Estimating Your Selling Costs
Posted on May 06, 2020 in Buy and Sell
When the time comes to sell your house, you’ll want to determine roughly how much you can expect to net after the sale. To figure that out, you’ll not only need to know how much your house will likely sell for, but also the selling costs you are likely to incur in the process.
The costs of selling vary depending on a number of factors. Here’s a gene...
Finding The Perfect "Kid-Friendly" Neighborhood
Posted on Apr 24, 2020 in Buy and Sell
Fast forward a few years and imagine that your kids have grown up. They’ve come back to the “old neighborhood” to reminisce. What will they remember? The playground where they hung out with their friends? The quiet cul-de-sac where they learned to ride their bikes? The park where they picnicked and flew kites?
Lasting memories are built in neighborh...
Home Shopping and the Four Legged Stool
Posted on Apr 02, 2020 in Buy and Sell
What kind of stool is most likely to keep you from toppling over when you sit on it? Of course, two-legged stools won’t even stand on their own. Three-legged stools are okay, but still unstable. Four-legged stools are rock solid.
What does this have to do with shopping for a new home?
Well, if you want to find the right home quickly and for the best...
Are You Ready to Buy Up?
Posted on Feb 18, 2020 in Buy and Sell
No matter how much you love your current home, you may still be dreaming of the day you can buy up into a better home in a better neighbourhood.
Is that day today or a few years down the road?
Here’s a quick way to make that assessment.
First, make a list of all the practical reasons why it might be time to move up. Those reasons might include feature...
How to Quick-Prep Your Home For Sale
Posted on Dec 09, 2019 in Buy and Sell
Ideally, you should plan to have plenty of time to prepare your home for sale. You want to be able to get everything fixed and cleaned up, and perhaps even make a few improvements, such as installing a new counter top in the kitchen.
For any number of reasons, that’s not always possible. If you have to suddenly relocate for work, for example, you ma...
5 Unusual (But Effective) Home Staging Ideas
Posted on Aug 26, 2019 in Buy and Sell
Staging” your home is all about making the space in your home as appealing as possible to buyers. You may already know the basics, such as eliminating clutter, and removing personal photographs. Here are some other tips that are less well known yet very effective:
A chandelier. Surprisingly, installing a chandelier is one of the simplest ways to mak...