors like “classic,” “stunning,” “backyard paradise” and “turnkey.” This is according to…Read More

Filed under Selling a home on Mar 28,2020 | Tagged in: creative selling, Home selling, home selling advice, home selling tips, selling a home, top tips home selling

Downsizing Party, Anyone?

As baby boomers begin the shift from a big family home to a small, more manageable abode, the need to downsize, declutter and minimize become necessities. One Washington, D.C. couple has taken a novel approach, by organizing a downsizing party. As reported by Petula Dvorak in The Washington Post, the…Read More

Filed under Selling a home on Mar 03,2020 | Tagged in: downsizing, Home selling, home selling advice, home selling tips, Washington Post

Selling a Home in Winter

It’s cold, icy, snowy and gray – and you need to sell your home, now. There’s no getting around the fact that winter is not the best time to sell a home. But there are things you can do to give yourself the best possible shot at attracting buyers. This…Read More

Filed under Selling a home on Jan 28,2020 | Tagged in: attracting homebuyers, home selling advice, home selling tips, The Balance, top tips home selling, winter home selling

Home-Buying Lingo

If you’re in the process of buying or selling a home, you’ve no doubt encountered the difficulties of real estate lingo. The real estate biz has an entire lexicon of words and phrases that most of us rarely use in day-to-day conversation. But when you’re making one of the biggest…Read More

Filed under Home Buyers, Selling a home on Sep 19,2019 | Tagged in: financial real estate, financial tips, home purchase, real estate finance, real estate lingo

Selling a Parent’s Home

When parents pass away, leaving a home behind, it often becomes the children’s responsibility to sell the home This can present many issues, all of them difficult to deal with while also grieving the loss of a loved one. Family members may need to clear out the home, clean it…Read More

Filed under Selling a home on Jul 17,2019 | Tagged in: Home selling, home selling advice, home selling tips, selling a home

Determining the Right Listing Price

Setting an accurate listing price for your home is not as simple as it might seem. Getting it right can make the difference between a quick, lucrative sale, and a slow, unprofitable transaction. That’s according to Michele Lerner, writing for the Washington Post. Lerner notes that the sale price is…Read More

Filed under Selling a home on Jun 18,2019 | Tagged in: home list price, home price, listing a home, Washington Post

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