De cluttering is key! as well as minor improvements to larger projects to get the number you want for the sale of your home. For my suggestions check out my Getting Ready Guide for selling your home.HomeGain.com Survey Shows Where Agents Say Sellers...
Topics: Feature Story, For Sellers, Home Improvements, Manhattan, Projects, Selling, White Glove

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2010 Sales to Rise 15 PercentHome sales will increase 15 percent to about 5.7 million units and REALTOR® income will be up 20 percent in 2010, NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun told a packed room of REALTORS® today in a residential economic update at...
Topics: 2010, Feature Story, Home Sales, Increases, Manhattan, NAR

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The following is a how to, all you need to know, full of facts article about the first-time homebuyer tax credit extension.RISMEDIA, November 9, 2009—President Barack Obama has approved the first-time homebuyer tax credit extension which will extend...
Topics: Barack Obama, Exposure, Feature Story, For Buyers, Homebuyer Tax Credit Extension

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WHAT????????????Just when things couldn’t get any more strange, an surprising announcement today saying that the House Committee Weighs Scrapping HVCC ( aka the Home Valuation Code of Conduct.) No more appraisals? Maybe they should look at who is...
Topics: Appraisal, Feature Story, For Brokers & Agents, For Sellers, Home Valuation Code of Conduct, HVCC

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Here we are again. No increase, but the expiration has been extended. The FHA, Fannie and Freddie Loan Limits at the $729,750 level through December 31, 2010 was passed by the Senate yesterday and is being sent to President Obama for his signature into...
Topics: $729750, Business, Fannie and Freddie, Feature Story, FHA, Loan Limits

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