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Getting ready to sell your house? You may want to consider these five home improvements to ensure a bigger price tag at closing time. Unless you’re Joanna Gaines, the prospect of updating and prepping your home for sale can seem daunting. All those little repairs you were happy to postpone for another day (or year) […]

If you’re a seller, letting your house sit on the market for too long will lower your chances of getting a reasonable price for it. That’s why it’s in your best interest to sell as quickly as possible. In this post, we’ll take a look at the average time to sell a house, the pitfalls […]

Without clairvoyance, it would’ve been nearly impossible to foresee most of the events that unfolded in 2020. In the real estate realm, who could’ve guessed a global pandemic, citywide shutdowns, and widespread unemployment would’ve provided further fuel to already red-hot housing markets spanning the country. However, with a million-plus Americans vaccinated inside of two weeks, economic […]

Home is the most important place in the life of any person. Here we relax, work, gain strength, spend time with loved ones and raise our children. Of course, when arranging such a significant space, you should first of all be guided by your tastes and preferences. However, if you, like us, are inspired by […]

There are three values for any home on the market: What the seller thinks it’s worth, what the buyer thinks it’s worth and what a professional appraiser will think it’s worth. The key to a successful purchase is to get those three numbers to align. You never want to assume that the asking price of […]

Selling a home as is sounds like a pretty sweet deal for sellers. Sellers don’t have to scurry around fixing the place up. But what does an as-is sale mean for buyers? When looking through property listings and the term “as is” appears, some people see it as a warning. Others, such as real estate […]

St. Nick packs his pipe and moves to the North Pole St. Nicholas’s migration to the North Pole is due most directly to Thomas Nast, an American cartoonist who submitted 33 Christmas drawings to Harper’s Weekly magazine between 1863 and 1886, one of which featured a village called “Santa Claussville, N.P.” N.P., as you may have guessed, […]

Keep decorations simple There’s something about the holiday season that makes a house feel like home. But when selling, less is more, so avoid excessive Christmas decorations. Aim for tasteful holiday decorations like a small tree in one corner, a few wrapped gifts underneath (consider wrapping empty boxes in case of package thieves!), a nice […]

How to sell a home in the winter Winter is not the peak real estate season, but winter home sales are becoming more common, as home sales increase across all seasons. According to Zillow research, 23 percent fewer homes are sold in winter than in spring, and homes listed for sale in the winter stay […]

It feels great to get a high price for the sale of your home, but watch out: The IRS may want a piece of the action. That’s because capital gains on real estate are taxable sometimes. Here’s how you can minimize or even avoid a tax bite on the sale of your house. How does a […]