Updates from January, 2011

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• Top 5 Home Improvement Projects Based on Average Cost and Return on Investment

  MSC Marketing 9:27 am on January 20, 2011 | Comments:0
  Tags: Consumer news and advice (162), Home improvement (8), Home owner information (10), seller info (62), Staging (3)   Filed under: Consumer news and advice, Home improvement, Home owner information, Seller Info, Staging

  RISMEDIA, January 20, 2011—HomeGain.com, a website to offering Web-based, free instant home values, announced that it has released the results of its nationwide home improvement and home staging Home Sale Maximizer survey.

  HomeGain surveyed nearly 600 real estate professionals nationwide and configured a list of the top 10 do-it-yourself home improvements that cost under $5,000 and benefit sellers most when they sell their homes.

  According to the HomeGain survey, the top five home improvements that real estate professionals recommend to home sellers based on average cost and return on investment (from highest to lowest ROI) are: (More …)

  
   
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• Around the Home: Less-is-More Decor becoming Popular Trend

  MSC Marketing 11:01 am on September 14, 2010 | Comments:0
  Tags: Consumer news and advice (162), Staging (3), trends   Filed under: Consumer news and advice, Staging, Trends

  By Jean Patteson

  RISMEDIA, September 11, 2010—(MCT)—Home decor is undergoing a subtle change, thanks to the weakened economy and the trend toward smaller but better-quality homes. As houses are downsized, homeowners are forced to make do with less space and fewer possessions, said Jose J. Cabrera, of C&L Studio in Orlando, Fla. And in this uncertain economy, many homeowners are reluctant to spend lavishly on new furnishings. “Our clients want fewer things, but really good things,” he said. “It’s a less-is-more approach.” (More …)

  
   
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• 5 Things (You Didn’t Know) To Get Your Home Sold

  MSC Marketing 8:46 am on September 9, 2010 | Comments:0
  Tags: Consumer news and advice (162), Home improvement (8), seller info (62), Staging (3)   Filed under: Consumer news and advice, Home improvement, Seller Info, Staging

  By Tara-Nicholle Nelson | Broker in San Francisco, CA

  You need to sell your home, but in today’s market, it takes more than good curb appeal. Here are five tips of the trade that will get you the offers you’re looking for. From marketing neighborhood hot spots to tossing the curtains, these tips will (fulfill buyers’ real estate fantasies and) get your home one step closer to sold. And buyers, these tips can help you think twice before biting.

  We all know buyers care about beds, baths, square feet and location, location, location.  But inside the minds of American homebuyers lurk a handful of surprising housing-related hot buttons which inspire offers and get homes sold.

  As you’ll see, these hot buttons largely play on homebuyers’ fantasies about how their life will be different/better/perfect if they buy a particular home, and on the neuropsychology underlying how buyers experience light and space.  But if you’re a buyer, beware: the things you think will make you happy may not have the effect you think. (More …)