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What is a Real Estate Appraisal?
Why have an Appraisal? Appraisals are generally used once the buyer selects the house, applies for the mortgage. Banks want to make sure that the value matches the agreed sales price. That is not the only use of an appraisal. We use appraisals for those difficult homes that are hard to price or to assist [...]
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Questions to answer before you put your home up for sale by yourself…
If you are selling your home by yourself you may not be aware of many aspects the sale of your home that a Realtor® takes care of at the time of listing. Eventually you are going to have to answer these questions. Isn’t it better if you answer them before you get asked by a [...]
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Five Reasons Your Home is For Sale and not SOLD!
Does this sound familiar? You are sitting at your kitchen table wondering why your Buffalo home has not sold in the past 6 months. You are ready to move on, you found the perfect home but you cannot make an offer until you sell yours. Read Also: It is all local when it comes to [...]
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Do you know the magic three words in Western New York Real Estate?
By leaving your home on the market over-priced you are enabling your competition (other homes for sale) to look better because they are priced better and are more appealing than your Western New York home. Look long and hard at your competition, see why they have a SOLD sign and you do not. In the end you will see it boils down to the listing price.
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For Sale By Owner many times means frustration for homesellers.
True, you do not have to list your Buffalo area home with a Real Estate Professional. You can do it by yourself, there are homes that do sell. But do you want to? Here are some things to think about before you list your Buffalo home by yourself: 70% to 80% of for sale by [...]
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77 Surefire Ways to Increase Your Home’s Value
Real estate is all about leverage and details. Whether you’re buying to flip, or just want to increase the return on the asset you live in, these tips can help you get top dollar for a house when you sell it. Here is a list of things you can do to increase your home’s value. [...]
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Before our appointment to list your home…
Listing of your Buffalo Home The team at Best Buffalo Homes is really excited about listing your home and our upcoming meeting to get all the paperwork completed. To ensure that this meeting goes quickly and that we have all the information we need to list your home for sale we will need the following: [...]
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Open Houses don’t sell houses!
Well Let's talk about how we approach to having an Open House. Expect that an Open House won't sell your home. But some homes are sold through an Open House. An Open House is our opportunity to meet potential Buyers and start the home buying process with them. It might sell another home we have, and an open house we have elsewhere may just sell yours. There are no guarantees.
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Why You May Need a Price Reduction on your WNY home
Price reductions are emotional decisions for many Western New York home sellers. A price reduction may be the thing to get your home for sale a SOLD sign on it. Western New York Buyers have many options and price is usually the thing that will stop them from looking at your home, much less even [...]
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Observations of For Sale By Owner
Dangers of being a For Sale By Owner!!!! Several years ago, while working in Celebration Florida Real Estate Market I had a conversation with an owner of a For Sale By Owner recently that shocked me. Now I seem to have it at an increasing rate. Often, they don’t want to work with a Realtor [...]
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Adventures on the MLS — and not the fun kind either!
In the Real Estate Industry we have this tool called the MLS. The MLS stands for Multiple Listing Service. All members of the Buffalo Niagara Association of Realtors have access to this tool. We hope that each member takes time to review their listings to ensure that they are complete and full of information — [...]
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Before you consider being your own Real Estate Agent, consider these questions!
There are many factors that go into marketing, showing, and successfully completing a Real Estate transaction in Western New York that you may not be familiar with. If you act on your own you will eventually discover the process is involved and full of potential pitfalls. It might be best to investigate the questions and answers before you commit to the journey.
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What Should WNY Sellers Disclose to Home Buyers?
By law, real estate professionals cannot fill out any sellers’ home disclosures unless the agent is the seller or a party to the transaction. If your agent can’t tell you, ask a lawyer if you need to sign every disclosure handed you. Every state has its own laws regarding disclosures, so the forms will be [...]
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How can I get my Buffalo home SOLD faster?
I am often asked why a home has not sold by worried sellers. Many times they it is the smallest details that ensure a successful sale of your home. The largest driving factor of your home selling quickly is pricing, and then condition. Many times sellers forget that the condition of their home affects the [...]