Spring & Home Decorating - A Fresh New Look

Written by Bonnie P. Carrier


Open Windows … Curtains fluttering from a warm breeze … The air smells fresh and clean … Buds onrepparttar trees are beginning to open … Tiny flowers are popping up threwrepparttar 110330 ground … Finally that little bird withrepparttar 110331 red breast is back All of these can only mean one thing “Spring” has arrived. Those days of blustery storms and frosty drafts have come to an end. With spring comes a renewed burst of energy. Having been shut inside for months we now want to get up, get going and do things. This presents a marvelous opportunity for home decorating, a chance to giverepparttar 110332 inside of our homes a fresh clean look to matchrepparttar 110333 emerging new look outside. You now want to think light, bright and breezy, exactly like a beautiful spring day. The following are a few ideas to help get you started. Hang a wreath covered with pretty silk flowers onrepparttar 110334 front door. This makes a cheerful greeting to anyone entering you home. Replace heavier drapes with lighter fabric and color. For example: Pastel colored shears or Café Curtains. If privacy is not an issue, try just a lightweight valance or scarf acrossrepparttar 110335 top ofrepparttar 110336 window. The idea here is to letrepparttar 110337 sunshine in. A new fresh look for you furniture might be justrepparttar 110338 ticket. Slipcovers arerepparttar 110339 perfect solution. Ifrepparttar 110340 budget is a concern, slipcover just one piece inrepparttar 110341 living or family room. Another idea is to coverrepparttar 110342 dinning chairs; this in itself will give a kitchen or dinning room a fresh look. Painting rooms a lighter color can make a dramatic change. In fact color can completely alterrepparttar 110343 look and feel of a space.

How Long Will It Take To Sell Your Home?

Written by Scott Riggsbee


How Long Will It Take To Sell Your Home? I am often asked how long it will take to sell a home in today's market. Many parts ofrepparttar country are generally enjoying a seller's market and have been for several years.

Apart fromrepparttar 110329 obvious factors (e.g., homes in very high price ranges have fewer buyers than $300,000 homes), a word about economic reality is in order. We have all been taught thatrepparttar 110330 real equation in real estate is "location, location, location." This is utterly false. People actually live in Kansas!

The real equation in real estate is price vs. condition. If your home is marketed effectively, (i.e., at least two dozen showings, and it's inrepparttar 110331 best possible showing condition) you should get a favorable response in 1 to 3 weeks. By "favorable" I mean second showings, requests for additional information, or an actual offer.

Unfortunately, most homeowners have been brainwashed into thinking that to getrepparttar 110332 price they want, they must list their property for 10-15% above it's actual market value. While in actuality, they are actually hurting their chances of getting what their home is worth.

Think about it for a second. Most buyers are actually using an agent to find that "perfect property". Any agent doing business, for any amount of time, has a very accurate knowledge of home values for each particular area and community. What isrepparttar 110333 first step in that Buyer getting to your home for exposure? Their agent looking throughrepparttar 110334 MLS and finding your property inrepparttar 110335 search results, isrepparttar 110336 first step. Most agents, when they see a home that is 10-15% overpriced or more, alongside 7 or 8 others with comparable features, won't even set uprepparttar 110337 showing.

After weeks and weeks, with no bites or offers on your property, you have to make a price reduction to get it back to it's true market value. Now, becauserepparttar 110338 home was overpriced to begin with, this price change will seem pretty drastic to any agent looking throughrepparttar 110339 MLS, for their clients. At this point,repparttar 110340 only offers you will probably receive are going to be lower than your new reduced price. It's all about mindset. The Buyer sees a drastic price reduction, several weeks or months onrepparttar 110341 market, and they think, "They NEED to sell. They'll take less."

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