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	Help! My Home is Not Selling. A few of the most dreaded words a seller will say or a REALTOR can hear are “how come my home will not sell”. Typically the generic and correct reason for this is pricing. Today we will discuss pricing but we also we discuss a few other reasons.

	Avoiding Buyer’s Remorse There are two parts of avoiding what I call buyer’s remorse. Part one of remorse free buying is to find the best and most knowledgeable REALTOR professional you can. A REALTOR, or in our case REALTORS, with experience in both local and current product knowledge....

	Get Ready to Enjoy Your Home’s Exterior Beauty It’s time to make your home’s exterior shine with some added summer curb appeal. You can quickly do the easy stuff - wash your windows, plant annuals, install pathway lights - to spruce things up. But you should also consider those projects you’ve been avoiding.

	Moving Mom…the Next Step Don’t Skimp on the Repairs Buying a resale home is sort of like buying a used car…if a car is clean, smells fresh inside, and has all the maintenance records to prove it has been well kept, a person can reasonable conclude the car has been loved and appreciated. It becomes a jewel on the market and should sell quickly. Well, this applies to houses too.

	Moving Mom…the Next Step “Visually” Expand Your Interior Spaces In real estate speak, “cozy” means small, and “spacious” means large. So, how do you make “cozy” seem “spacious”, which appeals to more buyers? Here are some tricks of the trade…

	Multiple Offers In the past several months, we have seen a positive trend for real estate in and around the Savannah area, and like most REALTORS® have been busy with several deals concurrently. In one particular case we are dealing with multiple offers. Ironically I was also reading an article in Georgia REALTOR® written by Seth Wiessman. Seth is the general counsel for the Georgia Association of Realtors and is both well known and respected. Here are my thoughts on the possibility of multiple offers, along with some of Seth’s comments.

	Benefits of a Professional REALTOR Everyday, I discuss with clients how technology is changing the world and how we now buy and sell real estate. Not too long ago you had to go to your REALTOR to get information and data on homes listed for sale in your desired town or city. Often your REALTOR would have a twenty-pound book with reams of paper with local home and property data.

	Benefits of Home Ownership After the major housing market decline our nation experienced over the last several years, many Americans questioned whether or not home ownership is appropriate for their particular financial situation.

	Spring and Summer Home Buying Springtime and summer historically, with residential property, are typically busy months for most REALTORS. The grass is turning green and the flowers are beginning to bloom. Approximately sixty percent of moving company business is in the four months starting with May. Most families prefer to move in the summer time for various reasons of which one is summer break for most school systems.

	Moving Mom…the Next Step “Seasoned” Buyers Get Creative Last week’s column was devoted to rebound buyers: those who have been renting, have saved a down payment, and are anxious to move forward with a purchase, while recovering from foreclosure or bankruptcy. We learned that “seasoning” is the waiting period required (by Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, the Veterans Administration or the Federal Housing Authority) before these buyers are qualified to purchase a home again. During this time period, these former home owners must work to improve their credit. But what happens when they get eager to buy a home prior to seasoning?

	Moving Mom…the Next Step Foreclosures and Bankruptcies - “Seasoned” Buyers are Buying…Part II Last week we talked about rebound buyers, who are on a determined track of recovery following bankruptcy or foreclosure. These buyers have worked hard to rebuild their lives, their credit, save money and re-qualify for home ownership. They are also being “seasoned” to meet the time line requirements set by the following lenders: Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac; Department of Veterans Affairs; Federal Housing Administration.

	Should I Stay or Should I Go? Sometimes we grow tired of the same old thing and our first instinct might be to move on. For your housing needs that may be the perfect solution but remodeling might also be the answer. There are times when we outgrow the current living environment that we are in.

	Moving Mom…the Next Step Foreclosures and Bankruptcies - “Seasoned” Buyers are Buying…Part I It’s been a rough six years. We are spotting the survivors…peeking their heads out of the sand, working their way out of debt, improving their credit scores, saving for a down payment and working hard in their recovery efforts to buy a home again. Many have lost jobs, spouses, have experienced illnesses, the collapse of companies, and yet we all share a common thread in the American Dream, that of home ownership.

	Make Your House Look Like a ‘Million Dollar Listing’ for Less This will challenge sellers to sharpen their competitive edge as more homeowners, encouraged by promising indicators, put their house on the market. Josh Altman, one of the top 10 realtors in the country and star of Bravo’s hit TV show “Million Dollar Listing: L.A.,” shares three strategies for making houses more desirable to buyers.

	Coldwell Banker Platinum Partners Celebrates Grand Accomplishments In all over 100 award winners were recognized for their efforts in the real estate industry during 2012. Partners also celebrated their overall company honors like: Platinum Award and Five Star Awards from Cartus in Relocation, a Coldwell Banker Recruiting Award and the prestigious Coldwell Banker President’s Award of Honor.

	House Hunting… How to Avoid a Broken Heart It’s been said over and over and over: House hunting is like dating. A potential buyer sees a series of homes, much like going on dates, before finding “the one” and settling down, or in the case of home buying purchasing the right home. How will you know when you have found “the one”?

	Moving Mom…the Next Step Sellers get “Cold Feet” too It’s a sign of the times…the market appears to be coming back, and sellers are questioning their decision to sell now. I may be having a flash back! This happened often in the early 2000’s when I was selling nearly 300 homes a year and I was trying to make sure I listed the property high enough to not leave money on the table. Appraisers were calling asking why I was setting my sales prices so high, and I had to explain that if I did not, by the time it closed, we would have sold it too cheaply. Those were the days.

	Realtor Spotlight: Meet Janet Boyden of Celia Dunn Sotheby’s International Realty Talk to a lender first. Find out what you can afford before you ever start your search. It’s so important to know what you are qualified to purchase and to have the lender letter attached to an offer. Knowing a Buyer is qualified to purchase strengthens an offer every time.

	Coldwell Banker Platinum Partners Ranks as Top Company in North America Coldwell Banker Platinum Partners Ranks as Top Company in North America

	The Home Builders Association of Greater Savannah Recognizes These Industry Leaders The Home Builders Association of Greater Savannah Recognizes These Industry Leaders

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