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Where to Find School Information
Whether you have school age children or not, the quality of the local schools is one of the biggest selling factors that helps define a Good Location.
Under the U.S. Fair Housing Laws, real estate agents are prohibited from recommending or warning buyer about the differences and reputations of local schools. So, where can home buyers find reliable information about public and private schools before they buy??
- Go to the web and look up the school’s website.
- HomeFair.com provides a Free School Report that contains information about student-teacher ratios, dollars spent per pupil, before and after school programs, gifted and talented programs, number of computers per student and percentage of seniors who attended college.
- GreatSchools.net provides information about private and public schools. It also serves up data and news about state education programs and departments.
- Many states offer online information about public schools and links to public education sites.
Tip for Home Sellers: Become informed about your local school system and provide information to buyer’s who need it. Thanks to the internet, finding useful information on neighborhood schools has never been easier, so get to know about the public and private schools located near you, whether you use them or not.
Thank you for visiting Why6Percent.com. The MLS is searchable by school system for a reason. Everyone wants to know about the local schools, just like they need to know price and ammenities. Do your homework!!
Virtually Stage Vacant Home to Sell
Marketing a vacant home can be difficult challenge, because empty rooms are hard to size up and they don’t stand out in a buyer’s mind. This leaves every vacant home looking like the one next door, with the only difference in a buyer’s mind being, which home has the lowest price.This problem may have been solved by Krisztina Bell, a smart Atlanta Realtor, who invented and patented a software program that will “virtually” stage any vacant property for around $250. Her company has been heralded by the Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronical and other publications as the answer to giving the effect of a professionally staged home at a fraction of the cost.
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Please Update Your Bathroom Lighting
If The 80’s called, they want their lights back!!
If you haven’t replaced the lighting in your bathroom since the 1980’s or 1990’s, you really should. Nothing turns off buyer’s as quickly as an outdated bathroom. And, while a total remodel may not be appropriate, changing out the light fixtures is cheap and easy to do yourself.
Turn off the power before you take the old fixture down. The job shouldn’t take more than 30 minutes and your bathroom will make a much better impression on buyers.
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Save Energy Bills with an Insulating Coat of Paint
Smart home sellers know that a fresh coat of paint increases the saleability of any home, but did you also know that it can cut your utility bill, too?
A new paint additive, Insuladd, cuts heating and cooling costs, reduces mold and mildew and can be used with any interior or exterior paint.
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Home Sales are Picking Up
Although the news about rising foreclosures and unemployment may have left us all feeling a little bruised and battered this week, the good news is that home sales have picked up.
Several of our MLS and Realtor.com clients have received offers on their properties this month. And, we heard from a lot of you who had successful closings in July.
If your home is still on the market, keep up your curb appeal and watch your pricing. Serious buyer’s are buying, but only the best homes, in best neighborhood, at the best prices.
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Have a great weekend and happy home selling!!!
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Two Thumbs Up for Green, Recycled Silo Home
Check out this innovative, green home constructed with two corrugated-metal grain silo’s. The house is low maintenance, solar powered and merges the feel of rural and high tech!!
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Accessibility. A Great Niche for Home Sellers
In real estate, properties that satisfy market niches are harder to come by, which usually makes them easier to sell and market than other homes. Take the issue of assessibility for example. Does your home have a universal layout that is easily adaptable for the elderly or people with mobility or other disabilities?
If your property has no entry barriers, wide hallways or wide open interior space, you may want to learn how to market your property through networks that locate housing for disabled and handicapped Americans.
To Learn More, visit these websites:
- Slide Show for Accessible Design
- Universal Design Ideas for Accessibility
- Concepts and Ideas for Universal Housing Ammenities
- Comprehensive Resources for Accessible Housing.
Many MLS’s also provide special fields that are designated for accessibility features of property. If you think your property qualifies as an accessible home or can be easily modified for accessibility, please contact your listing broker and ask them to update you MLS property information. There are home buyers searching specifically for accessible property, so make sure they see your home.
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PRICE REDUCED!! Who Cares?
PRICE REDUCED. JUST REDUCED. PRICE DROP. PRICE SLASHED. These are the Signs of the Times, but why? Who cares, really?
Although, Realtors love the phrase and evidentally believe it to be a powerful message, PRICE REDUCED, means only one thing…the listing was overpriced. It doesn’t mean it still isn’t.
So, why do Realtors hang banners advertising that a price has been dropped? Do they believe that buyers care that an asking price was reduced from $250,000 to $200,000, if comparable homes in the neighborhood are priced at $175,000? …Read More
Tips to Sell Faster and for More Money #3- Decorating Allowances
In the third part of our Series “Tips for Selling Your Home Faster and For More Money”, we address the topic of decorating allowances.
Question: Do Buyer’s Prefer Decorating Allowances or Do They Buy the Homes that already have the Work Done?
Answer: Home Buyers overwhelming chose property that is in move-in condition, versus, outdated homes that offer decorating, carpet or paint allowances.
Reason: First, an unappealing home is an immediate turnoff. It is very difficult for most people to picture how a home would look, if offensive eyesore’s were removed. So, if the property isn’t exceptionally cheap, the potential deal will end before it begins. Secondly, buyers always question why the homeowner wasn’t willing to do the work, what else may be wrong that they can’t see and why they should put forth the effort, anyway. Thirdly, there are thousands of distressed properties to chose from. No one would be interested in purchasing a nasty headache, even if they could picture themselves living there, unless the home was priced thousands of dollars under the market? 
Seller Must Do’s: a) If you have carpet over hardwood flooring, immediately remove it and refinish the floors. b)Repaint. Paint is inexpensive and offers more bang for the buck than any other improvement a seller can make. Choose neutral colors (tour builder models or new homes for idea’s). Soft yellows or golds are warm and inviting. Peaceful, soft greens and blues are great for bedrooms because they are restful to the eye.
Same shot, after repainting with a neutral color.
If you selling the purple entry home with a paint allowance or selling the same home with a neutral entry and no allowance, ask yourself which home you would honestly be interested in seeing more of? What is your first impression? Which home would you pay more for?? This is exactly what your potential buyer thinks, too.
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