Finding the Right Real Estate Agent In much of the country, house sellers have gone from strutting to sulking. At the rate that homes were resold in January, it would take about eleven months to sell all the houses on the market. A year ago, there was less than a seven-month supply of houses for […]

Home Staging: Get Help Selling Your House Home staging, a method of presenting a home in its best light in order to appeal to the broadest audience base, has gained recognition through several popular cable television programs such as "Designed to Sell" and "Sell This House." It can range from simply repainting walls to tearing […]

Selling A Home During Christmas If you want to try selling during the holiday season, here are a few tips: The power of the nose is underestimated by many people. Smell is the first sense we develop and is deeply associated with food and emotion. A clean smell is great, as it does not cause […]

Home Prices Expected to Fall Even More Home prices are down 20% nationwide since their peak in July 2006, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller home price index. Economist Nouriel Roubini of New York University, who accurately predicted the housing slide and credit crisis, expects another 20% decline in home prices in the next year. Patrick Newport […]

Selling Your Home: Will Anyone Want to Look? According to statistics, 80% of all new home buyers will use the Internet to check things out and then do a "drive by" on their own before ever contacting the seller or a real estate agent to see the house. Will anyone want to even see your […]

Selling Your Home? Watch the Pet Odor   To some people, pets are like their children. For others however, they may be highly allergic and can’t stand being around them. When it comes to selling your home, your pets odor, dander and hair, not to mention any damage they’ve done to the home, should be […]

Selling Your Home This Fall in a Buyer’s Market   Historically, the fall season brings on slower home sale activity. So how do you make your home the highlight of the house-hunt? While curb appeal is still very important, what you do on the inside of your home can be equally as powerful. Here are […]

Pricing Your Home in a Fall(en) Market   It’s not new news. Real estate markets everywhere have fallen. If you’re trying to sell your home, or even thinking about putting your house on the market, pricing the home to sell quickly can be the trickiest part of all.   Our Money Editor, Stacy Johnson, has […]

Selling Your House? Try Staging It   Staging a house can be the difference between its sitting or selling. Here are some findings and simple staging tips to help turn lookers into buyers at your next open house.   Studies have shown that staged homes sell quicker – sometimes up to 40% faster – than […]

Pricing Your Home to Sell   Pricing your home is one of the most important items when choosing to sell your home and doing this wrong can be a costly mistake. You have to consider more than just the price to do this properly. The condition of your home, average market time for your area, […]