11th December 2009
There are a large number of homes on the market at present so it can be a hard time to sell your home unless you can make your home stand out; one way that some home owners are making their properties grab sellers’ attention is by having a pre-listi...
03rd November 2009
You may be noticing a distinct chill to the air with the end of the year creeping up on us; with the change in the weather there should be a change in the way that you stage your home for prospective buyers.
The staging that takes place in the warm...
03rd November 2009
It’s pretty common knowledge that when your home is on the market, buyers will come through and tour your home to see if it’s the right home for them but occasionally home sellers don’t realise that when prospective buyers come and tour their ho...
03rd November 2009
The economic climate of the past year or so has led to the proliferation of homes in distress, facing short sales and foreclosures; many of these homes have made it to market where buyers are hungry to snatch up deals. While many prospective home buyers a...
03rd November 2009
While the numbers won't be available for this year's foreclosures for some months yet, the numbers for homes lost due to foreclosure for last year are easily available for those who're brave enough to take a look at them. Reported losses to foreclosures r...
08th May 2008
In these days of stringent cash flow, when even the New York Times publishes a story about the 'recession diet', some of us must be wishing we still owned the family farm! The thought of selling up and buying a small acreage is something that many of us...
08th May 2008
If you have decided to re-vamp your back (or front) yard, the first thing you must do is to measure it and commit the measurements to a piece of graph paper. The recommended scale is one inch equals ten feet, which is a good size while you are experiment...
07th April 2008
With spring approaching, many of us are dying to get outdoors, some of us are itching to refinish our wooden decks and others of us are resisting the urge to rush out and plant our seeds too early!
Decks usually need re-finishing every three years or...
04th April 2008
Spring is here and all those homes are going to be up for sale on the market whatever the newspapers say about the realty gloom! So how can yours stand out from all the rest? What is the secret of success? Is there a secret of success? Yes there is: the S...
04th April 2008
For those home owners already in the bed and breakfast business, this is a busy time of the year. Hanging out the signs again, putting the 'Vacancy' sign in the window and generally sprucing up the front of the house.
In fact, many of us are thinking o...
25th March 2008
Probably the most important part of selling a house is in the pricing. It doesn't matter how well a home is staged or marketed, if the price is too high, it's not going to sell. Compounding this problem is the length of time it remains on the market. Aft...
25th March 2008
Probably the most important part of selling a house is in the pricing. It doesn't matter how well a home is staged or marketed, if the price is too high, it's not going to sell. Compounding this problem is the length of time it remains on the market. Aft...
25th March 2008
Some of the best gardening and landscaping advice is available write at your fingertips - on the web. Dozens of sites boast free plans, plant encyclopedias, gardening tips and articles discussing everything from Chic Chinese Pavilions to creating a French...
25th March 2008
Some of the best gardening and landscaping advice is available write at your fingertips - on the web. Dozens of sites boast free plans, plant encyclopedias, gardening tips and articles discussing everything from Chic Chinese Pavilions to creating a French...
25th March 2008
Why is it we decorate every room in the house, but seem to give the least attention to our own bedrooms? Maybe it's because it's a room that's easy to hide, it's not always on display like the kitchen or living room. Maybe it's because many of us find i...
