There are four of the five factors which affect the sale of any home – which owners can actually control. Those are price, condition, terms and the agent you select. The one thing you definitely cannot control is the location of the home – but you do of course have the ability to adjust the […]
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The Sales Period For A Surviving Spouse
Normally, married couples own a home as joint tenant with rights of survivorship. When a spouse dies, the surviving spouse inherits the home and it does not trigger a taxable event. Unfortunately however, the capital gain exclusion is reduced to a single person’s share unless the survivor disposes of the property in the granted time. […]
A Realtor Just Might Have The “Skills” You Need
Having the right person “champion” for your real estate cause is extremely important in today’s market. After all, there are only 1.7 months supply of inventory compared to 6 months in a balanced market, and the average home is getting 4.8 offers per sale. You see, in the Middle Ages, it was a custom to […]
What Options Can Equity Give Homeowners?
According to CoreLogic’s Homeowner Equity Insights, Americans have seen the equity in their homes increase by 29.3% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2021. The average home equity during that time period was a whopping gain of $55,000. This increase is a fuel that homeowners are experiencing. A fuel which is a large […]
A Realtor May Offer Things You’ve Never Thought Of
Whether you’ve never sold your home, or you’ve moved multiple times, you may have never stopped to think about what goes into the process of selling. There is more to selling a home than you might think. More than likely, you may be under the assumption that your home will sell itself currently because, nationally, […]
Should You Rent Out Your Current Home Instead Of Sell?
We’re just going to start this off with an assumption. Let’s assume that you have owned your home for several years. Because you’ve had it for so long, it’s increased in value, not to mention the unpaid balance is considerably less than you originally borrowed. To put all that into easier terms – you have equity […]