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Having a Great Month!
Tiffany DuBose
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Should
I Take My Home Off the Market During the
Holidays?
When
you look at your calendar you may find the
months already overloaded with seasonal
obligations -- shopping, entertaining,
children's pageants, charity work, decorating
the house, and so much more. If you are also
trying to sell your home, you are under extra
pressure to keep your home in "showtime"
condition. And that could be the last thing you
need before the holiday spirit is broken.
It is understandable why you would be
tempted to take your home off the market during
the holidays. And the list of justifications is
long. If you are too busy, buyers may be also,
and you may
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find your efforts unrewarded with not
enough showings. And what if you do get
an offer? You may be faced with the
possibility of packing and moving during
the busiest time of the year. Besides,
you can give your house a rest, and it
will
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Disclosure: Safest Way
To Sell A Home
If
you're putting your home on the market, better be sure
you're ready to tell all -- good and bad.
"The majority of lawsuits or claims that occur are
as a result of buyers finding out about something that
is wrong with their property after the close of escrow
and coming to the belief that the seller knew but didn't
tell them," says real estate attorney, Peter Solecki of
Winton & Larson, LLP.
Disclosure is vital. In one extreme case, it may
have spared a seller from going to jail and even saved
lives. The New York Times reported on a trial back in
the late eighties that found the seller of a home guilty
for not disclosing to the buyers that the home's heater
had malfunctioned. The buyers and one of their children
were asphyxiated by fumes from a gas-fired heater used
to de-ice the driveway of their home. Only their
four-year-old child survived. The seller was convicted
of involuntary manslaughter. This case is believed to be
the first of its
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Real Estate Outlook: Sales Picking Up Tempo
Here's
a key question about the current market: Do you look at
home prices to figure out where we are in the real
estate recovery cycle, or do you focus on sales?
In an economy where an estimated 35 to 40 percent of all
home transactions are foreclosures or short sales -
distress situations in other words -- prices won't
really guide you much beyond the conclusion that: We're
still "correcting” the excesses of the boom years, still
peeling back those wild and unsustainable
hyperinflationary price run ups.
So it's no surprise that median prices are down,
year to year, in a majority of large markets across the
country.
Sales statistics, on the other hand, tell you how
fast buyers are responding to those lower prices -- and
greatly improved affordability.
Right now, in market after market, sales are
picking up tempo -- especially in places where prices
once spiraled out of control.
Third quarter sales of existing homes in the U.S.
were up by 2.6 percent over second quarter 2008 levels,
according to the National Association of Realtors'
latest study.
That's not spectacular -- but let's face it: It's
forward movement … and we're in
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Green Counter Tops
Tell An Eco-Friendly Story
Upgrading
kitchens is one of the best ways to increase value in your home.
Deciding to remodel the kitchen using green recycled materials
can add extra appeal. It also gives homeowners a good feeling
knowing that once-wasted materials that are generated from glass
manufacturers are now being put to good use.
"A lot of people are deciding to go green and this is
definitely a green-certified product because it is 85 percent
recycled glass," says Cody Nosko, President of CCM Enterprises.
She’s talking about Vetrazzo—a slab of material made from
recycled glass and concrete and used mostly in residential homes
for kitchen and bathroom countertops although it can go anywhere
natural stone is commonly used. The
Daily News and Advice
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