Selling A Home

Selling A Home

Perspective matters when selling your home

Introduction Perspective matters when selling your home. You already know how hard it can be. But did you know that perspective can make the whole process easier? It sounds like a strange concept, but here’s what we mean: when you think about your house as just a house—rather than something more personal and permanent—it becomes […]
Buying A Home, Market Update, Selling A Home

Keep Calm and Carry On

I was looking at my company’s year-to-date (YTD) performance this afternoon. We were cooking along so good – right up to the end of April. Coldwell Banker Chesapeake Real Estate agents were outperforming 2021 – the best year in the company’s history. And then we went smack dab right over a cliff. Did all the […]
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High ROI Renovations to Do Before Selling a Home

There are many reasons buyers may be willing to pay extra for a home. For example, they are likely to put down a more aggressive offer for a property that will ultimately reduce their cost of homeownership. Or they may be willing to pay a premium for homes with outstanding curb appeal, which is sure […]
Buying A Home, Market Update, Selling A Home

It’s Time To Get Off The Fence

The Average Closed Sales Price in February 2022 on the Eastern Shore of Maryland was just short of $400,000 ($397,348). Throughout COVID, the demand for rural houses has far exceeded the supply – resulting in rapidly appreciating values. Some Sellers are timing the market – waiting for eastern shore values to peak before coming to […]

Selling A Home Perspective matters when selling your home Introduction Perspective matters when selling your home. You already know how hard it can be. But did you know that perspective can make the whole process easier? It sounds like a strange concept, but here’s what we mean: when you think about your house as just a house—rather than something more personal and permanent—it becomes […]

Buying A Home Keep Calm and Carry On I was looking at my company’s year-to-date (YTD) performance this afternoon. We were cooking along so good – right up to the end of April. Coldwell Banker Chesapeake Real Estate agents were outperforming 2021 – the best year in the company’s history. And then we went smack dab right over a cliff. Did all the […]

Selling A Home High ROI Renovations to Do Before Selling a Home There are many reasons buyers may be willing to pay extra for a home. For example, they are likely to put down a more aggressive offer for a property that will ultimately reduce their cost of homeownership. Or they may be willing to pay a premium for homes with outstanding curb appeal, which is sure […]

Buying A Home It’s Time To Get Off The Fence The Average Closed Sales Price in February 2022 on the Eastern Shore of Maryland was just short of $400,000 ($397,348). Throughout COVID, the demand for rural houses has far exceeded the supply – resulting in rapidly appreciating values. Some Sellers are timing the market – waiting for eastern shore values to peak before coming to […]

Buying A Home “All Real Estate Agents Are The Same.” This familiar trope has been around at least since May 12, 1908 — the date the National Association of Realtors (NAR) was founded with the goal “to unite the real estate men [sic] of America for the purpose of effectively exerting a combined influence upon matters affecting real estate interests.” Since then, the organization has […]

Selling A Home For Sale by Owner vs Hiring an Agent If you ever watched an agent selling your house and thought, I could do better than a Realtor, there probably some things you already know. But there are also some things you may not have thought of that make the job harder than you thought. First, the benefits of For Sale by Owner (FSBO): You […]

Selling A Home How Online Real Estate Property Estimators Work We’ve all done it. We may not be looking to buy or sell our home, but out of curiosity we check an online property value estimator to see how much our place is worth. “Jackpot,” I thought when I saw my home’s value had increased by $186,000! Then the person in me who understands how […]