If you’re considering selling your home and looking to fetch top dollar from the sale… and who isn’t… staging every room may sound like the best course; however, it may be a daunting task to both you and your wallet. If your home needs staging and you can’t afford to invest in staging the entire […]
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Reasons Behind Limited Housing Inventory
As spring approaches consumers are starting to plan for 2017, especially if they want to buy or sell a home. We regularly ask our clients about their home-buying or -selling journey, what motivates them—and what’s holding them back. This time of year, our pool of prospective sellers largely shifts towards those who are just starting their research but […]
Coming Soon Listings
What Are Pocket or ‘Coming Soon’ Listings? You may have heard the terms: coming soon, off-MLS listings, office exclusives, waivered, exempted or pocket listings. Whatever you call them, they are all properties that are listed for sale with an MLS member BUT not included in the MLS and they each have their unique uses and […]
REAL ESTATE Hidden Homes For Sale
It’s no secret that the Columbus and Central Ohio Area real estate market can be a challenge. With increasing prices, ample demand, and limited inventory, the search for a home can often leave buyers feeling frustrated wondering not only if they’ll ever find their find their dream home, but how to go about finding homes […]
Preparing for an Appraisal: Tips to Get a Higher Valuation
How do you make the most of your home appraisal? Appraisal preparation is straightforward – most of the value of your home is already set and there isn’t much you can do at the last minute to improve the outcome. Three Quick Home Appraisal Tips: Declutter so the appraiser can SEE your home. Make sure […]
Expired: How to Sell a Home that Didn’t Sell
The Services We Perform as YOUR REAL ESTATE LISTING AGENT
Do you know what your Real Estate Listing Agent does, exactly? Surveys show that many homeowners and home buyers are only vaguely aware of the services their real estate agent performs during the course of a real estate transaction and the true value their provide. Many of the most important services and steps are performed […]
Selling a Home: 5 Home Staging Tips from Model Homes
If you’ve ever been into a model home before, you know how easy it is to fall in love with it and want to move right in. Builders hire decorators who possess a keen understanding of the psychology of homebuyers to stage their models. Here the strategy differs from decorating for a homeowner which is […]
You Accepted an Offer on Your Home, Then Received a Higher Offer. Here are Your Options.
You’re selling your home, have accepted an offer you’re happy with, and it seems like all your stress is over. It’s time to pack up and move on! But sometimes life throws you a curveball—such as another buyer who is smitten by your fabulous home and steps up with a higher offer. What’s a seller to do? Overall, […]
Common Real Estate Valuation Mistakes
Most consumers, and for that matter many Realtors simply do not understand how to properly value real estate and how to effectively determine the market value of a home. Here we discuss three common valuation mistakes: Add value to a property for a bedroom Incorrectly adjusting for square footage Compare non similar style homes with no adjustment Add value to a property for a […]