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The term “staging” has now become part of the real estate vernacular and plays an invaluable role in selling a home. But, when most people think of staging, they conjure images of moving furniture around or buying fixtures and accessories to spruce up rooms. One of the fastest growing trends in t...

Up to A New Class of Buyers Upper-middleclass couples have heard of amazingly luxurious condos in waterfront locations like Miami Beach, West Palm Beach and Bellevue, Washington. They know the stories that these condos come with resort-style amenities like concierge services, in-house spas and me...

Many under the heavy pressure of economic downturn are finding that their spending outweighs their income. Limiting your spending on luxuries is one way to help, but there are some other actions that can be taken to limit cost of living expenses and put you on the road to saving money instead of ...

In the current real estate market, everything about a home for sale has to be eye-catching. Because there are so many homes on the market, putting a low price on a home isn’t enough. Sellers need to get connected by having a realtor, perform home improvement tasks and put their best foot forward ...

There’s so much information available on the web on staging that you can expect just about every seller to use staging tactics. While staging is just another way of making a home look its best, sometimes it can be used to compensate for a homes inadequacies. For instance, if a home uses small fu...

Buying a home is exciting, but buying a defective home is not so exciting. There are many ways to detect defective homes, some defects are more obvious than others so employing a variety of methods is the best way to go about finding defects. The best way to detect problem homes is to get thoroug...

When dealing with a double-edged sword…handle with care. Foreclosures can be great deals, but if taken lightly can produce unfavorable results. Foreclosures have only become popular recently with the declining economic times. Prior to the recession, foreclosures were seen as unkempt property or e...

Real estate has had many fads throughout the years, whether its condos in urban areas or vacation property in rural areas fads are ubiquitous throughout real estate in the U.S. A new fad picking up steam is live/work residences. A live/work residence is a property built specifically for home-base...

Of the many issues that seriously divide the nation, whether or not one should buy a home in the current real estate market is up definitely up there. Both sides have valid points but lately it seems the side that promotes buying is gaining ground. Not only is there a $7,500 dollar incentive for ...

In the tough market of real estate website design providing users with simple navigation, pleasant real estate website design and adequate amounts of information are essential. If you're a realtor who's already used or looking to use real estate website design as part of your marketing scheme, be...