How do you price a home a few years old in a community that is still selling brand new homes?
None of us knows what tomorrow will bring so when you are buying in a new home community, here are a few tips:
Buyers will not consider your home if you do not have [...]
I am not an Appraiser, but I just completed 99 hours of Broker training and we spent days studying the methods an Appraiser will use to verify the market value of your home. In todays market Buyers are buying the way Appraisers are appraising and very few are willing to pay more than appraised value for your [...]
"As of September 1, 2011 appraisals will change drastically. We now must complete appraisals in what is defined as UAD or Uniform Appraisal Dataset format. This is a GSE Fannie, Freddie requirement." I saw this blog just this morning posted by Bobbie Smith, a Realtor up in the Poconos. An appraiser in her area, Mary Thompson, was giving her [...]
National Association of Realtors (NAR) annualized numbers from the Existing Sales Report says 14,000 homes sell every day in this country. That means 14,000 yesterday, 14,000 today and 14,000 tomorrow! Most of the country is still showing sales below last year. This years sales are compared against the expiring home [...]
Who knows your home is for sale? Your neighbors? The people down the street or around town? Where are the prospective buyers? Not next door.
Do you know who they are and where they live now? Ask yourself, who is relocating to Lewes, Delaware, and the surrounding areas like Rehoboth Beach, Milton, Milford, [...]
Meet Real Estate's 'Interventionist'
HARD TRUTH: Mike Aubrey discusses pricing and market conditions with sellers during an episode of HGTV's "Real Estate Intervention." The show airs Tuesdays beginning June 29 at 9:30 p.m. [...]
Buying or selling a home? How do you choose the right real estate agent? What qualities are important to you and how are you going to make that important decision? Lets talk today about choosing a Listing Agent to help sell your home. You dont have to be a total news junkie to know that we have been through the worst housing market for [...]
Want to sell your house in a buyers market? Rejuvenate it! Tune into HGTV any time of day or night and youll see shows about how to prepare your home for sale. Look at your house through the eyes of a buyer if you want to sell [...]
If you have a property for sale right now in Coastal Delaware, your stiffest competition is all the new construction, the housing of choice for buyers coming to Sussex County today.
Why is new construction such tough competition? Its not just the designs and long list of upgrades and options. If you have a home for sale with no basement, no [...]
When I opened this email, it made my day! "Hello", it began,"I have a tattered article from Time Magazinethat features you and talks about your SRES designation. When it appeared in 2006 it made me ponder a career in real estate with a service aspect I felt was needed (I was, and still am, dealing with aging parents and neighbors on a daily [...]
