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selling your home: RETURN ON IMPROVEMENT - 03/16/11 10:58 PM
If you plan to remodel or update before selling your home, you have to find the balance between what's appropriate and what qualifies as over-improvement. If you're in a mid-range neighborhood and install granite countertops, you're unlikely to recoup your costs. But if you're in a higher-end community, laminate may be too little, too late, resulting in a lower sales price. So what will always work? Painting, inside or out, is one of the most affordable ways to increase your resale value. If you've got wood floors underneath carpeting, show them off. Old light fixtures in the kitchen, bath and hallways … (11 comments)
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selling your home: A PRICING PUZZLE - 03/09/11 10:32 PM
If you need to sell your home, but you don’t have enough equity, you're facing a pricing puzzle, because you don’t want to come out of pocket with more than you have to. But, before deciding on a fair price that may be below what you really want, ask yourself... If your home sits on the market, waiting for a higher offer, how much will it cost you each month in mortgage payments, utilities, maintenance and insurance? Compare the asking prices of homes similar to yours to their actual sales prices. Understand that sales price is often determined more by the … (12 comments)
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selling your home: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SELLING AND DWELLING - 02/08/11 10:14 PM
There is a special mindset associated with "staging" your home to sell in today’s market. Staging refers simply to the act of improving your home's appearance in order to appeal to the widest segment of potential buyers. The approach you must adopt is to see your home with an objective eye. Stop looking at your home as your "home," and start visualizing it as the "product" it becomes when it enters the market. Both your real estate agent and a professional home stager can help to market your product successfully by highlighting positive features and downplaying less attractive aspects. Since you … (10 comments)
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Clark Cook
Fayetteville,
NC
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1st Choice Realty of Fayetteville, LLC
Address: 201 S. McPherson Church Rd. Ste. 208, Fayetteville, NC, 28303
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