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Ask the realtor: Why smart home sellers price just below market value
Now is not the time to play pricing games. If you're listing your home and thinking, “Let’s go high and leave room to negotiate,” it’s time for a reality check. Buyers don’t shop for homes the way they haggle over used cars. Just like no one pulls into the gas station...
Ask the realtor: Who really sets the price of a home? Hint: It’s not the agent
While standing in line for coffee recently, I overheard a conversation that stopped me in my tracks: Someone casually remarked that real estate agents are the ones who set home prices. I didn’t chime in – I’m not in the habit of interrupting strangers – but that one...
Ask the realtor: Home sales falling through at record pace — Here’s what smart buyers are doing
Mortgage rates made a brief dip into the mid-6 percent range last week, and it was just enough to send some hopeful buyers back into search mode. The change was small – about half a percent – but, for some, it was a tipping point that finally made the math work. The...
Ask the realtor — Not ready to move? Here’s how to make your home safer as you age
A funny thing happened on the way to showing property: I hurt myself. Not just a little bump or a stubbed toe – this one was a doozy. While stepping from one concrete surface to another, I caught a raised lip and rolled my left ankle hard. Down I went. For the record,...
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