Tag: home seller

Should You Sell or Rent When It’s Time to Move?

When you’re ready to move, is it better to sell your current home or to rent it out? Here are the basics to consider.

What to Do When Your Home Is on the Market Too Long

Houses that sit on the market for a long time don’t look good to potential buyers. Here’s what you should do if your home doesn’t sell as fast as you’d like.

Unique Homes for Sale Around the Country

Houses that sit on the market for a long time don’t look good to potential buyers. Here’s what you should do if your home doesn’t sell as fast as you’d like.

Mortgages and the Fed’s Interest Rate Announcement

The Fed recently announced that it would be holding record-low interest rates steady. What does this mean for mortgages both now and in the future?

Fall Housing Market Update

Despite some unpleasant news from the stock market, here’s one sign of a healthy U.S. economy: an increasingly strong housing market.

Home Sellers: Are You Disclosing Everything You Should?

There are a few things that will put your home’s sale in danger. In some cases, home defects can even stop a sale entirely. Wise potential sellers should know about these issues before even listing their homes.

What to Do If Your Appraisal Comes in Low

Market trends in your area can cause the appraisal on a home you’re selling to come in lower than expected. Here’s what to do if that happens.

Why You Should Hire a Real Estate Agent

In the age of real estate websites, it might be tempting to buy or sell a home yourself; however, a good real estate agent can still save you time, worry, and money, and is well worth the investment.

Sell in the Winter

Though the market slows the winter, that doesn’t mean that you can’t or won’t sell your home. There actually may be some advantages to home selling in the chilly fall and winter months.

Bringing in the Bucks: How to Increase your Home Appraisal

Looking to increase the value of your home? Find out what is really considered when appraising a home to decide what your next home improvement project will be.

A Quick Step-by-Step How-To Guide: Selling and Buying Simultaneously

Selling and buying simultaneously isn’t necessarily a difficult task, and this step-by-step how-to guide will help guide you through the process.