Selling a Home

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate has announced the company will be hosting a panel during Social Media Week in New York City, titled, “From House to Home: Social Media’s Impact on Buying, Designing and Selling a Home,” on February 16. The panel will feature an impressive group of real estate, design and lifestyle experts [...]

In the current climate lenders, have to deal with a rash of foreclosed properties, and short sales. Bank of America or Chase does not want to be responsible for selling a home at a loss; they want to make a profit on their original investment. Many banks are losing money as they modify loans and [...]

An overwhelming majority of homebuyers and sellers in the Bay State worked through a real estate professional in 2011, according to a recent Massachusetts housing study. According to the 2011 Massachusetts Profile of Home Buyers amp; Sellers, compiled by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) on behalf of the Massachusetts Association of Realtors (MAR), 94 [...]

Your home should reflect the personalities of you and others who live there. But that does not mean that everyone coming through the front door will share your taste. What may be charming to a seller could put off a prospective buyer. Many sellers attempt to stage their homes themselves, and in doing so, create [...]

News Sourced by Property118 News Team Buy to let investors searching for homes offering the best value need to look north, according to online portal Zoopla. Property prices in London and South East and towns within easy commuting distance like Northampton and Swindon are commanding higher values with less room for price negotiation. The website [...]

TUCSON – Having a baby, buying or selling a home, getting married or divorced — all of these things mean changes in the way you file your taxes, but how are you supposed to keep track and know what to do? At the YWCA, they can help you for free. The Voluntary Tax Assistance program [...]

(Source: By Kathleen Lynn The Record (Hackensack NJ)) Months after they agreed to split up, Jaimie and Michael Bolnick continued to live together as they tried to sell their house in Oakland, NJ “It was really hard,” Jaimie Bolnick recalled. “You’re living in the house and trying to stay out of each other’s way. Mealtimes [...]

Homeownership, said Bev Thorne, Century 21s chief marketing officer, is not a humorous topic, even during the Super Bowl. There are many people for whom this is a good time, Throne said. Clearly, we understand the venue that that were in. One of our important objectives is to be entertaining and impactful. That doesnt mean [...]

Last year, the average discount was £18,475, meaning there should be even more bargains to be had in the current housing climate this year. Figures from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) revealed house sales stuttered in 2011, with just 869,000 residential properties sold. This was close to the record low in 2009, when just 848,000 [...]

The Boeglin Team successfully closed 5 transactions in January, 2012, along with 2 postponements that should close in the coming weeks. However, I grimace when I hear a Realtor (or anyone else) equate a negotiated “contract” as a “sale”. In our experience in the real estate business, not all written contracts signed by buyers and [...]