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5 Mistakes Home Sellers Should Never Make

by Marianne Sweet on June 1, 2011

in Marianne Sweet on Home Staging,Metro Detroit,Seller Information

From AOL Real Estate: (http://realestate.aol.com/blog/2011/05/31/5-mistakes-home-sellers-should-never-make/) Trying to sell a home in today’s market requires courage, smarts and a fair amount of humble pie-eating. It’s a buyers’ market, which means sellers are expected to roll over and grovel appreciatively over each showing their agent landed. Sometimes, whether through ignorance or a last gasp of pride, sellers [...]

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A Plea for Sellers who WANT to SELL their Metro Detroit Home

by Maureen Francis on July 30, 2008

in Beverly Hills MI Real Estate,Birmingham MI Real Estate,Bloomfield Hills MI Real Estate,Buyer Information,Luxury Homes,Market Updates,Metro Detroit,Royal Oak MI Real Estate,Seller Information,Troy MI Real Estate

The last few months have been whirlwind for Dmitry and me.  In spite of all that you hear about the crummy housing market, we, through hard work, good fortune and a bit of creative thinking, find ourselves square in the middle of our best year in real estate-EVER.  Yes, you read that right.  Our best [...]

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Showings, Traffic and Hits

by Maureen Francis on December 22, 2005

in Seller Information

Has it really been two weeks since my last entry? Wow. The funny thing is that “hits” are up over the last few days even without new content. Not what I would have expected a few days before Christmas. Seeing the same thing on our web site Oakland-County-Homes.com Also would not have expected that we [...]

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Selling Your Home During the Holidays…

by Maureen Francis on November 14, 2005

in Seller Information

Just today we had a call from a prospective client asking if he should wait until Spring to put his home on the market. We said “No!” 12 Reasons to List with Dmitry & Maureen during the holidays 1. There is less competition for buyers. 2. Winter prospects are more serious buyers. 3. Your home [...]

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Sell the Deal not the House

by Maureen Francis on October 1, 2005

in Seller Information,Uncategorized

Yesterday Realty Times published good article about dealing with the slower market. M. Anthony Carr contends that a credit from the seller to the buyer at close, packaged well, can go along way toward closing the deal, more so than a price reduction. He bases his assertion on the notion that a price reduction only [...]

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