Selling 101: What First-Time Sellers Can Expect from the Process

The selling process can be very intimidating for anyone putting their property on the market for the first time. Naturally, you can expect to find a variety of emotions involved; as you move towards a new home—perhaps to accommodate a growing family, save money, or downsize after your children have left the nest—you’ll likely find

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Key Tips To Sell Your Home Faster

When a homeowner decides to sell their home, they want to do it fast. Especially when time bounds you, such as if a move to another country or state is imminent. Selling your house fast is one of the best and fastest ways to instantly move on with life. When you’re going to sell your

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Survey highlights home seller’s biggest concerns

When it comes to selling a home, factors that traditionally have been harder for sellers to control — like uncertainty about timing and price — cause the most stress. That’s according to the 2019 Zillow Group Consumer Housing Trend Report, the largest-ever survey of U.S. home buyers, sellers, owners and renters. The process of selling a

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Ask Brian: Sellers’ Conversations With Agents

Ask Brian is a weekly column by Real Estate Expert Brian Kline. If you have questions on real estate investing, DIY, home buying/selling, or other housing inquiries please email your questions to [email protected] Question. Pamela from Lorain, OH asks: Hello Brian, this isn’t my first rodeo when it comes to selling my home. The last

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Why You Should Invest In Home Buying Companies When Selling Your House

When you are trying to sell your home, there are many options for you to choose from, wherein you can sell your home at the best price and the quickest means possible. One of the best ways for you to sell your house is to sell it off to home buying companies, one of which

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Why Dual Agency in Real Estate Is Bad For Buyers and Sellers

What is Dual Agency and How Does it Work? There are lots of things in a real estate transaction that a layman has no idea about. Most people do understand the basics of representation. For example a “seller’s real estate agent” represents a seller and a “buyer’s real estate agent” represents a buyer. Pretty simple

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Ask Brian: I’ve Decided to Sell. What Do I Do Now?

Ask Brian is a weekly column by Real Estate Expert Brian Kline. If you have questions on real estate investing, DIY, home buying/selling, or other housing inquiries please email your questions to [email protected] Question. Kim from TN writes: Hi Brian. I’ve been on the fence about selling my home and buying in another neighborhood that

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Homeowners spend $20K on average to prep their homes for sale

Home sellers in the United States spend an average of $20,851 to sell their homes, according to Zillow and Thumbtack’s 2019 Hidden Costs of Selling analysis. This includes closing costs as well as improvements and other projects made when people are preparing their homes for sale. More than half of today’s sellers are doing so

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New York & Florida are the friendliest markets for buyers in 2019

Home shopping season is almost here, and prospective buyers in Florida and the New York metro area can expect more favorable conditions than those in most other major markets, a new Zillow analysis reveals. Zillow’s Buyer-Seller Index shows how hot a region’s housing market is compared to others by analyzing sale-to-list-price ratios, percentage of listings

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Sellers can make $1,600 more by listing in early May

Sellers looking to maximize profits should list their homes for sale in the first two weeks of May. A new Zillow analysis found that those homes sell for a $1,600 premium, and six days faster. In 19 of the 35 largest metros, the best month to sell for the biggest sales premium is May. That

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