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Are Online Appraisals Accurate?
Today, Sunday, September 05, 2010, 7 hours ago
Over the last five years, one of the newest developments in real estate is the ability for home buyers and sellers to search online for a home’s appraisal value.
Many websites offer free estimates, but some consumers and REALTORS® like Daniel Maloney say the values calculated often are inaccurate and misleading.
”Making sense of the story for consumers:Online [...]
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Sellers: Stay Safe When Showing House
Today, Sunday, September 05, 2010, 11 hours ago
You decide you need to move and you put your home on the market. In the best efforts to sell you current home, you list it with an agent plus run ads and plan open houses. While this is a positive on the selling side, it could be disasterous on the personal safety side.
Baltimore, Maryland REALTOR® Ariana [...]
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Should We Offer Lease to Purchase to Renter?
Yesterday, Saturday, September 04, 2010, 7 hours ago
Q: Our condo has been on the market for a few months with zero interest as of yet. We have an excellent, long-term tenant who wants to buy the home, but cannot afford to make a down payment. We are considering a Lease to Purchase agreement as a solution. Given the condo’s market value ($100K), [...]
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Realtor Competition is Good for Sellers
Yesterday, Saturday, September 04, 2010, 11 hours ago
As a seller or landlord, it’s important you align yourself with a REALTOR® you respect, trust, and believe in.
You are partially choosing based on the reputation and image of the real estate agency itself;, but as New Jersey REALTOR® Beverly Meaux reminds, you are mostly choosing the person, not the agency.
“My partner and I have [...]
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What is Happening in the Luxury Market?
Friday, September 03, 2010, 5:00 PM
Q: What is happening in the luxury market?
A: The luxury market’s doing okay, oddly enough. What we’re seeing is opportunity sieges. People who have been sitting on the sidelines couldn’t really stomach the prices of land or luxury properties and now they’re sort of coming off the bench and saying, “Hey, this is what I’ve been [...]
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Pet Parents: Tips on Selling Your Home
Friday, September 03, 2010, 1:00 PM
If you have pets, you’ll need to consider some extra steps when getting your home ready to show. Keep in mind that not everyone is a pet lover, so all of the pet fur and odor that your furry friend leaves behind might be a turn-off to a buyer. Or, you might run into buyers who [...]
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Ask a Realtor Celebrates First Anniversary
Friday, September 03, 2010, 12:33 PM
One year ago, we launched the ”Ask a REALTOR®” program which matches consumer questions with real estate experts and publishes their answers online.
The first post debuted on August 25, 2009. From the initial participation of a dozen Realtors, the “Ask a REALTOR” program has developed into a thriving community of experts in the areas of financing, first time [...]
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Top 10 Posts on Realtor.com Blogs in August
Friday, September 03, 2010, 12:00 PM
Our readers really influence the kind of stories we post here on REALTOR.com® Blogs. Visitors to our site are looking for the ABCs of buying and selling a home; they also enjoyed reading about one Realtor’s Hound Hero.
Here are the Top 10 most read posts in the month of August:1. Local Hound Heroes – Michelle [...]
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Are You Working with a Licensed Realtor?
Friday, September 03, 2010, 8:00 AM
Starting in the 1990s, the United States experienced a period of unbelievable prosperity through investment in real estate, followed by an equally dramatic decline and loss in values during the past decade. As in most bull times, a group of less-than-scrupulous real estate licensees emerged that took advantage of unsuspecting buyers and sellers. Unlike licensed REALTORS®, these shady [...]
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Top Ten Most Popular Ask a Realtor Responses
Thursday, September 02, 2010, 6:11 PM
More and more readers are beginning to utilize our “Ask a REALTOR®” feature which provides personalized answers to your real estate questions. Also, they use it as a resource for finding archived articles that can help them with their particular issue.
Here are the top 10 most read answers on REALTOR.com® Blogs in August:1. Can Realtor [...]
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