Selling a home

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

Housing Slowdown? Not Here!

While economists and experts have been talking about the turndown in the housing market across the U.S., one area of the country is experiencing the opposite. Philadelphia and its suburbs are bucking the trend, as our area is still experiencing a hot market for sellers. While buyers seemed to be…Read More

Filed under Home Buyers, Selling a home on Apr 03,2019 | Tagged in: Home selling, home selling advice, housing market, philadelphia, Philadelphia Inquirer, selling a home

Selling Your Home in Winter

The holidays are over. Next on the list? Selling your home – right now. Many people who know they’ll be selling their home think they should wait until spring. But, there are many reasons to embrace the winter home selling season. That’s according to Devon Thorsby, writing for U.S. News…Read More

Filed under Selling a home on Feb 13,2019 | Tagged in: Home selling, home selling advice, home selling tips, winter home selling

How to Sell a Home in Autumn

If you’re thinking of selling your home and worry that you’ve missed the hot spring selling season, don’t fret. There are advantages to selling a home in the fall! In fact, it’s the perfect time to showcase a home that’s warm, cozy and welcoming – exactly the feelings that buyers…Read More

Filed under Selling a home on Sep 12,2018 | Tagged in: autumn, decorating, home decor autumn, showcase home

The 2018 Housing Market

If 2018 is the year you plan to move ahead with buying, selling or renting a home, this report from U.S. News and World Report has some information you need to know. In a nutshell, their report predicts that homebuyers will face headwinds, sellers will remain in the sweet spot…Read More

Filed under Buying a home, Home Buyers, Selling a home on Feb 15,2018 | Tagged in: housing market, real estate agent

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