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Take the Leap Into Homeownership, Click Here or Call Pete at 858.922.3377The real estate meltdown and credit crisis have slammed a huge segment of society, but first-time homebuyers could be in the best position to take the leap into homeownership. A few years ago, information inundated potential...

Sell your home this holiday season! Click here or call Pete at 858.456.7355While the holiday season is a hectic time to show and sell your house, there are distinct advantages to staging and showing your home during the holidays - you have a chance to show your home at its very best, adorned with...

Find a real estate agent here, or call Pete at 858.456.7355   Do You Need a Listing Agent to Sell a Home? Nobody really needs an agent. As a seller, you can find your own buyer but the lingering question is would a listing agent have helped you to net more on your bottom line (according to NAR, a...

Need help selling your home? click here or call Pete at 858.456.7355In buyer's markets, it is especially important to pull out all the stops and make your home stand out among the sea of inventory on the market. Ask yourself why a buyer would choose your home over all the other homes for sale.   ...

For any other questions, click here or call Pete at 858.922.3377What Kind of Questions Should I Ask Before Buying a Home?A reader asks: "We're new to the homebuying process and have been going to open houses. When the agents ask us if we have questions, we know we're supposed to ask something, bu...

You may receive a call requesting a showing in the next ten minutes. The decision to allow the prospective buyers in is yours. If you elect to cooperate with the showing, the following punch list may help: Sound - Turn off the television. Soft classical musical is okay, but some people find it di...

 Rates for 30-year home loans have inched up, but remained below 5 percent for the third-straight week as government efforts to aid the housing market continued to keep rates low. The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage was 4.92 percent this week, up from 4.87 percent a week earlier, mortga...

Middleton and Associates can help you sell and buy the home of your dreams! Click here of call Pete at 858-922-3377 If you are thinking of selling your home, there are a number of things you can do to improve the "showability" of your home. But first, let's look at your home through the eyes of t...

For professional Real Estate help click here or call Pete at 858-922-3377 Making a mistake in selling a home can cost you hundreds or thousands of dollars in lost profit. Often home sellers make the same mistakes over and over. Avoiding these mistakes is easy and takes little time and effort on y...

Get help now selling or buying a home click here or call pete at 858-922-3377 Mistake #1 -- Pricing Your Property Too High Every seller obviously wants to get the most money for his or her product. Ironically, the best way to do this is NOT to list your product at an excessively high price! A hig...