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It is not my style to use the words awesome or superb to talk about a neighborhood. I might however refer to neighborhood amenities that way. I generally talk about location and use words like most requested or sought after location when describing the neighborhood. High demand is another term I use. Buyers understand these terms and know exactly what they mean.
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Susan Haughton
Alexandria, VA
457,437
I shy away from those words. I will say "popular" if it is a sought after school that people are asking me about often.
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Susan Haughton
Alexandria, VA
46,525
Although the wording on listings is limited and space is precious, if the school is one of the biggest contributors to higher resale in that particular neighborhood, it may be worth using a more specific description, such as "top 5% school" as opposed to just "awesome" or "superb." Facts always trump opinions.
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Susan Haughton
Alexandria, VA
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The more mundane and blah you write about these things the better these fools like it.
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Susan Haughton
Alexandria, VA
5,772,575
Nick,
My sense is to post information that has a link to a specific article that was written about that school or neigborhood. I always wonder, "according to whom". We have a school here in one of the communities that is touted as one of the best, yet many who live there would not send their children there feeling it is "too clickish", and opt to send them to the other school in the community. A
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Susan Haughton
Alexandria, VA
943,583
In our state they call that "puffing" and it is perfectly fine. There are some adjectives that you didn't mention that they will find fineable, however.
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Debbie Laity
Cedaredge, CO
6,393,494
When puffy words like those become illegal we may all be in for some minefields when writing copy.
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4,319,419
I think one should stay away from the personal perception of the property and neighborhood. My two cents.
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I often see a suggestion about 'great schools'. To tell it is a big selling point, since houses in those zip codes are much more desirable.
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I think those words would be within the fair housing guidelines. Some agents tend to exaggerate. I have to agree with Suzanne's comment.
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Nick, I wouldn't think this would be an issue with Fair housing guidelines.
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Cindy Davis, I agree that they are or can be over used, but when they accurately describe a home or school, for example if that school was in the top 5% nationally I think superb is an accurate description.
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These often used adjectives are terribly over used and really don't mean anything. We should get out our thesorus and find more precise words to describe a home.