Category: Real Estate News

Every year at about this time, people start asking us, “What should I do to get my house ready for sale?” In fact, we often find ourselves visiting a number of homes for a quick walk-through to help homeowners identify what needs attention and what doesn’t.

In some cases, people are looking to hit the market this spring.

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WASHINGTON — As a homebuyer or a seller, do you really understand real-estate commissions? Do you know how much a real-estate agent who lists a house for sale typically gets? Equally important, how much the agent who brings you in as a buyer gets paid — in other words, how the total commission pie gets sliced up?

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Do you think your house is unsellable due to its location? Highly rated real estate agents on Angie’s List explain how to sell a house, even in the most undesirable spot.

If the most important thing in real estate is location, location, location, how do you sell your house if it’s in a bad one?

WASHINGTON — The Millennial generation, those born between 1980 and the late 1990s, are overtaking baby boomers buying the most homes.  The real estate website Zillow predicts that Millennials will, for the first time, buy more homes this year than those bought by members of the baby boom generation.

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