Real Estate Articles
Baton Rouge: #5 Sickest Real Estate Market
August 4, 2011 by Janet Anderson & Company · Leave a Comment
The 10 worst real estate markets across America AGBeat News | August 4, 2011 | 32 Comments Determining top and bottom performing markets When looking at various economic indicators, various lists pop up revealing what analysts name the best and the worst real estate markets across the nation. BusinessInsider.com has named their ten “sickest” housing [...]
Better Business Bureau’s Top 10 Scams of 2010
July 28, 2011 by Janet Anderson & Company · Leave a Comment
For-Sale Listings Used in Rental Scam
June 9, 2011 by Janet Anderson & Company · Leave a Comment
As we’ve mentioned in previous articles, home sellers are at risk when they put their home on the market. Information about their home is public and even agents don’t always know the warning signs until it’s too late. Below is an article about an issue we’ve come across before. Scammers take the listing information of [...]
10 Curb Appeal Ideas to Attract Homebuyers
May 26, 2011 by Janet Anderson & Company · Leave a Comment
The first thing home buyers will look at when they arrive at your home is your front yard. The color of your home, the landscaping, walkways, and if the home is attractive from the outside, will be all that is on their minds. Regardless of the fact that you just put new appliances in the [...]
Is This Really a Buyer’s Market?
April 26, 2011 by Janet Anderson & Company · Leave a Comment
With falling home prices and higher inventories, most of the public views real estate as a “buyer’s market,” in which buyers hold more of the control and sellers will more eagerly accept lower offers just to sell. Not so fast, say buyers and sellers. More buyers are finding the sellers in the driver’s seat. Buyer [...]
Real Estate Math: What Can Increase and Decrease a Home’s Value
April 11, 2011 by Janet Anderson & Company · Leave a Comment
By Melissa Dittmann Tracey, REALTOR® Magazine Little things can make a big difference in how much you ultimately sell a property for, according to a group of New York brokers who say just a few small, smart improvements to a home can increase the sales price by 5 to 10 percent. They’ve calculated it down [...]
5 New Rules of Real Estate
March 31, 2011 by Janet Anderson & Company · Leave a Comment
By: Jill Simmons, Zillow PR Manager We’re about to enter the peak season for real estate shopping: spring. But, before you jump in with both feet, you should know a lot has changed since the last time you may have bought or sold a house. It’s like dating — all of those old rules you [...]
4 Red Flags That Send Buyers Running
March 24, 2011 by Janet Anderson & Company · Leave a Comment
How you present a listing online and the words you choose to describe it may be turning off some buyers. Bankrate.com recently asked real estate professionals to weigh in on what listing red flags are turning off their buyers. 1. No photos. “One red flag in many buyers’ eyes is the lack of photos for [...]
How to Prepare your Home for Sale Before the Spring
March 15, 2011 by Janet Anderson & Company · Leave a Comment
Before you know it, spring will be here. Spring time is the ideal time for home buyers and home owners to buy and sell homes. In the winter, homes sales slow down and people focus on the holidays. Once spring hits, your home can shine its brightest. To prepare your home for sale before the [...]
Debunking Your Credit Score
March 3, 2011 by Janet Anderson & Company · Leave a Comment
Reposted from Zillow BlogBy: Vera Gibbons, Zillow Contributor | March 2, 2011 If you’re considering buying a home, one of the first things you need to do — in addition to figuring out how much home you can afford — is take a look at your credit score. Seen as an indicator of your overall [...]
