8 Common Pitfalls To Avoid When Financing A Home

Many people, even the seasoned home buyer, make mistakes during the home buying process that can cost them the opportunity to obtain financing or increase their interest rate on financing.  Here are 8 outfalls you should avoid when getting financing on a home purchase. Do Not Change Jobs. Changing jobs during the loan process [...]

By |2020-04-09T16:24:30-04:00July 31st, 2018|House Tips for Buyers & Sellers|Comments Off on 8 Common Pitfalls To Avoid When Financing A Home

4 Tips For Getting Your Home Sold Quickly

Read up on the four tips Hamilton Realty Group has to help get your house sold quickly. GIVE YOUR YARD ATTENTION Cleaning up your yard and making it look welcoming will do two things for you as a seller. First, a beautiful landscaped yard makes a great first impression and will attract more potential [...]

By |2020-04-09T11:41:52-04:00June 28th, 2018|House Tips for Buyers & Sellers|Comments Off on 4 Tips For Getting Your Home Sold Quickly

Eight Reasons to Sell Your Home with an Agent Versus Selling Yourself

The “For Sale By Owner” (FSBO) method may seem like a great way to save lots of money, given the size of the fee. You may think acting on your own will surely be worth the savings, yet national statistics show that on average, the FSBO will lose 8-12% more money than working with [...]

By |2020-04-09T14:34:35-04:00May 15th, 2018|House Tips for Buyers & Sellers, Real Estate Broker Information|Comments Off on Eight Reasons to Sell Your Home with an Agent Versus Selling Yourself

Five Basic Rules of Home Staging on a Budget

Staging your home will help increase your final sales price. On average a seller will receive $2 in increased sales price for every $1 put into staging. Here are five basic rules for staging your home on a budget: De-Personalize Buyers need to picture themselves in their new home, not you.  That wedding photo [...]

By |2020-04-09T13:15:22-04:00May 15th, 2018|House Tips for Buyers & Sellers|Comments Off on Five Basic Rules of Home Staging on a Budget

Guidelines for Insuring Coastal Properties

Most folks moving to our beautiful coastal communities have never lived close to the beach and are not aware of the different types of insurance required to protect their investment.  Here is a quick list of the types of insurance you may want to consider: Flood Insurance: Most flood insurance policies are written under the [...]

By |2020-04-08T20:48:46-04:00May 2nd, 2018|House Tips for Buyers & Sellers|Comments Off on Guidelines for Insuring Coastal Properties

Cost Effective Ways To Update Your Home

Are you tired of the way your home looks?  Thinking of selling?  You don’t need to spend a fortune to update your home and make it more marketable for sale.  In fact, updating can be fun and affordable with the right projects.  Here are several ways to make a big difference in your home’s [...]

By |2018-05-02T13:12:51-04:00May 2nd, 2018|House Tips for Buyers & Sellers|Comments Off on Cost Effective Ways To Update Your Home

8 Reasons Why Your Home Isn’t Selling

When you first put your home on the market for sale you are hopeful that it sells quickly. In fact industry statistics show that the best time to maximum price is in the first 30 days of your home being on the market.  While you shouldn’t panic if your home doesn’t sell within the first [...]

By |2020-03-23T16:19:11-04:00September 14th, 2017|House Tips for Buyers & Sellers|Comments Off on 8 Reasons Why Your Home Isn’t Selling

How to Pick the Best Place to Retire

Retirement planning often focuses on how much money to save and where to invest it to support you in your Golden Years.  But what about where you’ll live out your retirement years?   Give some thought to your retirement home selection with the help of these practical tips: Review the lists.  With the invention of the [...]

By |2017-11-21T19:24:20-04:00September 2nd, 2017|House Tips for Buyers & Sellers, State Information|Comments Off on How to Pick the Best Place to Retire

Staging Tricks To Help Your Home Sell

Are you getting ready to list your home for sale?  In today’s competitive online market, putting some effort into staging your home can impact how it appears online and how quickly it goes from For Sale to SOLD.  The tenets of staging are pretty basic and can be done yourself: declutter, de-personalize, deep clean and [...]

By |2020-04-09T17:00:22-04:00August 7th, 2017|House Tips for Buyers & Sellers|Comments Off on Staging Tricks To Help Your Home Sell

Five Questions You Might Ask Before Choosing A Real Estate Agent

When the time comes to list your home for sale, most sellers have but two questions for the potential real estate agent: How much will they get for the property and what will the commission be?  Sadly, that is the extent of most sellers’ questions and many will hire the first agent they meet, according [...]

By |2017-11-28T17:48:43-04:00December 17th, 2016|House Tips for Buyers & Sellers, Real Estate Broker Information|Comments Off on Five Questions You Might Ask Before Choosing A Real Estate Agent