Archive for 'Selling' Category
A nice kitchen can help you sell your home.
Your kitchen can help you sell your home or prevent you from selling it. Before offering your home for sale you need to take a look at your kitchen and make a decision on what updates and improvements are needed. You should consult with your listing agent as well. Your agent can provide insight to [...]
When should we reduce the price of our house?
How soon after listing your home should you consider reducing the asking price? This is a question you should be discussing with your listing agent. Their knowledge of your area, home prices, days on the market and the amount of traffic you have received will play in to their suggestions on price adjusting. Typically a home [...]
Trying to sell your house with a tenant living in it can be difficult
Unless your home is in an area that attracts a large number of investors who only care about the rents being paid, trying to sell your house with a tenant living in it can be difficult. Problems and issues you will encounter that might slow, delay or make it impossible to sell your home include: The sale [...]
Most people prefer to work with experienced real estate agents.
Most people prefer to work with experienced real estate agents when buying or selling a home. This is understandable considering the purchase of a home is to most people the largest financial transaction they will be involved with in their lifetime. An experienced real estate agent should be able to guide a buyer or [...]
Has there been an upturn in housing activity in your city?
Has there been an upturn in housing activity in your city? Have you noticed any changes in relation to real estate activity in your local market? According to a press release from the Commerce Department housing permits and starts have increased which leads them to believe we are on the right path to recovery.
FBI estimates $4-$6 billion in mortgage fraud losses
Even with all that has happened with the real estate market over the past few years, mortgage fraud is still an ongoing problem in this country. The FBI is involved with investigating mortgage fraud and has a mortgage fraud page set up that lists recent statistics pertaining to mortgage fraud in this country. Listed [...]
An agent open house is a great way for buyers to view homes for sale in their area
Even with the power of the internet allowing buyers to view pictures and details of houses for sale in their area, real estate agents continue to hold their listings open for interested persons to drop by for a real time look see. In today’s market real estate agents do not rely only on Sundays [...]
Pending home sales are up for the fifth consecutive month
The National Association of Realtors say pending home sales are up for the fifth consecutive month, something that has not happened in 6 years. Lower home prices and competitive interest rates are said to be a contributing factor to the uptick in home sales. Press release
Home prices stabilizing?
Michigan laws give homeowners facing foreclosure more time to work with lenders.
Foreclosure Prevention Laws now in effect in Michigan give homeowners more time to try and work out a solution with their lender in order to stay in their homes. Homeowners now have 90 days to try and work out a payment plan with their lenders according to a news release from the Michigan real estate association [...]