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The asking price you set for your home significantly affects whether you will profit in the sale, how much you will profit and how long your home will sit on the market. Your real estate agent’s knowledge of the overall market and what’s selling — or not selling — will be invaluable in helping yo...
02/04/2008
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Let’s face it: When your house goes on the market, you’re not only opening the door to prospective buyers, but also sometimes to unknown vendors and naïve or unqualified buyers. As with any business transaction, there is an expected protocol to how sellers, buyers and their respective agents inte...
02/04/2008
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At best, a bottom.That's what I can divine is Orange County housing's fate for 2008 from gathering the opinions of some folks – brokers, investors, economists and consultants – who watch the local market.There is no unanimous verdict on this year's market in my collection of predictions that were...
02/04/2008
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Encouraging signs that a meaningful recovery in the overall U.S. housing market could begin later this year are found in HouseHunt’s fourth quarter, 2007, “Current Market Reports” survey of member-agents and in year-end statistical data compiled by the National Association of Realtors (NAR).Just ...
02/04/2008
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The National Association of Realtors(R) congratulated the U.S. House of Representatives and President Bush for their bipartisan actions to help families in need, the housing market, and the U.S. economy.“We believe the economic stimulus bill approved by the House today is a good legislation in th...
02/04/2008
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The Federal Reserve dropped interest rates again yesterday. What does the rate cut mean to you?Mortgage: The immediate impact of the cut is that it will help people in precarious situations with their homes, said George Hoffer, an economics professor at Virginia Commonwealth University.“When you ...
02/04/2008
Despite grim news in the New York Times noting the pending home sale index has hit a record low, and it “hasn’t hit rock bottom yet”, savvy home sellers have discovered the secret to selling their homes. (New York Times, October 2, 2007).Here are a few ways strategic thinkers prepare to sell thei...
02/04/2008
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You’ve all had that experience with a client where you drive up to a house and they don’t even want to go inside. It’s an immediate “un-appeal.” You may know the inside of the house shows much better, but you just can’t convince them to spend the time to even go inside. In today’s market where lo...
02/04/2008
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Visual tricks are a very important tool of interior design. Colors, light, furniture and decorative pieces can be arranged the right way to make a statement, or to make a space look smaller…or bigger. With a few visual tricks and some key elements, any room can appear bigger than it really is.The...
02/04/2008
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Patent leather in its natural form may be a bit of a drama queen in some applications, but designer Candice Olson is out to tame its temperamental ways. The HGTV star recently introduced faux patent in her collection for Ohio’s Norwalk Furniture.The imitation patent leather used on Olson’s furnit...
02/04/2008