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5 Mistakes to Avoid When Selling Your Home

Appraisal Hub

One day you’re optimistic because you met a seemingly committed buyer at the open house or showing, and the next day you’re frustrated because they changed their mind or didn’t follow through. You might even end up selling your home for less than its true value just to get it over with, which means you lose out financially.

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Understanding the Basics of Buying Your First Home - Part 2 - Researching and Finding Your Dream Home

Eppraisal

Now that you've assessed your financial readiness, obtained a pre-approval for a mortgage, and engaged a real estate agent, it's time to dive into the exciting process of researching and finding your dream home. In the first blog of our series, we covered the basics of preparing yourself for buying your first home.

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5 Reasons to Buy a Home This Fall

Zillow

By October, you are likely to find desperate sellers and prices below a home’s market value. You’ll likely notice fewer buyers at open houses, which could signal a great opportunity to make an offer. 5 Mortgage Misconceptions Set Straight. Fewer buyers are competing. Top photo from Shutterstock.

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Top Ten Reasons Why It Is Great to be an Appraiser!

Appraisal Today

Arouse the suspicion of an entire neighborhood when inspecting comparable sales. Spend hours writing volumes of supporting documentation to justify the market value of a property you already decided on when you pulled into the driveway. What is happening in your market? MLS info can be unreliable.

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Buyer’s vs. Seller’s Market: How to Tell the Difference

Assurance Financial

Marketing a home in a buyer’s market vs. a seller’s market requires different tactics. In a market that favors buyers, sellers and their realtors have to put in a much greater effort to make their homes stand out through means of social media, open houses, and advertisements.