Our Blog How Important is Staging Your Home? Picture yourself meeting someone to buy their used car. You get in to test drive it and there is junk everything! Decals on the windows, a lei hanging from the rearview mirror, trash in the middle console. You can’t even … Read More Tags: Decor, home staging, Sellers, Sellers Market, selling your home, shorewest, shorewest family, Shorewest Realtors, staging advice, Staging Tip, staging your home Categories: Home Improvement, Home Selling, Homeowner, How to, Real Estate Tips Trend Watch: Shiplap Looking for the next big thing to upgrade your home décor? Shiplap is the answer! A relatively easy and inexpensive DIY project, shiplap is here to complete your home. Looking at those cozy homes on Pinterest and wishing you could … Read More Tags: 2016 Design Trends, current housing trends, Decor, DIY, HGTV, home trends, Shiplap, shorewest, shorewest family, Shorewest Realtors, Trend Watch Categories: DIY, Home Selling, Homeowner, How to, Real Estate Tips, Tuesday Tips 4 Myths of Buying vs. Renting By Guest Blogger: ABODO According to a recent report by Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies, the past 15 years have seen a drastic shift in how Americans approach renting and owning. More people are renting, while fewer are … Read More Tags: Buying, buying a home, Buying Home Advice, home advice, Mortgage, Renting vs Buying, shorewest, shorewest family, Shorewest Realtors Categories: First Time Home Buyers, Homeowner, How to, Monday Motivation, Mortgage, Real Estate Tips Six Unwritten Rules Every Seller Should Follow The house is clean, the landscaping is done, the house is listed for sale and your first showing is scheduled. Everything is immaculate but there is still one more thing that needs to be taken care of…you! No matter how … Read More Tags: First Time Home Seller, home seller advice, home seller tips, Home Selling, Sellers, Sellers Market, Sellers Tips, Selling My Home, selling your home, shorewest, shorewest family, Shorewest Realtors Categories: Home Selling, Homeowner, How to, Real Estate Tips How to Answer Six Questions You Might Hear at an Open House This weekend you may have a list of open houses you want to hit, or maybe you are on your way to do some errands and stop at an open house just to see the inside of that beautiful home … Read More Tags: buyer's market, Buying, Finance, first time home buyer, Home, Offer, Open house, price, shorewest, shorewest family, Shorewest Open Houses, Shorewest Realtors Categories: First Time Home Buyers, Home Buying, How to, Neighborhoods, Real Estate Tips Baby Boomers: What’s the Next Move? Economists are seeing a few different moves that baby boomers are making when it comes to the real estate market. Some baby boomers want to stay in their home, but at what cost? Almost a quarter of baby boomers recently … Read More Tags: baby boomer generation, baby boomer housing, baby boomers, Downsizing, Moving, Relocation, shorewest, shorewest family, Shorewest Realtors, Upsizing, Vacation Categories: Home Buying, Home Selling, Homeowner, How to, Real Estate Tips The Numbers are In! Buying is Still Cheaper than Renting! Looking at the latest Rent vs. Buy Report from Trulia, we can see that homeownership is still cheaper than renting with a traditional 30-year fixed rate mortgage! Not only that, but it is 36% cheaper nationwide! 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If you remember, last winter brought extra low temperatures and increased heating bills. It is never good when you receive an unexpected $600 heating bill in … Read More Tags: DIY, Home-maintenance, How To, Shorewest Realtors, Winter Categories: DIY, Home Improvement, Homeowner, How to, Real Estate Tips, Shorewest Tips Six Tips To Save To Buy A House As interest rates are still low, the real estate market offers lots of opportunities to become a homeowner. However, what’s holding many people back is saving enough for a down payment. If you analyze your spending habits, you can determine … Read More Tags: Buying a House, Credit Card, down payment, first time home buyer, How-To, Mortgage, saving money, Shorewest Realtors, Shorewest Shares, shorewest tips Categories: First Time Home Buyers, Home Buying, How to, Monday Motivation, Mortgage, Real Estate Tips, Shorewest Tips Page 20 of 21« First‹ Previous161718192021Next ›