Spring usually is the most popular time of year to sell a house, with lots of buyers looking to move into a new place before the school year begins. But if you're selling a house in the winter, experts say you could reap a reward in extra cash. Here, Realtor.com reveals the top reasons why you…
Although improving the appearance of your home by sprucing up the lawn, decluttering or updating lighting fixtures are important factors to consider in attracting higher offers, there are pricing strategies that don’t involve any physical labor. Here, Trulia suggests some techniques that can help you get top-dollar offers. Price your home competitively Setting the ideal price…
Merrymaking and gift giving might be top of mind right now, but many holiday activities could come back to haunt you if you’re thinking about placing your home on the market next year. Here, Realtor.com offers five seasonal splurges to avoid if you want the sales process go as smoothly as possible in 2018. 1.…
Since Halloween is just around the corner, we thought it would be appropriate to bring you the results of Realtor.com’s newly released Haunted Real Estate survey. According to the results, many respondents said they would be more than open to living with ghosts year-round, especially if a few bumps in the night leads to more…
Everyone loves the idea of indoor-outdoor living. And when you’re selling a home, staging your outdoor space can be an important way to show off one of your home’s best features while attracting prospective buyers. Whether your property has a sweeping lawn or a small city balcony, Redfin suggests some ways you can help buyers envision…
Competition among buyers in many markets has gotten intense, so if you’re serious about homeownership, you’d better get your act together. To point you in the right direction, Realtor.com has prepared a road map of the typical steps you need to be aware of during the home-buying process. 1. Choose an agent The first step in the home-buying…
Need to sell your home in a hurry? By using these easy and inexpensive tips, Trulia.com says you can expect an offer in no time. Get a storage unit Anyone who tours your home is going to check out the storage spaces, which means that disorganized, overstuffed closets only serve as evidence that your home…
Summer is the most popular time of the year to buy and sell a home. So, if you’re thinking about starting your home search, your first instinct might be to stay away and wait for the weather—and the market—to cool down. However, Realtor.com points out five distinct advantages to entering the marketplace during housing’s hottest…
When it comes time to sell your home, you want to make sure every room is in tip-top shape—that means clean, neat and free of clutter. One room to pay particular attention to is the bathroom, which can quickly become cluttered with half-filled tubes of toothpaste, shampoo bottles and hairbrushes. Taking the time to clean…
Whatever’s hot now will someday be…not. From mountains of pillows to bright colors, Realtor.com offers seven once-popular trends that decorating experts suggest sellers banish from the bedroom when placing their home on the market. All white, all the time Home sellers often are told to stick to a neutral palette, and white is a neutral, but it…