Cleanliness and decluttering wont make a home sell for more than its worth, but it can make your home inviting to a larger number of potential buyers.

Want your home to sell faster and for top dollar? Of course!

Two things every homeowner selling a home can do to help their selling agent is to remove clutter throughout the home, garage, and yard plus make sure your home is spotless. A clean and decluttered [...]

Why is Curb Appeal #1 when its time to list your home for sale?

First, todays buyers begin their search online and weve already talked about how important good photography is. But no matter how good the photographer, if the homes exterior lacks curb appeal, the photos will not pop.

Second, once buyers have found some homes [...]

Regardless of where you live in Delaware, if youve been thinking about selling your home, now really is the time. 

Which month do you think most people who are considering buying a home actually start their search? If youre like most of us, you probably think the surge happens in the Spring, likely in [...]

With the continued increase of home prices, Delaware Sellers make their move to list homes now. 

Questions continue to rise around where home prices will head in 2020. The latest forecast from CoreLogic shows continued appreciation at 5.4% over the next year:

Additionally, ARCH Mortgage Insurance Company in their current Housing and Mortgage Market [...]

Home staging doesnt have to be complicated when you follow the 5 Wswho, what, when, where, and why.

Boomers, are you planning to sell when you retire? Youre not alone and it will take some advance planning. In a recent NAR Home Buyer and Seller Generational Trends Report, we learned Boomers represent 43% of todays sellers. But, who are the buyers for your [...]

How many retirement homes will you buy or sell?

When we first began to focus our real estate business on Baby Boomers planning for retirement, we believed the adage that people would buy one retirement home. Some even call it their forever home and so does much of the marketing generated by builders and [...]

When home inventory levels dip buyers want more house choices; this is exactly when you should list your home for sale.   

Many sellers believe Spring is the best time to put their homes on the market because buyer demand traditionally increases at that time of year. What they dont realize is if every homeowner believes the same [...]

Before listing your home for sale its essential to understand your competition.

New construction is having a major impact on the housing market in many parts of Delaware. If you are planning to sell your home, you need to know your competition and it is no longer just the house next door; its the new construction homes in new communities [...]

With a less than 6-months supply of houses on the market to sell, buyers want to see more homes.

Lets continue the conversation around when its the best time to place your home on the market. If you missed my earlier blog post, Real Estate Experts Weigh In on Current Housing Market, be sure to give it a quick read.

As a Delaware [...]

Now is the best time to sell your home because the lower interest rates help your potential buyers.

Were halfway through the year. With a decline in interest rates as well as home price and wage appreciation, many are wondering what the experts predict for the second half of 2019 when it comes to the real estate market. If youve been [...]