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An Expert Advisor Will Give You the Best Advice in Today’s Market

Having an experienced guide coaching you through the process of buying or selling a home is important in a normal market – but today’s market is far from normal. As a result, an expert real estate advisor isn’t just good to have by your side, they’re essential.

Today’s housing market is full of extremes. Experts project mortgage rates will continue to rise this year, and that’s driving significant demand for homes as buyers want to make their purchases before rates climb even higher. At the same time, an absence of sellers is leading to record-low housing inventory. This imbalance in supply and demand is creating bidding wars and driving home price appreciation as well as considerable gains in home equity.

These market conditions can feel…

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Why Selling Your House with a Real Estate Professional is Essential

Now is the time to get your home ready to list, and here is why listing with a well-known professional (like us!) makes a difference. 

Selling your house is no simple task. And when you sell on your own – known as a FSBO (or For Sale by Owner) – you’re responsible for handling some of the more difficult aspects of the process without the expert guidance you need.

The 2021 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) surveys homeowners who recently sold their house on their own and asks what difficulties they faced. Those sellers say some of the biggest headaches are prepping their house for sale, pricing it right, and handling the required paperwork.

Working with an agent is the best way to ensure you…

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Reasons You Should Consider Selling This Fall

Sitting on the fence and trying to time the real estate market in the SC Lowcountry can be tiring. We can say with certainty that the perfect storm is here, and listing your home this Fall is a very wise thing to do to capture buyer fury, low interest rates, and top dollar. Based on history & market activity this is as close to a crystal ball as we can get.

If you’re trying to decide when to sell your house, there may not be a better time to list than right now. The ultimate sellers’ market we’re in today won’t last forever. If you’re thinking of making a move, here are four reasons to put your house up for sale sooner rather than later.

1. Your House Will Likely Sell Quickly

According to the Realtors Confidence Index released by the National…

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Knock, Knock

Front doors matter. They give a home a distinct personality and can update a house feeling a little dated. It changes the whole appearance and "feel" of a home. It either welcomes you or makes you shutter! Our old front door on our house was awful. It was varnished brown with gold trim and glass. It made the whole house look tired and did not match the style of the home. Once we changed it, POW! It made all the difference. I love, love, love the way it turned out. Perfect color for my favorite season too, Welcome Fall!

Knock, Knock: Your Front Door Holds the Key to Boosting Curb Appeal

First impressions matter, even in today’s red-hot real-estate market—and designing a grand entrance could make a big difference

When sisters Char Riley and…

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Staging Tips for Selling During the Holidays

It’s the time of year that calendars are packed with holiday parties, budgets are strained by gift-giving and the days are chilly. Alas, 'tis not the best season for real estate. But the good news is that the brave house-hunters who do venture out are very serious about buying a house and stylish trimmings will make them want to ring in the new year in your home.

“Holidays can be personal on a lot of levels, but you want to make sure your decor is neutral,” advises Amy Powers, owner of Accent Home Staging & Interiors of Atlanta. “You want to romance your buyer, not invite them to your Christmas party.”

Try these tips to get buyers in the right spirit:

• Clean and stage. “Before you decorate, your house needs to be…

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The Single Best Way to Sell Your Home This Fall, Revealed

You may have heard that spring and summer are the top home-selling seasons, and that fall is as dead as those leaves piling up on your lawn. But don’t be fooled.

“Fall is actually a great time to sell your home,” says real estate agent Carola Encarnacion of DJK Residential in New York City. “There’s less competition, and the market is still very active.”

So if your house is on the market right now, take heart! And heed what many experts say is the one best thing you can do to reel in buyers: Give your home an autumn upgrade with some staging.

To the uninitiated: Staging is the technique sellers use to showcase their home at its best through upgrading furniture and decor. And celebrating all things autumnal is the way to do it successfully…

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