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How to Stage Your Kitchen for Sale

When you’re selling your home, details matter. That’s why you should pay attention to every aspect, from the entryway to the laundry room and everything in between. Get these spaces into working condition, and you’ll get your home ready to be shown. But if there is one place that matters most—one place that deserves more attention than any other in terms of preparation—it’s the kitchen.

Long called the heart of a home, the kitchen is often the most-used room and the one where people tend to congregate. That’s why it only makes sense that by improving the kitchen, you improve your home’s likelihood of selling.

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Are you a first-time home buyer, wanting to take the plunge and purchase property but nervous to do so? You’re not alone. Many other potential home owners are feeling the same anxiety, despite all the benefits and incentives being offered.

The truth is, buying your first home is a major commitment, and it’s normal to be a little nervous. Yet you can alleviate some of that tension by going into the purchase fully prepared, aware of the investment you’re making.

Here are five signs that you are ready to buy your first home:

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You are selling your home. You have taken some of the staging tips from the Buy Owner Blog and fixed up each room in your house. But what about the closets? Storage space is important to buyers and should not be overlooked when you are attempting to sell your house. Just as you want buyers to imagine themselves watching television in your living room or cooking meals in your kitchen, you also want them to be able to see their belongings in your closets. You have to sell the storage space!

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Whether you are starting from scratch in a new home or you want to change your existing home’s decor, you have plenty of options. How do you choose?

Did you know that when you are selling your home, there are eco-friendly choices you can make? [...]

The most recent S&P Case-Shiller home-price index showed a continued decline in home prices. Prices dropped 7.5 percent in the last quarter alone, and they dropped a whopping 19.1 percent from a year ago. This is the biggest drop the report has seen since its first report 21 years ago. For home sellers, this information seems very unfortunate. For home buyers, this may just be what you were waiting for.

With houses being sold 9 percent below their normal market value, home buyers are purchasing great homes for a fraction of what they’re worth. With so many foreclosures and short sales, home sales have recently seen an increase due to this affordability.

With such affordable homes, is now the time for home buyers or renters to purchase a new home? [...more...]

For most people, selling a home can be an emotional experience. Even though a house is just a physical structure, it feels like more than that. It’s where your kids took their first steps or where you celebrated holidays.

But when it comes to pricing your home for sale, it is necessary that you cut emotions. Otherwise, you may make the mistake of overpricing your home for the market, and that is a mistake hard to recover from.

Here’s what happens if you price your home based on emotion rather than on data: [...more...]