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Bankrate.com recently featured a list of the top ways buyers back away from a home listed for sale. Its list includes these items, among others: 1. Dirt: “The No. 1 biggest mistake is not getting the home in the best possible condition. That’s huge,” says Chad Goldwasser of Goldwasser Real Estate in Austin, Texas. “I won’t even represent sellers at this point unless they are fully aware of how important it is to get their home in the absolute best condition that they’ve ever had it in.” Goldwasser suggests also […]

Forty percent of Americans say now is a good time to sell a home — up from 30 percent last month and 16 percent just one year ago, according to a new survey by Fannie Mae. Rising home prices are helping to boost sellers’ confidence. “Sentiment toward selling a home appears to be catching up with the strengthening housing market,” says Doug Duncan, chief economist at Fannie Mae. “This jump may foreshadow a gradual return to more normal levels of housing supply from their lows of recent months. In turn, […]

In some markets, home buyers are facing steep competition for the home they want to buy. For example, in May, nearly 70 percent of the offers written by Redfin real estate agents faced multiple offers. However, that is down slightly from 73.3 percent of offers with multiple bids in April, according to the real estate brokerage’s May 2013 Bidding War Report, which compiled stats from 2,000 offers written by its agents. As the number of home sales increases in many markets, competition is easing somewhat in many markets, according to […]

No one will work harder to find you the perfect home and negotiate the best price! I’ll work with you from start to finish to make the transaction as conveniant and as easy as possible ~ ensuring your success. A good real estate agent is a valuable asset as you buy or sell a home. I’ll show you every suitable property in your price range, offer valuable advice, and coach you through the entire home buying or selling process. If you’d like to make me your agent, please contact me […]

THERE’S A DRAMATIC SCENE currently under way on Martha’s Vineyard. To keep their 8,300-square-foot house from plunging off an eroding bluff, the owners are moving it back 275 feet. The estimated cost: at least $1 million. The stone and wood-shingled house, built in 2004, has seven bedrooms, seven bathrooms and a massive basement with a bowling alley, according to public records. All of that ”plus a 1,814-square-foot guesthouse and a garage” is going, much of it to the 4-acre property next door that the owners bought in January for $4.5 […]

Savvy real-estate agents know it’s not just what you say. It’s how long it takes you to say it. More-expensive homes go hand-in-hand with longer real-estate agents’ remarks—the language written by the agent that supplements the house description and photos in a listing. Agents use a median 250 characters for homes listed under $100,000, according to an analysis for The Wall Street Journal by real-estate listings company Zillow. For homes priced over $1 million, they go nearly twice as long, with a median 487 characters. (That’s about the length of […]

If you are looking for the funkiest, well-preserved mid-century homes in America then try searching in the LGBT friendly neighborhood of Paradise Palms in Nevada. The reason this neighborhood is so special is because it has been spared the constant tearing down and rebuilding of property that goes on just outside downtown Las Vegas. This is one of the few areas in the United States where you can find true mid-century designs that “Mad Men” kind of feel. In fact the enthusiasm for retro homes has had many renovators taking […]

Chris is the broker-owner of KW in Milwaukee and is one of the top rated Milwaukee area and Wisconsin real estate brokers. KW-Wauwatosa is the ONLY Milwaukee area brokerage that is an active member of the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce WI Chapter. Chris has extensive municipal, state and federal Government experience. Chris has been a local municipal elected official (1999-2004), served as a Legislative Assistant and Senate Director in the Wisconsin State Senate (1995-2004), and also served as an assistant to on the Congressional Judiciary Committee in […]

I live in Athens, Georgia with my partner of 4 years Marshall. I first moved to Athens to attend UGA. After school I started working in the entertainment industry and staged sets for movies along with television. After spending most nights in a hotel room away from my family, I looked for a career change. I got into real estate because of love of design, marketing, and people. I don’t look as my job as work, I love helping my friends (clients) buy and sell their dream homes. If there […]

Innovation in the form of new technology is making its way into the real estate industry. In fact, take a look at HousingWire’s top 50 real estate tech solutions to see an example of what technology is doing in the space. As a Realtor, this technology can be beneficial to connecting with customers and selling homes. However, some organizations, such as the California Association of Realtors, say this new technology isn’t always all it’s cracked up to be. Kamau Bobb of Google aims to clear barriers to achievement and potential in […]