CURBOW APPEAL: How important is your list price?
Proper pricing should be your number one focus when listing your home. It’s extremely important you get it right at the onset of the listing or it can cost you thousands of dollars.
REAL ESTATE NOTEBOOK: Bad news about home sales getting hard to come by
Building permits are up, traffic in new-home communities is increasing and resale homes are staying on the market for a shorter time.
CURBOW APPEAL: What is it really going to take to sell my house?
If you’re thinking about putting your house on the market, anticipate lots of showings. And if you get an offer, it will be lower than you probably expected.
CURBOW APPEAL: Preparing your house to sell this spring
As competitive as the market is, if you’re thinking of listing your home you better make sure it has great appeal.
CURBOW APPEAL: Should I go it alone with a FSBO?
Does it make sense to try and sell your home on your own?
The real estate transfer tax and how it affects you
The Missouri Association of Realtors is conducting a grass roots effort to change the state constitution to prohibit the use of real estate transfer taxes.
CURBOW APPEAL: Are you on the market or in the market?
There is a humbling approach you must take when listing your home. Hopefully you’ve done your homework and chosen the right agent; that’s the first step. Once you’ve done that, listen!
CURBOW APPEAL: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
For many unfortunate homeowners, short selling their home is their only option. It can be a nightmare if they have the wrong lender.
CURBOW APPEAL: Foreclosure as a road to cheaper mortgage
Over the past three months there has been chit-chat in the industry that banks are now extending opportunities to reinstate mortgages on loans, after a foreclosure, to the former homeowners
CURBOW APPEAL: Use common sense when dealing with inspections
Too many deals are falling apart because of a building inspection. Of course, you want to have an inspection on a home you’re buying. If you’re selling, you expect the buyer to want an inspection on your home. It’s just smart business.
CURBOW APPEAL: Are open houses good for home sellers?
I hear so many different analogies on open houses. Are they good for the seller? Are they good for potential buyers? Are they only good for consumers wanting decorating ideas? Are they only good for people who simply like to look at houses?
REAL ESTATE NOTEBOOK: Tax credit helps buyers, sellers
Economists believe the December bump in sales was a reaction to Congress’ first deadline for the program. Another surge is expected.
CURBOW APPEAL: The heat is on - even though it’s still cold
I can’t believe it’s actually winter. You would think we’re in the spring market.
CURBOW APPEAL: Market predictions for 2010-11
The mortgage market is still dependent on government-affiliated programs, with private banks providing just 10 percent of loan liquidity, down from about 60 percent in 2006.
CURBOW APPEAL: Help me help you
So many people thought they were making the right decision when they bought their home. They had no idea there was a train wreck coming.
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