Some Highlights:

1. The National Association of Realtors surveyed their members and released the findings of their Profile of Home Staging.
2. 62% of seller’s agents say that staging a home decreases the amount of time a home spends on the market.
3. 50% of staged homes saw a 1-10% increase …

Today I want to discuss how to choose a listing agent to sell your home. Selling your home is a major life event, and while there are many different factors to consider, four main things will help you best differentiate one agent from the next.

1. Personality Fit …

Sellers often ask us whether it’s worthwhile to order a pre-listing inspection before putting a home on the market, so we’d like to share our thoughts on this common query today. 

One of the major drawbacks to a pre-listing inspection is that once you’ve gotten the results …

Today we’re back with a bit of a controversial topic in the real estate world: the automated home valuation. Websites like Zillow and Redfin have tools that allow you to get an instant value of your home. Should these algorithm-based estimates be trusted?

We get questions about these …

When the real estate market is hot, a common misconception arises that anything will sell and a seller shouldn't foot the bill for a full-service brokerage.

Consider this: Last year, 1,600 homeowners put their homes up for sale and failed to sell in the hottest market …

When a home is properly staged, it should highlight the function and beauty of the property so that buyers can more easily imagine themselves living there. Staging is just as important for in-person home tours as it is for online property photos. More than 90% of home buyers …

The other day while we were wrapping up a listing presentation, the seller told us they were considering switching to another brokerage whose signs they often saw around the neighborhood.

Because I understand the true value of a brokerage, this made me laugh. A brokerage is not consumer-facing …

Recently we got a call from a client whose listing failed to move off the market. They asked us, “Why do some homes sell, while others don’t?”

Failed listings happen, but preventing them is as simple as keeping a few key things in mind. If you’re thinking …

If you choose to hire a friend or family member to assist you in a real estate transaction, you might be making a huge mistake.

Many of you out there have friends and family members with real estate licenses. However, just because someone is licensed doesn’t mean that …