Boston Metro North Real Estate

Pricing your home right is 70-80% of the marketing of your home.  No amount of marketing will sell an overpriced home.  The right price should generate showing activity of 12-20 showings in a 3-4 week period.  With-in 12-20 showings a properly priced homes will receive an acceptable offer. Lets look at how the different parties ...

I ran across this great article with good sample pictures.  Many times sellers want to give credit for carpets (or other items).  Personally, I always recommend you replace the carpet with a nice neutral carpet.  First of all it while buyers are choosing properties on the internet they are looking at the old ugly carpet and not ...

I just ran across this article on Zillow.  I can't say it any better than this article.  I have felt that we are starting to see a bottoming out of home prices and home prices should stabilize throughout the end of the year.  Good News!! Unfortunately, I believe that the housing market will remain relatively flat for the next ...

When preparing your home for sale to be viewed by potential buyers it is important to highlight the homes best features.  Homes staging is not about redecorating it is about "merchandising" you home. One great tip that doesn't cost any money is to consider removing area rugs that are covering the hard wood floors.  ...

In many ways preparing your condominium to sell is much like selling a single family home for sale.  You want to make sure it is in tip top condition from head to toe as well as make it aesthetically pleasing. One difference of marketing a condominium vs a single family home is you also have to provide buyers with information regarding the ...

You may not have a lot of money to do costly repairs or updating to your home before listing your home for sale with a real estate agent, but you can: Clean, Clean and Clean some more.  Make your home sparkle from corner to corner.  You may not have a lot of updates but buyer's are impressed with a clean home.  When it ...

A clean house is the #1 home selling tip.  More home preparation tips.

I find much confusion among buyers and many agents when it comes to who controls a short sale property. The mortgagor or owner of the property still owns and controls the property. What does this mean?  If an offer is tendered on a short sale property it is still up to the owner whether they choose to forward an offer or contract to ...

Depersonalizing your home is so important when it becomes time to list your home.  First get rid of all personal items.  You do not want buyers looking at personal photos or items, you want them focusing on the space in the home.  Get rid of any collections any more than 3 items is a collection!!  I was just with a buyer this ...