Sofia at Porch had several realtors tackle different topics of the home-selling business: https://porch.com/advice/home-sale-online-tips
Online Selling Tips
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Landscape Projects
Are you thinking about a landscape tune-up or re-design? There's an app! https://www.iscapeit.com/
An Appraiser’s View
Mark is one of the best appraisers in the county: The median sales price for a detached home in the county continues on a seasonal climb. According to our MLS (depicted on the chart below) the median detached home price in March was $934,500. While the median price is...
Appraisal Gap
Hat tip to our seller who noticed a new paragraph in the counter-offers this year that went undetected by everyone I know - and we go to the Forms Update every year to hear about changes! Paragraph 1C in the counter-offer identifies the Appraisal Gap: When we first...
List-Price-Accuracy Gauge
A great quote about higher-end listings from this free WSJ article: Tomer Fridman, a luxury agent with Compass said the prices on some of the homes were exorbitant in the first place, so the reductions represent a long-overdue correction. “When you do a price...
Encinitas Fixer Discount
This house first listed for sale on November 1st for $1,650,000, and got all the extras; one Coming Soon, two Holds, four price changes, two Pendings, and finally closed today for $1,397,500. The listing agent gave it a good go, but it just looked like too much work...
Climate-Vetted Real Estate
This website allows you to type in an address and see how a property may be exposed to fire, flood, drought, and heat risk - all of which can impact longterm valuation as well as monthly costs as it relates to potential repairs and insurance costs:...
Keeping the House In Divorce
Good tips from a local certified divorce financial analyst - if you give up your share of the house, make sure your spouse refinances in his/her name only. Just because you get quitclaimed off title doesn't mean your responsibility for the old mortgage is...
Home Design Trends, 2023
Are meaningful design changes coming our way? Are we done with white kitchens yet? Read more here: https://www.sunset.com/home-garden/design/design-trends-2023
NEM3 Changes in Solar
Solar is probably the most desirable upgrade for buyers. Hat tip to Eddie89 for sending this in: Defying overwhelming public opposition, state officials voted in late 2022 to make drastic changes to California’s rooftop solar rules (called “net energy metering”)....
