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Home pricing rules: don’t go if you don’t know

Housing Wire

Private sales, for sale by owner and other sales not found in your MLS could be really good comparable homes, so ask good questions and don’t just assume your seller is overpriced. Not just for your town or even zip code, but for their neighborhood, school district and MLS code. Know what’s going on with the new construction!

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Home pricing rules: Don’t go if you don’t know

Real Trends

Private sales, for sale by owner and other sales not found in your MLS could be really good comparable homes, so ask good questions and don’t just assume your seller is overpriced. Not just for your town or even zip code, but for their neighborhood, school district and MLS code. Know what’s going on with the new construction!

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15 reasons your listing might not sell and how to fix them

Real Trends

Little or no staging and other issues — clutter, questionable smells, messy or dirty and dark — all create problems. The goal is for the listing to show like a new construction model home. Take an MLS class so you know all of the ins and outs and won’t make these simple but hidden mistakes.

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How Smart Investors Decipher & Respond to Real Estate Market Cycles

The Close

Therefore, in this article we will explore common real estate market cycles and the indicators you can look for to better understand which market stage your area is in. 8 Stages of Real Estate Market Cycles. While I generally agree with this, I break market cycles down into eight stages to make them easier to follow.

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Contingent vs. Pending: Real Estate Lingo Explained

RIS Media

” There are other statuses in the MLS listings like “Pending,” “Contingent,” “Coming Soon” and “Expired.” Two important statuses in the MLS are “Contingent” and “Pending.” What Other MLS Statuses Are There? Contingent vs. Pending?

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Introducing Decentre Property Exchange

Notorious ROB

I had kept the initiative relatively quiet because it’s early stages, but the court kind of forced my hand. I don’t know for a fact that we will succeed because we’re a new startup; but we have designed some unique features into DPX to set it up for success. We are a parallel platform, not a competitor to the MLS.

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Tips for Marketing High-Performance Homes

The Residential Specialist

Builders that received federal incentives for new construction could pass those savings onto buyers. The two-stage technology of higher-efficiency models can distinguish how much heat is required to get the interior temperature at the level you want. His local MLS recently added more fields to list energy-efficient features.