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Linda, Why Did You Send Me This Report About Other Real Estate Homes In Raleigh?

By Linda Craft on February 7th, 2010

Every week my team provides a weekly report to all of our current sellers. The report covers where we market their home, how many showings they have received, what the feedback is from their real estate home showings, etc. We also include a report on what their local competition is from a buyer’s perspective ... [Continue Reading]

Are Bathtubs Really Needed Here In Raleigh?

By Linda Craft on January 30th, 2010

We are remodeling our master bath. We’ve put down tile floors, a marble shower, new vanities, new mirrors, new light fixtures…..but we took out the garden tub we never use and don’t want to replace it. We were thinking a window bench that lifted up for storage or something like that. Is that going to kill our resale? ... [Continue Reading]

Moving Parents To Senior Care Facilities in Raleigh Maybe A Tricky Thing To Accomplish

By Linda Craft on January 17th, 2010

Bill asks “What is the best way to move my mother into a Senior Care Facility?” Our family all lives out of state and it is becoming difficult for her to live in her own home without assistance. ... [Continue Reading]

Raleigh Home Sellers Are Going Beyond Staging

By Linda Craft on October 22nd, 2009

Sometimes just simply staging a home is not enough to get it sold. ... [Continue Reading]

Home Sellers in this Economy Needs Tough Love

By Linda Craft on July 31st, 2009

Every day in the Raleigh area I meet with perspective home sellers. However, in the current real estate market I find myself practicing “tough love” and being more of a counselor and consultant. I try to educate my home sellers to make sure they have realistic expectations so they do not end up with regrets in ... [Continue Reading]

Saving Money with Green Raleigh Homes

By Linda Craft on May 21st, 2009

Raleigh homeowners are saving money with simple ... [Continue Reading]

Pricing a Raleigh Home

By Linda Craft on April 1st, 2009

It Takes Four Things For Every Homeowner to Sell a Raleigh Home: 1. A Compelling Price 2. Condition 3. Access 4. A good marketing agent Many sellers today feel very beat up and out of control in this challenging and competitive Raleigh real estate market. Many Raleigh home sellers get mad at their real estate ... [Continue Reading]

5 Things to Know When You Are Trying to Avoid Foreclosure and Save Your Credit

By Linda Craft on March 26th, 2009

Unemployment, divorce, job transfer, death, financial crisis is finding many Raleigh homeowner’s struggling to make their mortgage payments. Mortgage payments are due by the first day of each calendar month. They are late on the 15th day of the month. After 15 days a late payment reminder letter arrives, after 30 days it is mortgage ... [Continue Reading]

Safety for Raleigh Home Owners

By Linda Craft on February 26th, 2009

Today I heard that WRAL- Channel 5 -would be featuring a story on the potential danger home owners face when allowing strangers into their home when they are selling it themselves. As Agents we take this matter very seriously. Some of you may remember several years ago when a real estate agent in the Fayetteville ... [Continue Reading]

Raleigh Has A Growing Number of Homes in Foreclosure

By Linda Craft on February 26th, 2009

Every day I watch and the number of new listings, price reductions and failed listing in the Raleigh real estate market. It is very concerning to me as I see our historically safe real estate market falling and our personal equity investment decreasing. Although Raleigh home prices have not fallen to the extent other areas ... [Continue Reading]