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denver home selling tips: Clutter's Effect on Denver Home Values - 01/13/12 09:19 PM
Chances are good that potential home buyers have viewed a lot of properties in Denver. They’ve seen nice paint, great hardwood floors—and clutter. How they feel about that clutter will depend on why they want a home. Buyers hunting for a bargain or looking for a resale investment might find the clutter exciting. Cluttered homes don’t “show well” in most cases, so the buyer might be able to pick up the property with a below-value offer. It’s the same for buyers trying to find their first Denver home. Clutter makes a statement that this property could be purchased for
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denver home selling tips: Put Your Denver Home Buyers in the Right Mood with Color - 09/01/11 11:19 PM
We've all seen those home improvement programs that use a new coat of paint to upgrade a home's interior. Painting is a great way to improve the Denver home, especially if you plan to sell. It's also a relatively inexpensive project to tackle that can make your home look fresh and clean. A fresh coat of paint is not only refreshing and uplifting, it also helps get rid of that stale, musty odor in older homes with older paint jobs. But were you also aware that changing a home's color can change your mood? If you're thinking of selling your home,
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denver home selling tips: 10 Tax Tips for Individuals Selling Their Denver Homes - 08/27/11 08:13 PM
As a real estate agent/broker, I steer clear of giving you tax advice when selling your home, as giving the wrong information might cause a lawsuit! The best policy is for you to talk with your tax advisor for specifics, but this list of IRS home-selling tax tips is a good starting point for understanding this complex issue that can be involved in Denver home buying and selling. Here are the IRS's top 10 tax tips for home sellers: If you have owned and used your home as your main residence for two of the five years prior
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denver home selling tips: Provide Access to Help Sell Your Denver Home - 08/12/11 10:14 AM
Once you have your home priced right and showing like a model home, one of the best things you can do to help sell your Denver home is to make sure it’s accessible for showings. You want to make sure that showing agents have the ability to show your home whenever it is convenient for prospective buyers. Sometimes there are valid reasons why you may restrict the hours your home is open, such as someone who is sleeping during the day, but otherwise the showing agents should have access when buyers are available. If you limit the times when your home
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denver home selling tips: Seven Reasons Why Your Denver House Won't Sell - 06/28/11 09:40 PM
The public's perception, true or not, is that this is a total Buyer's Market. If you're even thinking of listing your property "just to see what happens," forget it! If you're not serious, well prepared for the market, bargain priced and if you haven't hired an agent that "markets like a monster" on the internet, don't bother. Homes are selling and Buyers are buying, but this is a serious game. To be a serious, committed player, check out the tips below. 1. Your property won't sell because your photos are "less than impressive." The vast majority of home buyers start
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denver home selling tips: Christmas and Holiday Denver Home Selling Plans - 12/06/10 07:03 PM
Denver City and County Building decorated for the Holidays There are many good reasons why sellers should list now, such as low inventory, a more serious buyer pool, etc. Once you have decided that now is a better time to sell than April, the next question becomes, should you decorate your home for the holidays? I was reading an article about this very subject on About.com and wanted to share it. On the one hand, a decorated home feels more warm and inviting, and on the other, over-decorating may cause clutter and distract potential buyers from seeing the bones of the house. It is important to consider both
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Marianne Bandy, CRS, CDPE, GRI
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CO
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