home sellers: Home Sellers: Stand Up to Model Homes!
- 03/20/07 05:21 AM
I attended a meeting of top women agents in North San Diego County last week, and here was lots of buzz and much discussion about what is selling—and what is not. Aside from market issues (luxury home market is strong in coastal San Diego County and multiple offers are not uncommon for buffed homes in the $1.5 million and up range), the issue of home presentation and staging was at the very top of the list. Books could be written about all the things sellers might do to increase the sales price and decrease marketing time for their listed homes—and I … (1 comments)
home sellers: Research Nuggets
- 09/27/06 02:31 AM
In a mood of curiosity, I searched “real estate blog” in the Google toolbar. At the top of the organic list was http://houseblogger.typepad.com/ , Tim O’Keefe’s Real Estate Marketing blog. Some attributed nuggets: 1. Eight out of ten buyers who used the Internet to find a home, used an agent to help complete the transaction. 2. A September 2006 survey of consumers by Discover Small Business Watch found that 61 % of home sellers said they would prefer the services of an agent versus only 4 percent who said they would prefer an online service to help sell their homes. (What about the other … (4 comments)
I attended a meeting of top women agents in North San Diego County last week, and here was lots of buzz and much discussion about what is selling—and what is not. Aside from market issues (luxury home market is strong in coastal San Diego County and multiple offers are not uncommon for buffed homes in the $1.5 million and up range), the issue of home presentation and staging was at the very top of the list.
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