Archive for Buying and Selling Tips
Buy Me! Top 10 Real Estate Tips
By: The HGTV Editorial Team Before you put your home on the market, take heed of these 10 valuable tips from the producers of HGTV’s Buy Me. 1. Interview several agents before making your final choice. 2. Know your rights and obligations. Have your realtor explain the contract in detail or have a lawyer [...]
Creating curb appeal
They say you can’t judge a book by its cover. But when it comes to houses, the exterior can be just as important as the interior if selling or buying. When selling, it is the outside, or the home’s curb appeal that often determines whether the inside is ever seen. How a house ‘shows’ from [...]
Investing in a second property
If you’re thinking about buying a piece of real estate as an investment property, market conditions are definitely in your favour. While the resale housing market has seen a tremendous amount of activity from first-time buyers in the past year, it’s also a perfect time for existing homeowners to invest in secondary residential properties. With record-low [...]
Six Projects to Dramatically Update Your Kitchen in Six Hours or Less
(NC)—With the amount of time you spend in your kitchen, why settle for out-of-date features and décor? Why not give your kitchen a 180-degree makeover by trying these six simple projects. Home Sweet Kitchen Start by swapping any cold and unstylish fluorescent tube lighting with more decorative chandeliers or flush-mount lighting to flood your kitchen [...]
Real Estate Tips: 5 Ways to Maximize The Return on your investment
(NC)—You’ve outgrown your home and are ready to move. The big question is where to spend your money so you get the maximum profit from your home with the minimum investment. Royal LePage offers the following advice on preparing your home for sale. 1. De-clutter –Almost every home shows better with less furniture. Simply removing [...]
Tips for organizing the home and family
(NC)—A messy and disorganized home can erode your quality of life, causing stress and wasting time. The following tips will help you on your way to stopping the chaos and finding more space in your home and more time in a day to spend with your family: • De-clutter: The root cause of chronic mess [...]
Get the most from your spring cleaning
(NC)—As the spring slowly inches closer we are faced with new tasks around the home- snow shoveling is now replaced with spring cleaning – out with the old in with the new. Whether for spring cleaning or charity, why not have a garage sale to make the most out of your re-organization efforts? You can [...]
What is a home inspection?
(NC)—Whether you are shopping for a previously owned house or a brand new house, a home inspection provides insight to the condition of the home you are buying. If you are putting your house on the market, an inspection helps hasten the sale and can generate a higher price. A home inspection is a thorough [...]
Selling your home begins in the kitchen
(NC)—The home seller understands the way to any potential homebuyer’s heart is through the kitchen. Over the years, the kitchen has shed its once humble beginnings as a place to simply prepare and serve meals, to more of a place where friends can socialize over a glass of wine or where children can do their [...]