Recently, I discussed the importance of staging your home, decluttering and depersonalizing. We call this the 5 P’s. PROPER PREPARATION PREVENTS POOR PRESENTATION. However, no matter how wonderful your home looks, if you are not …
Read the full story »RISMEDIA, February 16, 2010—We gathered the most common questions about decorating with rugs, and then sat down with Lowe’s Vice President of Trend, Design & Brand Melissa Birdsong to find solutions that will work for …
RISMEDIA, February 15, 2010—Strong gains in existing-home sales were the predominant pattern in most states during the fourth quarter, with many more metro areas seeing prices rise from a year earlier, according to the latest …
RISMEDIA, February 13, 2010—(MCT)-In a move that could speed the sale of massive numbers of distressed properties on the market, Miami-Dade County recently launched online bidding for foreclosures, bringing together bidders from across the globe …
RISMEDIA, February 12, 2010—(MCT)—Reeling from the recession’s one-two-three-punch of job woes, climbing mortgage payments and evaporating equity, desperate homeowners are dipping into a nearby income stream to avoid foreclosure: That bedroom just down the hall.
While …
RISMEDIA, February 12, 2010—Just over 40% of available homes for sale had reduced prices in January 2010, compared with 44% in December 2009, according to a monthly survey of home listings in 27 markets conducted …
RISMEDIA, February 11, 2010—(MCT)—Frugality. That’s been the buzzword of the Great Recession. Sliding home values, stumbling stock portfolios and a shaky job market brought with them a consciousness about spending that many of us misplaced …
RISMEDIA, February 11, 2010—Last year home staging skyrocketed to the top of the list of the fastest growing careers in America. In the decade ahead it is promising to be a rapidly evolving industry and …
RISMEDIA, February 11, 2010—PODS, a leader in the portable moving and storage industry is now a member of the Realogy Franchise Group’s Preferred Alliance program, providing cost-effective solutions and co-branded materials to its networks of …
RISMEDIA, February 10, 2010—In this month’s column, I’ll try to answer some of the most frequently asked questions about the foreclosure market.
Q: What’s the outlook for foreclosure activity in 2010?
A: It’s likely that we’ll set …
RISMEDIA, February 9, 2010—It looks amazingly real, but it’s as phony as a James Cameron movie set.
Its many moving parts exist only for the purpose of creating the illusion of positive economic activity.
But, when you …