Great chefs know the importance of presentation – the same is true in real estate. Smart agents and sellers know a home will sell faster and for more money when it is presented smartly. In the business, it’s known as staging. Studies show that homes that are staged sell in about half the time of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘san mateo home owner’
- The Importance of Presentation – Home Staging
- How To Sell Your Home in a Buyer’s Market
- What home inspections do I need as a San Mateo County home seller?
- The New Bay Area Mortgage Market
- Loan Scam Alert!
How To Sell Your Home in a Buyer’s Market
Selling your home in a buyer’s market is difficult, but there are things you can do to improve your experience. Consider these tips: Learn about YOUR marketplace. Housing demand will vary by price range, neighborhood, and school district. Look at what is being sold and at what price. Be realistic in determining how recent sales [...]
What home inspections do I need as a San Mateo County home seller?
If you are getting ready to sell your house, you have probably heard a little bit about inspections. What exactly are they, though, and which inspections do you really need? Inspections are a relatively easy way to limit the seller’s liability. In San Mateo County, California, it has become common practice for home sellers to [...]
The New Bay Area Mortgage Market
Good news for Bay Area home buyers and particularly those looking to buy in cities such as San Mateo, Belmont, San Carlos, Foster City and Burlingame. The economic stimulus package passed by Congress is effective immediately and it includes a temporary provision that increases both the FHA and Conforming Loan limits to a possible high [...]
Loan Scam Alert!
It’s back! We’ve heard reports that the old “lender servicing scam” has been showing up lately and it works like this. A home owner with a mortgage loan receives an official looking letter instructing him or her to direct all future mortgage payments to a new loan servicing agent. (A loan servicer is an entity [...]
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