Every seller wants the same two things: the highest price and the shortest time on market. The good news is that they are not in conflict. The best price almost always comes from the first two weeks, when a listing is new, visible and competitive.Start with the data,...
Buying a first home is mostly a sequence of small decisions made in the right order. Get the order right and the process is calm. Get it wrong and everything feels urgent. This is the order.Before you lookCheck your credit — three months ahead, so there is time to fix...
East Austin is the most searched neighbourhood on our site for the third year running, and the questions are always the same: is it still affordable, where exactly should we look, and what is a bungalow really going to cost? Here is the honest version.The lie of the...
We stage every home we list, and we have tracked the results for six years. Staged homes in our portfolio sell nine days faster on average and for 3.8% more than comparable unstaged homes. Here is what actually moves the needle.1. Remove a third of...
“Renting is throwing money away” is the most repeated and least examined sentence in real estate. Sometimes it is true. Often it is not. The answer depends on one number more than any other: how long you will stay.A worked exampleTake a $650,000 home in Denver, 20%...
