Selling a Home

Tips and strategies for preparing, pricing, marketing, and selling your home in Central New Jersey.

Buying a Home Need a Few Extra Days After Closing? A Rent-Back Might Be the Answer. Closing day doesn’t always mean moving day. Sometimes sellers have sold their homes… but can’t move into their new homes yet. Clients usually say they’re afraid of being “homeless” or having to spend a ton of money on hotels & household storage. So what can you do? One solution is called a rent-back agreement (also […]
Buying a Home A Tank Sweep May Be One of the Best Investments You Make During the Home Inspection A Tank Sweep May Be One of the Best Investments You Make During the Home Inspection When most people think about a home inspection, they picture someone checking the roof, heating system, electrical panel, plumbing, windows, and appliances. But there’s another inspection that’s easy to overlook—and in many parts of New Jersey, it’s well worth […]
Buying a Home What happens if the housing market changes after you’ve signed a contract? Worth Noticing What happens if the housing market changes after you’ve signed a contract? Imagine you sign a contract to buy a home for $600,000, but your closing isn’t for another six months. Scenario #1: Home values increase by $50,000 before closing. Would the seller ask you to pay another $50,000? Most people would probably […]
Buying a Home Smile, You May Be on Camera: Surveillance During Home Showings One of the first things I tell buyers before we enter a home is: “Let’s save all comments about the house until we’re outside.” The reason is simple. Many homes today have some form of surveillance. It may be a Ring doorbell, an Alexa device, a security system, indoor cameras, or smart home technology that […]
Buying a Home The Fed Left Rates Unchanged Yesterday. What Does That Mean for Home Buyers? You may have heard that the Federal Reserve (“the Fed”) left interest rates unchanged yesterday. What does that tell us? In simple terms, it suggests that inflation has improved but is not yet fully under control. At the same time, the economy remains relatively healthy, so the Fed is taking a “wait and see” approach […]
Selling a Home The Most Expensive Part of Selling a Home Isn’t the Commission Some homeowners successfully sell their homes on their own. Others discover that marketing, pricing strategy, negotiation, and buyer exposure are more challenging than expected. Every situation is different, but one thing is certain: once a listing becomes stale, it is often difficult to regain the momentum that exists during the first few weeks on the […]
Buying a Home “That Little ‘However’ Clause” • “Who Should Pay for CCO Repairs?” • “The Blank Space in Paragraph 9” That Little “However” Clause Who pays for CCO repairs in a New Jersey home sale — and the blank space most people skip right past There’s a single blank line in the Statewide New Jersey Realtors® Standard Form of Real Estate Sales Contract that almost nobody stops to read carefully — and it can quietly […]
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