Thank you daytrip for sending in this story about sellers who didn't disclose a death on the property - an excerpt: https://read.atavist.com/the-ghosts-of-pickering-trail Over the next 15 years, Bell traveled all over the world, dividing his time between massive...
Here's the best reason to fix and clean your house before selling. It is irresistible for buyers to add up what they think needs to be fixed, and subtract it from your price. I-R-R-E-S-I-S-T-I-B-L-E. Some make a sport of it, with both husband and wife scurrying...
Reader 3rd Gen SD sent this in yesterday: JtR, have your sales and experience led you to a percentage of listing price that should be devoted to making deferred maintenance and aesthetic updates? Perhaps a suggested metric other than percentage of LP? To wit, I'm sure...
Almost half of the active listings in NSDCC have been on the market for more than two months. They have missed the 'selling season', and the sellers are now left wondering when/if that happy couple with 2.2 kids will come along. Over the last two years we've been in...
The effective date of the TRID has been determined - October 3rd: http://www.realtor.org/topics/trid-tila-respa-integrated-disclosure The way some people are acting, you would think it was the end of the world. The changes in loan disclosures were supposed to take...
Link to full HW article HERE: Zillow Group is positioning itself to take the lead in bringing the entire home-buying process online. During a Tuesday call with investors, Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff revealed Zillow’s reasons for acquiring DotLoop, a Cincinnati-based...
I don't remember ever hearing about this guy, but he was part of the Case-Shiller team that devised the Index, and now he does his own thing. Here they developed a tool to predict the chances of hitting your target value in the next year. Click on the link below and...
The first few house lotteries were shut down due to their gambling nature, but now there are new twists. First it was the flipper who is unloading a 1906 Craftsman-style home to the person who submits $100 and the best dessert-recipe HERE Now these folks in Phoenix...
I have two RSF listings that are outside the Covenant. One seller asked me what the chances are of selling. I said 20%, to which he said, 'Yikes'. But any RSF listing only has a 30% or 40% chance of selling. There were 436 listings, and 127 sales (29%) last year in...
Kayla is also in the Top 5 for sales at Klinge Realty:
