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How to Spot a Home Improvement Scam
Daily Real Estate News | Friday, February 19, 2016 Home owners looking to spruce up their homes need to make sure they don’t get duped by those who claim to be remodeling contractors. How do you spot a scammer? Will … Continue reading
Posted in Home Owner Tips
Tagged contract, family, home, homes, house, News, real estate, remodeling, scams
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Design Trends That Make People say … ‘No!’
Design Trends That Make People say … ‘No!’ Posted in Home Trends, Staging Tips, by Blog Contributor on February 1, 2016 By Justin M. Riordan, Spade and Archer Design Agency Design trends are just that: trendy. They change from day … Continue reading
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Tagged building, buyers, home, homes, house, Houses, national association of realtors, realtor, Sold, staging, Staging tips
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Boost Curb Appeal with $100 in 4 Easy Steps
Daily Real Estate News | Monday, February 08, 2016 Does your listing need a more inviting first impression from the outside? Stager Cora Sue Anthony with Antony Staging in Oakland, Calif., says you don’t have to break the bank to … Continue reading
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Tagged buyers, home, national association of realtors, News, real estate, realtor, staging
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Fewer Buyers Are Bringing All-Cash to Close
Daily Real Estate News | Friday, February 05, 2016 One in three buyers paid all-cash to close on their real estate transactions near the end of 2015, according to new data from CoreLogic. The share of all-cash transactions dropped to … Continue reading
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Tagged buyers, home, home sale, home sales, homes, market, national association of realtors, real estate, real estate transactions, realtor
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First-Floor Master Suites: In or Out?
Daily Real Estate News | Tuesday, February 02, 2016 As baby boomers reach retirement age, accessibility has become a popular buzzword in home design. As such, master suites on the main floor are a growing trend in new-home construction. BUILDER … Continue reading
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Tagged home, house, market, national association of realtors, News, real estate, realtor, Sales, selling, Statistics
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The Power of Pets
January 2016 | By Melissa Dittmann Tracey The real estate business traditionally has shown scant love for pets. The conventional wisdom held that sellers should conceal all traces of their dogs or cats—the toys, bowls, beds, even the animals themselves—when … Continue reading
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Tagged buyers, dogs, family, for sale, home, home buyer, home for sale, homeowners, homes, homes for sale, house, marketing, moving, national association of realtors, properties, property, real estate, realtor, sellers, staging
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‘Remarkable Improvement’ in Foreclosures
Daily Real Estate News | Wednesday, January 13, 2016 The foreclosure crisis is becoming a fading memory for the housing market. Foreclosure inventory nationwide plunged 21.8 percent in November 2015 year over year, while completed foreclosures dropped by 18.8 … Continue reading
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Tagged 15-year, foreclosure, home, homes, housing, housing market, Mortgage, national association of realtors, News, real estate, realtor, realtors, WA
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