Friday, 10 May 2024

Buy & Sell

Master the Home Sale: 5 Mistakes to Avoid When Selling a Home

'Master the Home Sale: 5 Mistakes to Avoid When Selling a Home

If you think selling your home is easy, you're in for a surprise. Listing your home is only the first step. After that, you have to get your house ready to show potential home buyers.

How to Get Your House Ready to Sell in 30 Days (Or Less!)

'How to Get Your House Ready to Sell in 30 Days (Or Less!)

Did you know photos can affect a buyer's impression of your home? Hire a professional to take pictures before you list your house.

5 Essential Property Buying Tips You Should Not Ignore

'5 Essential Property Buying Tips You Should Not Ignore

Buying a property can easily be one of the most critical decisions in the lives of most people. Being one of the biggest investments in your lifetime, you need to make sure that no stone is unturned while choosing a residential property. It can be an apartment, condo, villa or an individual home. You need to make informed decisions to choose the best property that fulfills all your needs. Here are 5 essential property buying tips you should not ignore:

EDITOR'S PICKS

'Is Purchasing a Foreclosed Home Ever a Good Idea?

As a prospective homeowner who is looking to squeeze extra value out of your dollars, trying to buy a foreclosed property at a discount sounds like a great idea. Foreclosed homes sell at a significantly lower price than their market value. This is partly because the house comes with a range of issues that require fixing, and also because the bank wants to recover its money - fast.

By Ernest Hamilton
'Can a Water Softener Increase The Value Of Your Home?

Whether it's a buyers or sellers market, reselling your home is a difficult decision that depends on timing and preparation. Market conditions may not be in your favor, which is why every advantage helps make your listing more attractive, and a water softener is a definite plus.

By Ernest Hamilton
'Can (and Should) You Buy a House in California?

It's the American dream: For hundreds of years, Americans have sought to own their own homes. To many, the home ownership rate is a sign of the country's economic and even overall health. Some lament the lower home ownership rate among younger people, and Americans of all ages still dream of owning a place of their own.

By Ernest Hamilton
'Important Actions to Take Before Selling Your Home

Selling a home is a mammoth task that requires you to make huge decisions, spend money, and put in significant time and effort. If you're looking to get top dollar for your home, you might also need to do some remodeling. For guaranteed success, you should choose renovations that offer the best possible value for money and the greatest appeal to SoCal home buyers.

By Hannah Smith
'Home Sellers Have Saved $30M In Real Estate Commissions With UpNest

Americans have already saved $30 million in real estate commission fees by using UpNest, with much more to come.

By Ernest Hamilton
'Many Americans Say Their Financial Situation Is Worse Since The Great Recession

Yet many people's finances haven't recovered from the recession's blows, according to a new survey by personal finance website Bankrate.com.

By Staff Reporter
'The Housing Market Is About To Shift In A Bad Way For Buyers

The housing shortage that fueled competition and resulted in sky-high price gains throughout 2017 and the first half of 2018 is on the horizon yet again, and supply could potentially hit a new low.

By Staff Reporter
'New Jersey Home Inspired By Russia’s Winter Palace Is Set For Auction: Get Your Bids Ready

A short drive from Manhattan yet worlds away from the hustle and bustle is a palatial mansion in Saddle River, New Jersey inspired by the iconic Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia. Known as Stone Palace on the Hill, the sublime estate valued at close to $30 million will go up for auction July 23-26.

By Staff Reporter
'Former Spelling Manor Sells, Sets Record For Highest Price On Record In California

The former Spelling Manor, custom built for television producer Aaron Spelling and his wife Candy in the late 1980s, has just sold after three years on the market by its most recent owner, Petra Ecclestone, heir to the Bernie Ecclestone and part of the Formula One fortune.

By Staff Reporter
'Iconic Plantation House From 'Gone With The Wind' Is On The Auction Block

Frankly, my dear, you can live like Scarlett O'Hara and Ashley Wilkes. The Twelve Oaks, the columned plantation house outside Atlanta used in the 1939 movie classic Gone With The Wind, is for sale.

By Staff Reporter
'Former White Sox Manager Ozzie Guillén Puts Chicago Home On The Market For $2.5 Million

Retired Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillén has put his Chicago home in the past eight years on the market for $2.5 million. Though Guillén treasures his contemporary multi-level home in the vibrant Bucktown neighborhood, he and his wife, Ibis, are ready to start a new chapter by moving to the city's southwest suburbs to be closer to their oldest son, Ozzie Jr., and his wife, who have a 1-year-old daughter.

By Staff Reporter
'Using AI To Harness Collective Intelligence In Commercial Real Estate

Historically, commercial real estate (CRE) intelligence has been passed down from person to person, either through a brokerage company or a corporate structure. While this seems to be working for now, the future I see for the CRE industry includes a combination of this human intelligence and technology-based systems.

By Staff Reporter