Articles and News about Residential Real Estate

How to Ensure an Easier and Stress-Free House Move

Moving to a new home can be an exciting yet challenging process. Although you get a fresh start and an opportunity to make your new place your own, this can feel overwhelming at times. Moving everyone and everything can be a recipe for disaster. In this piece, we will highlight some key tips so that you’ll have a stress-free house move.

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Doing it all is far from a stress-free house move but you do save money.
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8 Tips for Dealing with Real Estate Agents

When you’re in the process of buying a home, it’s essential to have a good relationship with your real estate agent. After all, they’re the ones who are helping you evaluate different areas, find the perfect home negotiate the best price. But what about dealing with real estate agents? If this is the first time you’re buying a home, we’re going to help you know what to do.

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When dealing with real estate agents, understand they are supposed to be working in your best interest.
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Buying in a Seller’s Market? What You Can Do

The real estate market has continued to stay competitive throughout 2022. Inventory has remained low. What does this mean if you are trying to buy a home? If you’re buying in a seller’s market, you must act fast and make your offer extremely competitive. This is the only way that you can stand out from the crowd and get your offer accepted.

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Buying in a seller’s market is more difficult but not impossible.
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How to Choose the Best Exterior Colors for Your Home

Getting a new house is exciting. You will undoubtedly be eager to explore the potential of the house and get yourself comfortable. Part of this will mean choosing furniture to complement the rooms and ensuring it shows your personal style. But in this piece, we’ll be looking at the best exterior colors for your home.

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Working with a designer will greatly increase the likelihood of a great outcome. That’s especially important when it comes to something like your home’s exterior color.
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5 Tips to Get the Best Price for Your House When Sell

Are you planning to sell your existing house before you move? Well, it can be overwhelming for you to manage both processes simultaneously. It’s normal to want to get the best price for your house. After all, you’ll need as many dollars as possible for the purchase of your next home. So how exactly do you do that?

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How to Be a More Productive Real Estate Agent

Being an estate agent is quite a popular career choice in the US and UK. As of 2021, around 55,000 people are working as estate agents just in the UK alone. But more are barely getting by. Today we look at how to be a more productive real estate agent so that you can thrive.

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Real estate agent handing over keys of a new home to a young couple.
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Buy an Existing Home or New Construction: 5 Things to Know

Owning a house is one of the most important investments in your life. This is the place your family will call home for a long time to come so it is natural to be a little worried when choosing what to do. You have a couple of options, namely, buy an existing home or new construction. There are many things to keep in mind as you consider the different routes.

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New construction homes have a lot of benefits but there are also some cons.
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Selling Homes Versus Selling Lots: 4 Key Differences

Despite the similarities between selling homes and selling lots, the two are not the same. Selling homes isn’t always a guarantee of quick success compared to selling vacant lots. The buyers are different, the market is different, and the sales approach and pricing are different. By understanding these distinctive differences and adjusting to them, sellers can be highly successful. Turn what seems like obstacles into advantages.  

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Comparing Moving Companies Online: Do’s & Don’ts

Shopping online means, first of all, you have to compare the available options to get products and services and then finalize the best possible deal. Researching things like price, offers and discounts, user reviews, and technical specifications before buying makes you get a good deal so you don’t need to regret your decision later. In the same way, you should be comparing moving companies in just the same way.

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When comparing moving companies it’s good to be organized. A simple spreadsheet can help a great deal!
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Architecture Services: What Architects Can Do for Your Building Project

Before buying your dream home you may choose to build instead. Do you know if you need architecture services? A building project is such a delicate and complicated task that requires the input of architects and other professionals to succeed. Let’s look at what services they provide and how that might fit into your plans.

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Sometimes a draftsman performs the same types of service as an architect. It’s good to know the differences. | Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko
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How Does Equity in Your Home Work?

Given that the market has been moving higher in recent years, many homeowners now have more equity in their homes than they thought. There are a couple of ways of accessing that equity. This piece will look at how equity in your home actually works.

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When looking at the equity in your home, you first want to know how you might use it. | Photo: Tre Pryor
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How to Keep Your Basement Pest-Free

The basement is an area of the home where we typically do not spend much time. For most people, the basement serves as the storage area in the home. As a result of this, it is a part of the house that is often overlooked when it comes to pest prevention. This article highlights useful tips to keep your basement pest-free and reasons why critters and bugs enjoy staying in the basement.

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Basement bedrooms are great but only if they are pest free.
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How to Choose 3D Architectural Rendering Company

If you are planning on building a home or especially a large commercial space, you should consider the value of hiring an architectural rendering company. There’s a lot to consider. Which 3D architectural rendering company should you choose? Which techniques best match your vision? And most importantly, what will it cost? 

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