Kitchen features buyers will pay more for

07 Dec

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Kitchen features buyers will pay more for A great kitchen can help sell a home, and real estate professionals are spotlighting it in their marketing. Of all the homes listed for sale on realtor.com, 69 percent of the listing descriptions highlight the kitchen as a selling point. Forty-nine percent mentioned the bedrooms and 35 percent... Read more »

Start at the beginning to attract more buyers

07 Dec

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Start at the beginning to attract more buyers A marketing message that incorporates financial resources or talks about financing a home purchase could help motivate some potential homebuyers to move forward. A nationwide survey found that half of U.S. consumers say they lack the financial education needed to purchase a home. What’s more, 44 percent... Read more »

Exactly which credit score should you check

07 Dec

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Exactly which credit score should you check Let’s keep it real, OK? When it comes to credit scores, numbers – namely, your three-digit score and the amount you have to pay to access it – are all that really matter. In simpler terms, it doesn’t matter what type of credit score you get – whether... Read more »

Home prices still have room to run

07 Dec

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Home prices still have room to run There’s still a lot of equity-building potential for homeowners. Freddie Mac’s Multi-Indicator Market Index (MiMi) stands at 86, which the mortgage giant says is on the “outer edge of its historic benchmark range of housing activity.” In Florida, the Index is a bit better coming in at 86.7... Read more »

Pembroke Pines Short Sales

25 Oct

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Avoid These Mistakes When Searching Pembroke Pines Short Sales For buyers searching for Pembroke Pines short sales (or foreclosures), as tempting as the bargains may be, just know it is important to steer clear of a few common mistakes. First, understand that a short sale occurs when a homeowner sells a house for less than... Read more »