Archive for August, 2007

The U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reports that staged homes sell an average of 17% higher than the listing price, which is why the home staging business is booming. But what if you don’t have a lot of cash to have the home properly staged, yet you want to help buyers visualize the living [...]

A couple of months ago the California Associations of Realtors (CAR) released their “Internet vs. Traditional Buyers Survey – 2007.” A ton of great information came out of the report, including the fact that 72% of all buyers are using the Internet to help them in the process of finding a home! There is also [...]

That headline makes me feel like a tabloid reporter, but according to Friday’s San Diego Union-Tribune, it’s not too hard to connect the dots between the increasing number of foreclosures in Southern California and more cases of potentially deadly West Nile Virus reported this year.
The article (hat tip to REALTOR Magazine Online for highlighting today) talks [...]

Sure, Zillow EZ Ads are used by numerous real estate professionals, but I’m here to tell you others can take advantage of them as well — even teenagers! Anyone that wants to target a hyper-local market of homeowners — including plumbers, electricians, handymen, and teenagers mowing lawns - can use EZ Ads to direct their [...]

TheLandJournal.com gave the Carnival of Real Estate a country fair theme this week, complete with Holsteins in a pastoral-themed setting for the 55th edition. The coveted blue ribbon prize ended in a three-way tie between REBlogGirl of RSS Pieces, the Silicon Valley Blogger on thedigeratilife.com, and Michael Price of GeekEstate Blog. The second-place [...]

Last week I received an email from a Zillow groupie desperate to learn the secret of getting on “the list.” Considering that only 5 homes in America earn the right to walk the red carpet of the Top Viewed For Sale homes each week, this is no easy task. Rather than suggesting you “buy a cooler house” (which [...]

Today’s Wiki Wednesday Feature: How to Pre-Market a Home
So, maybe you’ve decided to put your home on the market and decided on an agent, but you’d like to give your home a little boost before it’s actually listed. Or, you haven’t quite decided if you’re going to use an agent or go FSBO, and you’d [...]

The combined value of all the homes in the U.S. is estimated at about $20-25 trillion. Yes, that’s trillion with a “T.” That’s larger than the combined wealth in virtually all of the publicly traded companies in the US Stock market. And just as an investor would want to know how large petroleum companies performed [...]

Clean energy is a hot topic so I was surprised that this “Solar Panels” thread in Zillow Discussions hadn’t attracted any responses. If you have experience with adding solar power to your house, here’s the question that was posted by stevespinner –
“I’m considering reducing my monthly electric bills with PG&E by adding solar panels [...]

The 54th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is live at Realty Thoughts! Erik Hersman from Eppraisal highlighted the 6 top posts from last week — head on over and check out the carnival!

The carnival will make its next appearance at on Monday, August 20 at TheLandJournal. Please submit your best post by [...]