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Staging the Exterior of Your Home

December 8, 2007 by Malcolm Bond

Staging the Exterior of Your Home Before you hang the "for sale" sign in your yard, find out how to make the exterior of your home attractive to potential buyers. Click twice on the video to start, once to stop. (Video 2:59) If you have more questions or comments about staging the […]

Is There a Plus Side to the Downturn?

December 7, 2007 by Malcolm Bond

Is There a Plus Side to the Downturn? It may not be the best time to be selling a house in much of the country. But increasingly, it’s a good time to build or renovate one. The housing slump has pushed down prices on everything from lumber and drywall to labor and design fees. […]

Attention Home Sellers: Open House Alert

December 6, 2007 by Malcolm Bond

Attention Home Sellers: Open House Alert For homeowners planning their first open house: Hire a cleaning service. Drop the pets off with a neighbor. And lock up your valuables! You never know who may be stopping by. Even with home sales slumping across the country, the industry still looks to open houses to […]

Home Builders See Worse Times Ahead

December 5, 2007 by Malcolm Bond

Home Builders See Worse Times Ahead Home builders’ confidence stayed at record low levels in a November as a slight uptick in buyer traffic was balanced out by a slightly more pessimistic view six months down the road. The overall National Association of Home Builders index was 19, which was the same as […]

Home Buyer Incentives? Doesn’t Hurt to Ask

December 4, 2007 by Malcolm Bond

Home Buyer Incentives? Doesn’t Hurt to Ask In a seller’s market, a prospective home buyer needs to be a little more cautious when negotiating a purchase; however, in today’s buyer’s market, incentives are an accepted part of the deal. It certainly never hurts to ask for incentives, but be careful not to get carried […]

Townhouse or Condo: Which is Better?

December 3, 2007 by Malcolm Bond

Townhouse or Condo: Which is Better? The confusion comes because a town house, which is simply a multi-story, attached residence, can be owned one of two ways — either with or without the lot. If the developer includes the town house’s lot in the sale, ownership is "freehold" or "fee simple," just like most […]