Have the winter blahs got you down? Does the exterior of your Boston home look less than stellar? If so, then join the many other sellers out there who are looking to spruce up their homes and get them sold as the spring months approach. Luckily, there are a great number of things you can [...]

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According to the Massachusetts Association of Realtors®, nearly ninety percent of homeowners use a Realtor to sell their home year after year. Furthermore, similar to the national trend, Massachusetts homeowners who hired a real estate agent to sell their home in 2006 garnered a median selling price that was 23.4 percent higher than homes sold [...]

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In my two most recent articles (see Staging Your Home to Sell and The Danger in Over-Pricing Your Home), I shared my thoughts with you on the importance of correctly pricing your home to sell, and ensuring that it is attractively staged, or “merchandised”. Both of these steps are critical to the timely sale of [...]

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The holiday season is fast-approaching! Annual holiday store-front windows are once again dazzling would-be shoppers as they pass by. Have you noticed that a particularly well-done window display beckons you to enter a store to see what additional interesting items are for sale? Upon entering, you start to browse – and you might even purchase [...]

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If you are like most sellers, you want your home to sell for as much as possible. It’s only human nature. Therefore, you may be tempted to list your home for the very highest possible price and hope for the best. But if you are really serious about selling your home, this mindset can result [...]

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As a Seller of real estate in Boston (or any city for that matter), one of the most effective mechanisms to get your home sold is exposure.  Given that 85%+ of consumers start their real estate search online, it makes a lot of sense that a property has maximum exposure online, however, good old fashioned [...]

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As part of the Boston Globe’s Sunday magazine fall real estate issue that will run on October 26, 2008, the Globe is having a contest in which local Boston condo sellers can get one room of their home professionally staged for free. Is your home for sale but not attracting the offers you’d like? Home [...]

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The Wall Street Journal recently reported on tips that Sellers oftentimes overlook when trying to increase the value of their homes. Some of the ideas may not be entirely applicable in the downtown Boston real estate market, given the predominance of condos versus single family homes, but nonetheless, interesting information. Forget about overhauling the kitchen [...]

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The warm weather has Boston condo owners poised to put their units up for sale. Our recent survey shows that 32% of respondents have their condo listed for sale now, or plan to sell within the next several months (if you are a Boston condo owner, take our Reader Poll). So if you are selling [...]

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With the Spring selling season getting into full swing, we wanted to get a feel for whether or not Boston condo owners are poised to sell their units before Fall of this year. If you’re a Boston condo owner, take our Boston Condo Blog Reader poll below. Inventory typically picks up in the spring and [...]

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