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Open House Ideas
By: Sherry Holetzky
Source: Life123.com
You already know that your home should look great when you are hosting an open house. However, do you know the tricks for staging your home for optimum appeal?
Staging is comparable to preparing a set for a movie, but in this case, you are setting the stage in a way that makes visitors feel comfortable and at home in your house. It makes people want to sit, to linger, and to begin imagining how their things will fit in your space. Helping prospective buyers achieve this level of comfort is not only conducive to offers; it practically guarantees higher offers.
These open house ideas will help you make the most of the situation:
Read all the ideas @ http://www.life123.com/career-money/real-estate/selling-home/open-house-ideas.shtml
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Open House Ideas - 21 Ways to Pack the House
Open houses are probably one of the oldest forms of real estate marketing. After all, what better way to choose a potential home than by spending some time “hangin’ out” in it?
The purpose of this article is to offer some open house ideas that may help you “pack the house” with potential buyers.
Obviously, not all of the ideas on this list will be feasible for you. When coming up with ideas for your open house event, you have to weigh the cost of the event against the size of your potential commission. For example, when marketing luxury homes with a larger commission at stake, you can probably afford to spend more on your open house event.
These ideas are just to get your wheels turning…
Read more @ http://www.armingyourfarming.com/realestatemarketing/2008/01/open-house-ideas-21-ways-to-pack-house.html
Source: Real Estate Marketing Ideas
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The keep-it-clean plan for open houses
With a plan of attack, you can maintain a sparkling, show-ready house in just 19 minutes a day.
These room-by-room to-do lists will help you get the work done quickly so that your house is always in tip-top shape to welcome prospective buyers.
Read more @ http://realestate.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=16810589>1=35000
Source: by Real Simple @ realestate.msn.com
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7 cheap and easy steps to a better open house
Don’t want your house to sit unsold in today’s brutal housing market? A real-estate agent explains how to make open houses more appealing to buyers and safer for sellers. In today’s dreary real-estate market, it’s increasingly important for sellers to make their properties stand out from the huge backlog of unsold homes. But you don’t have to go broke doing it, says Pat Vredevoogd Combs, vice president of Coldwell Banker AJS-Schmidt in Grand Rapids, Mich. In a recent interview with U.S. News, Combs, a former president of the National Association of Realtors
, provided seven inexpensive ways that sellers can improve their open houses. “Most of the things you do to get ready for an open house you probably don’t need to spend money on,” she says.
Read more at http://realestate.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=13108464
Source: By U.S. News & World Report
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Should you rent or buy?
Jun 3: The guidelines for judging whether it’s better to rent or buy haven’t changed, but prices sure have. Buying is now a better option than it was during the boom.
Read more at http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/03/real_estate/rent_vs_buy/index.htm
Source: CNNMoney.com
May
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Your House Buying Checklist
One of the most important things you can do is to make a checklist as you search for, find and buy a home. By keeping on top of your game-plan at all times you will greatly increase your chances of success. Follow the links, print out this checklist and let it increase your house buying effectiveness. The market for buying a home has changed immeasurably in the last couple of years so the preparation that you do for your house purchase is essential.
Source: http://www.ourfamilyplace.com/homebuyer/checklist.html
May
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SELLING SMART
Having a tough time selling your home? Bummed in a buyer’s market? Let FrontDoor help you get your home sold. Find inspiration in our videos, get expert pointers and advice, and browse our Seller’s Guide.
14 Ways to Get Your House Ready for Sale.
Read more @ http://www.frontdoor.com/Sell/Selling-Smart-How-to-Sell-Your-House-in-a-Buyers-Market/374
Source: HGTV
May
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Market Conditions Summary for Little Rock, Arkansas
Buyers responding to the homebuyer tax credit and favorable affordability conditions boosted existing-home sales in March, marking the beginning of an expected spring surge, according to the National Association of REALTORS®.
Existing-home sales, which are completed transactions that include single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, rose 6.8 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.35 million units in March from 5.01 million in February, and are 16.1 percent above the 4.61 million-unit level in March 2009.
READ MORE @ http://realtytimes.com/rtmcrloc/Arkansas~Little_Rock
Source:Realty Times @ http://realtytimes.com/rtmcrloc/Arkansas~Little_Rock
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4 Must-dos to Get Your House Ready to Show — and Sell
Putting up a “for sale” sign turns the spotlight on your home. Experts share ways to pare down your things and spruce up your place to seal a good deal.
Read more @ https://www.usaa.com/inet/ent_utils/McStaticPages?key=advice_house_ready_show
Source: usaa.com
