It can be scary to sell your home, especially when there are so many factors to consider. No one wants their home on the market for months and months. Questions start to run through your head. Will anyone like my home? Can I sell it for what I think it’s worth? How can I make…
Pricing your home to sell in a buyer’s market There are signs of life in the Chattanooga real estate market, but we aren’t out of the woods just yet. With the economy’s stagnant growth rate and extreme care with which banks are choosing to lend, the pool of qualified buyers is not as big as…
How to showcase your home on the internet In a market where over 47% of homes listed to sell in 2011 ended up either cancelled or expired, proactively showcasing your home for sale is more important than ever. Putting your home in MLS, sticking a ‘for sale’ sign in the front yard and holding a…
Chattanooga experiences ten straight months of increased residential sales Chattanooga’s real estate market is showing consistent and measurable signs of a rebound. Sales of residential properties have increased for 10 straight months, the median sales prices of homes have increased for six months and overall inventory has consistently decreased over the past year, according to…
Staging your home, expert tips and tricks Staging a home for sale is done for the purpose of creating the largest number of potential buyers. If a home is vacant, a professional stager will haul in furniture and accessories to create an atmosphere where potential buyers can imagine themselves living in the space . If…
Avoid these emotional missteps when buying or selling a house This post originally appeared on the website of Market Watch, a financial information website. The original can be found here. It’s a fact of life: Homes come with far more emotional weight than any other investment we make. A home is a refuge from the…
Tips for selling your home from the ‘Property Brothers’ This post originally appeared in the LA Times. You can find the original article by Leslie Van Buskirk, by clicking here. When it comes to getting the best price for your house, there might be no higher-profile experts than Drew and Jonathan Scott, the personable hosts…
The Psychology of Buying and Selling a House This post originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal. You can find the original by clicking here. It’s a fact of life: Homes come with far more emotional weight than any other investment we make. A home is a refuge from the world, a place to raise…