1. Six Reasons to Use a Realtor
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... to set a price that can bring the maximum number of offers for your home. Reason #2 - Realtors®  sweat the details. Accurate pricing, qualifying potential buyers, positioning advertising for maximum exposure, ...

2. No Time like the First Time
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... site, ERA.com, reaches around the globe to bring up-to-date listings directly to you. ERA Mortgage offers loan programs expressly designed to meet the needs of qualified first-time homebuyers. The path ...

3. When the Brood leaves the Nest
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... Senior homebuyers tend to stay in or near the same community after they retire. Most people continue to work much later in life, perhaps in an entirely new career or as a full-time volunteer who serves ...

4. Service Is Golden: Real Estate Programs to Put Seniors' Minds at Ease
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... (SAREC). SAREC has in turn established a certification program by which Realtors® of all ages are schooled in the specific interests of senior homebuyers and sellers. The "Seniors Real Estate Specialist" ...

5. Playing It Safe: Security Measures for Homesellers
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... your work hours – it might seem like a selling point to tell prospective buyers how quickly you can get to your job from this location, but it can also clue would-be burglars in on when to return. Though ...

6. A Good Showing: Dressing Your House for Sales Success
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... paint job is an investment that will more than pay for itself, and neat landscaping – trimmed shrubs, new flowers – puts your prospective buyers in just the right frame of mind. Inside, kitchens and bathrooms ...

7. Age Differences: Old Homes vs. New
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... buyers. Older homes can come with the headaches of aging structures and systems, while newer ones can be hastily made, with their own set of consequences. Old homes can harbor the health concerns of obsolete ...

8. The Price Is Right: Finding Home Financing to Suit Every Budget
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... homeowners needlessly. One of the biggest is that buyers need 20 percent of the purchase price ready as a down payment to purchase a home. But today several specialized mortgage programs require little ...

9. First Time's the Charm: Tips for Beginning Homebuyers
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... that in 2001 (the most recent year for which figures are available), first-timers made up nearly half of all homebuyers. If so many made the move, you can too. Chances are they did it with the help of ...

10. The New Urban Neighborhood: Brownfield of Dreams?
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A house in the country will always have its appeal. But lately more homebuyers are preferring the city, for reasons ranging from the sheer excitement of the surroundings, to the rescue of impoverished ...

11. Doubling Your Investment: Do Income-Generating Properties Pay?
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... give buyers and sellers so much to think about that many may never stop to consider keeping that old house – or buying another – as an income-generating property. But the rewards, in savings, profits and ...

12. Rooms for Improvement: The Joys and Challenges of Fixer-Uppers
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... For buyers with cost as a concern, a house needing work will definitely be more affordable – though the discount can stem from some major problems, and the price savings go hand-in-hand with later renovation ...

13. When a Home is Not a House: Condo Pros and Cons
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... start for first-time homebuyers who would like to build equity for a house purchase a few years down the road. Condo sales are growing, too, reaching record numbers and also outpacing single-family homes ...

14. Confidence Builder: Make the Most of Newly-Constructed Homes
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... and don't need to worry about today's fast-paced home construction industry. New home buyers, on the other hand, may be most attracted to the ease of brand-new homes with minimal maintenance concerns and ...

15. Paying It Forward: How Renters Become Buyers
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... can help defray your costs even as you fulfill the stepped-up obligations of homeownership. Pooling resources with other buyers to occupy a two-family home could be one; buying such a home by yourself ...

16. Save More Than Energy: The Cost-Efficient Home
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... these systems can pay for itself – and later pay off as an attractive resale value when possible buyers of your home want to benefit from this form of savings. And when you're ready to go from finding ...

17. Making Your (Dog) House a Home: Moving With Less Stress for Your Pets
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... as crucial a stage as the move itself – familiar settings are disrupted as furniture gets moved and belongings packed away. A cat or dog will wonder who all these strangers are (potential buyers, inspectors, ...

18. Staying Power: The Joys and Challenges of Historic Homes
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Real estate professionals like to offer as many kinds of properties to prospective customers as there are different personalities of buyers. And few real estate properties have more personality than a ...

19. Using Your Energy Wisely: Alternative Energy in the Home
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Energy costs are on everyone's mind, and alternatives are a hot property – though many homebuyers aren't sure how to find and evaluate them. There are a number of technologies to choose from which can ...

20. How Accessibility Features Can Serve Homeowners of All Ages and Abilities
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... drive a trend which can benefit all homebuyers. What has come to be called "Universal Design" is a set of standards for making every house a welcoming home for inhabitants of all ability levels. These ...