How to Live in a Staged Home

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Living in a staged home can be difficult. It’s hard to occupy a space that must be kept clean and organized for any unexpected showings. So how do you keep your home in pristine condition? The biggest thing is to changer your mindset. It’s no longer “your home”. It is a place that you reside [...]

The Benefits of Home Staging-Part Two

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As we learned in part one of the benefits of home staging, there are numerous benefits to home staging. Not only will it allow your home to look more enticing to prospective home buyers, but it will help your home to sell faster. This is because your home is set up to make your home look bigger, [...]

The Benefits of Home Staging-Part One

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Home staging has become an increasingly a great way for people to sell their homes more quickly and for more money. Its overall goal is to help prospective home buyers emotionally connect with a space. Home staging isn’t limited to just high-end properties. It has become a norm for homes at all price points. While [...]

Make Your Home Look Bigger

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Let’s face it: some of the homes in Nevada County are TINY. Many homes in Grass Valley and Nevada City are built on a smaller scale with a series of small rooms instead of open concept spaces. So maybe you need tips on how to decorate those spaces. Or maybe you just have that one [...]

Home Selling 101: So You Want to Sell? Here’s What You Need to Know

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As the housing market continues to rebound from the depths of the Great Recession, many homeowners find themselves ready to make a move. There are several things driving home sales. One of the main strengths of today’s market is in move-ups, according to Budge Huskey, Coldwell Banker Real Estate CEO. Existing homeowners are looking [...]

3 Reasons Your Real Estate Search is Better in the Summer

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Spring and summer are hot when it comes to real estate, and it is often seen as a seller’s market. However, there are great reasons the summer season can aid buyers in their real estate search. Here are the top-three reasons to buy in the summer. It’s no secret that spring and summer are [...]

12 Ways to Challenge a Home Appraisal

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In real estate, there are several circumstances when your entire transaction hangs in the balance, based on the results of an appraisal: When you are buying a home, you need the appraisal of the home you are buying to match or be higher than the price you have contracted. Conversely, when you are selling [...]

Six Creative Open House Ideas To Sell Your Home Fast

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It’s easy to see the value of an open house—a designated time for real estate agents and prospective buyers to scope out your home while on a Sunday spree of house tours. But if you’re worried about getting lost among the competition, creative open house ideas are a must if you want to make [...]

Who is Buying Homes?

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There’s always a lot of news around housing numbers. Whether home sales are up or down, hot or cold, when they’re released, housing numbers grab headlines. According to the most recent numbers from the National Association of Realtors, nearly 5 million homes will be sold in 2014. That’s a lot of homes! One thing [...]

How to Keep Home Maintenance Costs Under $300 a Year

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A little TLC maintenance goes a long way toward staving off expensive repairs. Cringe at the thought of major repairs to your home? It’s the little preventative maintenance things you do throughout the year that’ll keep big repair bills at bay. In fact, you can keep your entire house fit and healthy for a [...]

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