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Recovery Tips For Storm-Battered Homeowners

Before you begin clean up, take inventory with a camera so you have documentation for any insurance or other damage claims. Try to be ready for the impact of seeing many of your personal items, furniture and your home disturbed or destroyed by the storm and flooding. These tips from Lowe's Home Improvement Stores will help you get busy with the clean-up and started on the way to returning to your ...
Posted by Suzanne Dingley @ 12:00 AM on 08/29/2011
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HOME OWNERSHIP MATTERS:

Real families' views on home ownership...
Posted by Suzanne Dingley @ 11:23 AM on 01/19/2011
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UPDATING TO SELL

As a professional Home Stager and Realtor, I frequently meet with homeowners who are considering selling – a little too late. Often homeowners decide to prepare their homes for sale by painting and updating, before inviting me in. Colors and styles change. The days of all-white, very neutral homes are gone. Light fixtures can make an otherwise great home show very dated. Shiny brass fixtures ...
Posted by Suzanne Dingley @ 1:42 PM on 01/12/2011
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Is Your Home Ready For An Emergency?

From the Home Safety Council ~ The kitchen is perhaps the most potentially dangerous place in the house, because it’s where water, electricity - and in some cases, natural gas - all come together. Make sure you have a fire extinguisher handy near the stove, and make sure everyone in the house knows how and when to use it. You should never fight a fire if it compromises your ability ...
Posted by Suzanne Dingley @ 2:08 PM on 03/16/2010
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STARTING YOUR SPRING GARDEN

It's not too early to being planning your spring garden...see below
Posted by Suzanne Dingley @ 12:56 PM on 02/01/2010
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10 Inexpensive Ways to Wow Buyers

Now is the time for home owners contemplating a spring sale to spruce up their properties in anticipation of what Mike Larson of Weiss Research calls a potentially vibrant home-selling season. "If you have been beating your head against a wall, this is going to feel a lot better,” he says.Here are 10 cheap ways to make a property more attractive to shoppers: Improve first impressions. Touch ...
Posted by Suzanne Dingley @ 1:46 PM on 01/29/2010
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How To Prepare Your House For Sale

Disassociate yourself from your home. Make the mental decision to "let go" of your emotions and focus on the fact that soon this house will belong to someone else. Look toward the future. De-personalize. Pack up those personal photographs and family heirlooms. You don't want buyers to be distracted by personal artifacts. You want them to imagine their own photos on the walls. You want buyers to ...
Posted by Suzanne Dingley @ 1:51 PM on 01/06/2010
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NEW YORK'S GREAT APPLIANCE SWAP-OUT

Have you looked at your household appliances recently and thought to yourself "I'd love to replace those..."  Well, you won't have to wait too long to receive the appliance equivalent of "cash for clunkers" - this might be known as "Dollars for Dishwashers"! New York residents will begin to receive stimulus funded rebates for various energy efficient appliances for purchases starting on February ...
Posted by Suzanne Dingley @ 12:41 PM on 12/09/2009
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DOLLAR VS DAYS

After you've taken step one to decide to sell your home, step two is usually setting your asking price, striving for a balance between generating offers and receiving top dollar.  Your chosen representative will perform a Competitive Market Analysis to produce an estimate of your home's "fair market value," or that price that educated buyers will pay based on listings and sales of homes similar ...
Posted by Suzanne Dingley @ 11:42 AM on 12/01/2009
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TOP 5 RENOVATIONS THAT PAY

If you are thinking of getting your home ready for sale, you may want to consider some remodeling ideas that will add market value to your home. You want to be sure you are spending your money wisely and not making improvement that do not add value. Watch this video for some good tips.
Posted by Suzanne Dingley @ 2:54 PM on 11/12/2009
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UPDATE ON THE PROPOSED EXTENSION/EXPANSION OF 1ST TIME HOMEBUYER TAX CREDT AS OF 11/4/09

Following are the latest details available on the proposed extension and expansion of first time home buyer tax credit extension, now including a move-up buyer’s tax incentive as of 11/4/09.  This measure has been passed by the Senate; now it's up to the House. The tax credit would be $8,000 for first-time home buyers and $6,500 for move-up buyers (from December 1, 2009 to April ...
Posted by Suzanne Dingley @ 1:45 PM on 11/05/2009
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A Lesson For Sellers

A buyer looking for a home is likely to become well informed about property values.  After “comparison shopping” - looking at a half dozen or so homes, a buyer can easily spot the overpriced homes – those that have been on the market for some time but remain unsold. These homes often end up selling for even less than if they had been priced competitively from the beginning. Don’t ...
Posted by Suzanne Dingley @ 1:45 PM on 10/08/2009
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Act Now – 1st Time Homebuyer Incentive Expires Nov. 30, 2009

The current legislation grants a tax credit of up to $8,000 to first-time home buyers; the home must close by November 30, 2009. Purchase contracts need to be signed by late September or early October to ensure a closed sale before the deadline. At the current time, there has been no decision on an extension of the program. Who Qualifies? To qualify as a “1st-time home buyer” the purchaser ...
Posted by Suzanne Dingley @ 2:38 PM on 09/29/2009
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