You’ve unpacked your things and settled into your new home. But have you thought about how this will affect your insurance needs? Buying a home involves more than just making sure you have homeowners insurance coverage. If you’ve recently purchased a home, here are some types of insurance that may be impacted by your recent [...]
Remember living in your first apartment? For many of us it was a small, cramped box.
Here’s an apartment to beat all of the other little boxes out there. Welcome to London, home of possibly the smallest apartment in the world. A FORMER storage cupboard is now a 62 square foot flat has all the [...]
Browsing through the net I came across several ideas on saving a good deal of money while buying a house. Summing them up, I can say that the best moneysaving experience is based on playing games with commission paying.
Traditionally, when you buy a house you just give the purchase money to the seller and [...]
In my previous post I’ve mentioned one of the most important pieces of advice on how to buy a perfect house. The advice was “Negotiate!” And yes, the art of negotiation will serve you the best helper in whatever you do: buying a house or selling it. Recognizing that being a good negotiator does not [...]
Buying a house is a complicated and frightening process, and it is important to be prepared. Knowledge is power when it comes to negotiating the difficult world of home prices, interest rates and mortgage loans. For a first time home buyer, there are many factors to consider before you buy. The more information you can [...]
Have you ever wanted to move your Fizber home listing to the top of the Google Search results? The SearchWiki (available to signed-in Google users) lets you customize your Google Web Search results and even “vote” for your home listings, very similar to Digg. You can vote the results “up” or use a “X” if [...]
The Internet has created more knowledgeable and sophisticated consumers. Buyers now expect a higher level of marketing expertise. To help home sellers and real estate professionals stay current, Fizber.com, a real estate classified website, introduced a new real estate marketing tool: The Recession Survival Kit.
For only $49.95, Fizber.com submits a property listing to 80 web’s [...]
Would you like to own a new house in the lovely countryside of Oregon or $100,000 cash?
Faced with selling his house in a slow economy, George Tran decided to do something creative – he is giving away his house in Oregon to the most worthy family via the Internet. Users are asked to pay a [...]
The kitchen is the most important room in the home to stage. Kitchen is the number 1 room influencing buyers’ decision. Socializing and family life has shifted to the kitchen. Where buyers’ picture themselves talking with friends and preparing gourmet meals.
Quick Tips for Staging a Kitchen
Smaller tables make eat-in kitchen spaces appear larger.
Creative placement of [...]
To make your home seem more attractive than all the rest, consider staging it. You can hire a professional stager to do the job for you, or you can do much of the work yourself.
The main two rules here are to declutter and depersonalize homes so other people can imagine living in them.
Houses that are [...]