Scottsdale has a serious shortage of homes for sale right now. And cash buyers are out in droves. In 2011, 47% of the more 100,000 home purchases in Phoenix were cash transactions. I can talk through the past couple of days with you, just to illustrate the real situations that buyers are encountering. Buyer made [...]
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I woke to an interesting post on Facebook this morning, and when I shared it with my friends, a couple fellow real estate agents added their experiences on how quickly their listings are selling. Location, condition, and setting the right price are key, of course! While sellers don’t want to “give their house away”, once [...]
I was recently asked to share my experience with a relatively new national home search database provided to real estate agents who are members of the National Association of Realtors. Named Realtors Property Resource, or RPR for short, the database has an incredible amount of current and historical real estate information available. For me, RPR [...]
Quick tips for showing your home: Allow a lockbox to be installed for easy and secure agent access Leave for scheduled showings so buyer can feel more comfortable imagining living in the home Remove pets Once a buyer has viewed your home, I use the Homefeedback service to get feedback on what buyers thought of [...]
Thinking about selling your house? Here are a few reasons to hire a real estate agent (a Realtor) to guide you through the process.
In Arizona, the standard residential real estate contract calls for the home seller to deliver a Seller Disclosure document to the buyer within 5 days of an accepted offer. From the Arizona Seller’s Property Disclosure Statement (SPDS): Sellers are obligated by law to disclose all known material (important) facts about the property to the buyer. [...]
Some sellers consider staging their home when preparing to sell. In this video, I share a bit about home staging, re-staging, and web staging as options for preparing your home for market and the most enticing on-line presentation.
