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The real estate market seems to be dead and your home for sale. You need to sell. How can you and your real estate agent increase the traffic of prospective buyers through your home?

Here are 10 ways to increase traffic in home selling:

1) Make Your Home Easy to Show

At a minimum, your MLS listing should read "call first, lockbox." The "call first" is to... Read More

Are you one of those who should rent and not buy in the real estate market?

Here are some ways to tell:

Bad Credit Report

• If your FICO score is below 620, you're not going to receive a good interest rate for a loan.
• If you are buying a home with bad credit, you should work on fixing it before applying for a home mortgage loan.
• Four late payments is enough to disqualify you from... Read More

Are you one of those who should rent and not buy in the real estate market?

Here are some ways to tell:

Bad Credit Report

• If your FICO score is below 620, you're not going to receive a good interest rate for a loan.
• If you are buying a home with bad credit, you should work on fixing it before applying for a home mortgage loan.
• Four late payments is enough to disqualify you from... Read More

If you ask a real estate agent, "Should I keep my home on the market over the holidays?" an agent will tell you, "Yes, absolutely, because then you know buyers are serious." It's hogwash. If you don't have to sell between Thanksgiving and New Year's, take your home off of the real estate market.

Why Your Home Should Be Off the Real Estate Market Over the... Read More

Not every mistake in a real estate transaction can turned around or fixed before closing. If buyers mess up and make an innocent mistake, they might very well be stuck with the results for a long time or, worse, their deal might not even close. It could fall out of escrow.

Home buying # 1 mistake: not confiding in your real estate agent:

Home buyers can withhold information... Read More

In real estate market news 2008 version (Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers) from the National Association of Realtors became available in November.. The information is based on answers to an eight-page questionnaire mailed to 133,000 consumers who purchased a home between July 2007 and June 2008 an shows how home buyers find the future home they will buy.

Here are the... Read More

Sales of Custom Homes in the real estate market are on the rebound. Lumber composites (which include pine, spruce, and fir) have dropped over 34%. Panels (plywood) have dropped over 12%. Put this in combination with competitive quality labor prices, readily available lots, record low interest rates…now is the perfect time to build a house in the real estate market.

Builders... Read More

Do you know what an ELP is? An ELP is a term that comes from Dave Ramsey, who has been a financial adviser for the past 15 years. He has radio and TV programs and it the creator of My Total Money Makeover and Financial Peace University among many other financial tools. ELP means "endorsed local provider". ELPS are the "cream of the crop" experts in the... Read More

BRANDED VERSUS UNBRANDED MARKETING: Surviving in a down market.

The market is dreadful. We all know that and there isn’t anything we can do to make buyers start buying again. That is a market force we have no control over. We do have control over our activity however. Frankly, that’s why most Realtors are starving. They do not have the work ethic or marketing platforms in... Read More

Why isn’t my home selling? Real Estate Agents share the frustration with the home owners across the country.

If your home has had showings but no offers, that usually indicates it is still a bit overpriced. Buyers have been scared to death by the media, and unless they feel they are getting a "good" deal, they are reluctant to even make an offer,especially in... Read More

Reasons Home Buyers Don't Make Offers on Overpriced Listings in the real estate market?

• They don't want to offend the seller.
  

• Buyers mistakenly believe that the seller knows the home is overpriced. They believe that if a seller would be willing to sell for less, the seller would simply lower her price.

• Buyers also assume that the seller must have turned down low-ball offers... Read More