Posts with tag Selling your home

We use the Web for everything else these days, so why not as a way to sell our houses? A PR consultant and reader of Menlo Park, Calif., Patch thinks it's an idea whose time has come. According to Kevin Wolf, using social networks like Facebook and Twitter beats the traditional MLS on speed and trust -- and he's so... Continue Reading »

Look, up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a remote-controlled high-definition video camera! Leave it to Hollywood to break new ground in filmmaking -- in this case, with the Hexa Cam -- a tiny chopper that flies over your house to take swoopy HD videos for your real estate listing. "Everybody's trying to sell... Continue Reading »

When homeowners list their house for sale, they frequently consider trying to sell it furnished. After all, those Shaker chairs that worked perfectly in the old New England farmhouse are going to look downright wrong in the sleek new Florida contemporary. Worse yet, who wants the added hassle and expense of moving things... Continue Reading »

Trying to sell a home in today's market requires courage, smarts and a fair amount of humble pie-eating. It's a buyers' market, which means sellers are expected to roll over and grovel appreciatively over each showing their agent landed. Sometimes, whether through ignorance or a last gasp of pride, sellers make one of... Continue Reading »

Wendy Bauwens is no stranger to swapping. As a horse trainer, she has traded a harness for a new website and a riding lesson for a haircut. Today, however, she's lining up her biggest swap yet: her horse farm, Sunnyside Farms (pictured at left), located near Bozeman, Mont., for something closer to the ocean. A new place... Continue Reading »