Every year we hear about multiple Colors of the Year being chosen for the upcoming change of the calendar, and perhaps no other year has put people in the mode for change quite like 2020. Will everything in our topsy turvy world go back to normal on January 1st, 2021? Unfortunately that is not the case, but there is definitely …
Things to Consider When Selling Your Home During the Holidays
Many experts will have you believe that if you want to sell your home, you’d better list it in the spring to capitalize on the spring and summer home buying season. They aren’t wrong – April is the month of peak home prices, when you can expect to receive the highest price for your property when it hits the market. …
Tips for Selling Your Home this Fall
Spring and summer are often considered the best seasons for selling your home, but with our current strong seller’s market, it’s always a good time to list! Houses are barely hitting the market before they are snapped up, and in most areas, the available housing inventory is not currently keeping up with demands. This is great news for sellers, and …
How Your Pets Affect Your Home Listing
You consider your dog a member of the family. Your cat brings you endless joy. Your parakeet’s morning chirps are music to your ears. If you feel this way about your pets, you may assume everyone else does as well. While the pet ownership rate in the United States is at 67% of homes, just because a potential buyer has …
Don’t Forget These Details When Staging Your Home
You already know the importance of home staging when it comes to selling your home. Decluttering, thorough cleaning and removing personal items are all of our first steps when we get ready to stage our homes. Anything and everything about how your home looks, feels, and even smells can influence a buyer’s decision as to whether or not to put …
Keeping Your Home Safe While Selling
You’ve decluttered, organized and stowed away all overly personal possessions. You’ve made basic repairs and spent time cleaning up your flower beds and outdoor living space to give your home that extra pop of curb appeal. You may think you have thought of everything when it comes to selling your home, but have you considered home security measures that may …
Easy Ways to Increase Your Home’s Value
To sharply increase your home’s value, you need to take on a major renovation project, right? Not necessarily. There are quite a few small scale changes and improvements you can make that will really pay off when it comes to your return on investment. In fact, you can increase your home’s value by as much as 25-30% by focusing on …
Minimizing Your Home’s Flaws when Preparing to Sell
If you’re considering putting your house on the market and moving to another one, chances are good there are things about your current home that you are not happy with. But before you get overly concerned that your house is less than perfect, keep in mind that very few homes truly live up to all of their owner’s expectations, and …
Staging Your Home in Winter
Compared to many parts of the country, Atlanta has mild winters with very little snow and ice to worry about, but rest assured, if you are trying to sell a home in winter, bitter cold and possibly even ice and snow are real possibilities. While there definitely aren’t as many buyers shopping this time of year, they are out there, …