Seller Tips
How to Get an Offer on Your Home
Price it right. Set a price at the lower end of your property’s realistic price range. Prepare for visitors. Get your house market ready at least two weeks before you begin showing it. Be flexible about showings. It’s often...
Simple Tips for Better Home Showings
Remove clutter and clear off counters. Throw out stacks of newspapers and magazines and stow away most of your small decorative items. Put excess furniture in storage, and remove out-of-season clothing items that are cramping closet sp...
5 Things to do Before Putting Your Home on the Market
Have a pre-sale home inspection. Be proactive by arranging for a pre-sale home inspection. An inspector will be able to give you a good indication of the trouble areas that will stand out to potential buyers, and you’ll be able to ma...
Mortgage Loan Limits to Rise in 2019 to Keep Pace With Home Prices
Conforming loan limits got a boost for 2019 in nearly every part of the U.S. The Federal Housing Finance Agency, a regulator for mortgage financing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, announced that conforming loan limits will rise in 2019 to $4...
Our Economist’s Top Tips for Selling a Home
If you’re planning to sell your house this year, well, you’re in luck. “The 2016 housing market is forecasted to be mainly a seller’s market, filled with increasing home prices, relatively low inventory, and fierce competit...
Existing-Home Sales Hit Highest Numbers Since Recession
The spring home-buying market was off to a strong start in March as buyers closed on the highest number of existing homes in a decade. And that’s despite the lack of residences on the market. Sales of existing homes (that is, ones that hav...
Case-Shiller: Pace of Home Price Growth ‘Not Alarming’
Home prices in the U.S. hiked to their highest level in more than two years in December, posting a 5.8 percent annual gain, according to the recently released S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index. Their pace, though sub...
What’s In Store for the Luxury Real Estate Market in 2017?
Eight years after the housing bubble, homebuyers are still exercising caution. This is particularly seen in the luxury real estate market, which ended 2016 on a slow note. A combination of oversupply and rising housing costs in cities like San ...