Oct 29th 2011 8:45AM
Unless you've been living in a cave for the past five years, word surely must have reached you that home values have been declining for a while. Yet 42 percent of the people polled by Zillow recently said they thought home values appreciate by 7 percent a year. Really, people? Even in a normal market, typical appreciation... Continue Reading »
Mar 31st 2011 12:00PM
Selling your home can make you feel like you're living in a fishbowl, with potential buyers and real estate agents evaluating, judging and otherwise picking apart the place you've called home for years. Just before the actual sale comes the most intense scrutiny of all: the home inspection. A pre-sale home inspection is... Continue Reading »
Mar 3rd 2011 5:41PM
With the spring homebuying season rapidly approaching, home inspections are a must -- for the seller. "If you have maintained your home while living there it will be a smoother [buyer's] inspection," says Bryan Felder, a broker with The Virginia Realty Group in Chantilly, Va. It's not a bad idea to do a home inspection... Continue Reading »
Oct 6th 2010 1:10PM
Suni and Ashwin Raghu are under contract on a four-bedroom, 2.5-bath home in Long Hill, N.J.. The expectant parents, who looked at close to 70 homes in the course of their search over the past three months, were a bit surprised to find themselves at this juncture. Six months ago, says Ashwin, they didn't think they were... Continue Reading »
Oct 1st 2010 2:58PM
A thorough home inspection is a critical step in the home-buying process, which is one reason that it's typically thought of as something the buyer has to do. There are, however, a few things that a seller can do to make the process smoother and ensure that a property... Continue Reading »
