Selling Tips

By vahmed on December 6, 2011

Happy holidays struggling homeowners! Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and several large mortgage lenders have pledged not to foreclose on delinquent borrowers during the Christmas season.
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By lschottenstein on September 13, 2011

When selling a home a critical component is how your home competes with other comparable listings in your market. One suggestion is for sellers to view their home as if they were a buyer. Now they have to ask themselves, “Why would someone want my home at this price compared to their other options?” When [...]

By medwards on January 22, 2011

With buyers scarcer, sellers must up the ante to convince them that their property offers what many want most — top value for dollar expended. Here are eight fast fixes:
1. Buff up curb appeal. You’ve heard it before, but it’s critical to get buyers to want to look on the inside. Be objective. View listings [...]

By amurphy on December 14, 2010

5 predictions for 2011
Freddie Mac analysts point to five features that they believe will likely characterize the 2011 housing and mortgage markets:

By amurphy on December 7, 2010

Alike in some ways, agents are helping the consumer with personal plans and while travel/vacations have pieces/parts; flight, car, hotel, etc… like RE transactions have pieces/parts; staging, marketing, photos, finding the house, getting the right financing, title, negotiations, etc… A vacation might be $5000+ vs. real estate transactions often exceeds $500,000 and ONE simple oversight [...]

By lschottenstein on December 5, 2010

Teaching real estate classes to experienced agents affords me the opportunity to gain further insight into how agents approach their job.  A question I like to ask provides provides an interesting perspective on how agents view buyers and sellers.  The question was, “When you look at your email in the morning and you have a message from a [...]

By amurphy on November 30, 2010

December 1, 2010 by Angela Murphy, Partner, Revealty
The Internet is a great tool for finding the best deals on many things we buy. But, can you really find a steal of a deal on the house of your dreams online?
The NAR, National Association of Realtors, states over 90% of homebuyers use the Internet to research [...]

By mhogan on June 11, 2010

While setting up a showing for a condo, the listing agent was giving me some information about the property. At the end of this conversation he said “The seller is M-O-T-I-V-A-T-E-D. Make an offer, no matter what it is, just make it, even if you think it’s really low.”
I was a little suprised that he [...]

By lschottenstein on May 10, 2010

Most people find a real estate agent by one of the following basic approaches. 
By market size. Agents with a large market share become familiar to you by their shear presence. Buyers and especially sellers are more likely to hire someone they are familiar with and market size creates familiarity. These agents will have their names [...]

By vahmed on March 27, 2010

If you are selling a home, your agent is supposed to represent your best interests — right?  I thought so too!  This morning I made some phone calls on behalf of a buyer who is looking for an investment-type condominium.  We were off to a great start, the agent answered her phone,  I explained that [...]