Flat Fee MLS, For Sale By Owner, Home Buyer Rebates » buyer https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog Now, There's A Smarter Way to Buy or Sell Your Home - Bloomkey Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:41:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Flat Fee MLS by Owner https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2007/03/16/flat-fee-mls-by-owner/ https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2007/03/16/flat-fee-mls-by-owner/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2007 13:07:29 +0000 admin http://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2007/03/16/flat-fee-mls-by-owner/ With the average house price approaching $250,000, sellers are balking at the prospect of paying up to $15,000 in real estate agent commissions to sell a home and are looking for cost effective alternatives – Flat Fee MLS by UIHS Realty is one. Flat Fee MLS provides home owners to list their home on the MLS [...]

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]]> https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2007/03/16/flat-fee-mls-by-owner/feed/ 0 I’ve decided to use your Flat Fee MLS Listing Service – Who Handles Sales Calls? https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2007/03/14/ive-decided-to-use-your-flat-fee-mls-listing-service-who-handles-sales-calls/ https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2007/03/14/ive-decided-to-use-your-flat-fee-mls-listing-service-who-handles-sales-calls/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:07:13 +0000 admin http://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2007/03/14/ive-decided-to-use-your-flat-fee-mls-listing-service-who-handles-sales-calls/ IHS Realty Support for Flat Fee MLS Listing Service Once you’ve decided to select IHS Realty as your partner for a Flat Fee MLS Listing service, we do not stop working for you there. We offer a wide range of support services along with guidance, tips and resources on how to market and negotiate the best deal [...]

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]]> https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2007/03/14/ive-decided-to-use-your-flat-fee-mls-listing-service-who-handles-sales-calls/feed/ 0 Open House on the MLS https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2007/02/21/open-house-on-the-mls/ https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2007/02/21/open-house-on-the-mls/#comments Wed, 21 Feb 2007 23:33:49 +0000 admin http://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2007/02/21/open-house-on-the-mls/ Holding an Open House is a great way to market your home – so is the MLS Combining the power of the MLS marketing system with a dedicated and motivated seller is a sure fire way of getting your home sold. Real estate agents either love or hate open houses, not least as the most popular day [...]

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]]> https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2007/02/21/open-house-on-the-mls/feed/ 0 What Is A Backup Offer? https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2007/01/30/what-is-a-backup-offer/ https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2007/01/30/what-is-a-backup-offer/#comments Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:50:20 +0000 admin http://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2007/01/30/what-is-a-backup-offer/ And should I make one, or accept one? A backup offer is an offer that is negotiated like any other offer until the buyers and sellers reach a price and terms that are mutually acceptable. A unique term of the agreement is that it is accepted as a backup offer subject to the collapse of a [...]

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]]> https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2007/01/30/what-is-a-backup-offer/feed/ 0 Sellers Too Often Overprice Themselves Out Of The Market https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2007/01/28/sellers-too-often-overprice-themselves-out-of-the-market/ https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2007/01/28/sellers-too-often-overprice-themselves-out-of-the-market/#comments Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:15:33 +0000 admin http://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2007/01/28/sellers-too-often-overprice-themselves-out-of-the-market/ Then refuse to listen to solid advice When Do You Know If Your Listing Price Is Too High For Your Home? If you aren’t getting many showings or offers – that’s a sign. Most people think that if their home isn’t getting shown enough – it MUST be the agent’s fault. Well, you shouldn’t blame your agent for [...]

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]]> https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2007/01/28/sellers-too-often-overprice-themselves-out-of-the-market/feed/ 0 Spare The Memories, Sell The Benefits https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2007/01/23/spare-the-memories-sell-the-benefits/ https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2007/01/23/spare-the-memories-sell-the-benefits/#comments Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:01:24 +0000 admin http://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2007/01/23/spare-the-memories-sell-the-benefits/ You don’t want to scare buyers out of purchasing your home Many for sale by owner sellers are not able to show the home to potential buyers in an objective manner. Often the seller skews the home showing to his own point of view, talking about experiences that he and his family have had in the [...]

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]]> https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2007/01/23/spare-the-memories-sell-the-benefits/feed/ 0 Virtual Tours As Selling Tools Are Growing In Popularity https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/12/26/virtual-tours-as-selling-tools-are-growing-in-popularity/ https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/12/26/virtual-tours-as-selling-tools-are-growing-in-popularity/#comments Wed, 27 Dec 2006 05:47:37 +0000 admin http://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/12/26/virtual-tours-as-selling-tools-are-growing-in-popularity/ Expect this tool to become more popular in 2007 Call it virtual voyeurism: By August 2006, 51% of all Internet users had taken a virtual tour of a piece of real estate, according to the latest release from the Pew Internet & American Life Project, up from 45% in November 2004. You can expect in increase in [...]

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]]> https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/12/26/virtual-tours-as-selling-tools-are-growing-in-popularity/feed/ 0 Five Things To Get Before You Make An Offer https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/12/16/five-things-to-get-before-you-make-an-offer/ https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/12/16/five-things-to-get-before-you-make-an-offer/#comments Sun, 17 Dec 2006 05:28:04 +0000 admin http://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/12/16/five-things-to-get-before-you-make-an-offer/ Buyers need to dig for information Buyers should snoop before bidding on house Learn why sellers are selling, if they have deadline, what they paid, what inspections they’ve had done These days, the home buyer is king. That’s because in most markets, there is an oversupply of new and resale homes available. Just ask any real estate agent for [...]

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]]> https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/12/16/five-things-to-get-before-you-make-an-offer/feed/ 0 One In Four Buyers Purchase A Home They Found Online https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/11/27/one-in-four-buyers-purchase-a-home-they-found-online/ https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/11/27/one-in-four-buyers-purchase-a-home-they-found-online/#comments Mon, 27 Nov 2006 16:29:56 +0000 admin http://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/11/27/one-in-four-buyers-purchase-a-home-they-found-online/ List on the MLS and you’ll be listed locally as well as nationally One in four buyers purchase a home they first saw on the Internet, according to a 2005 survey by the National Association of Realtors. Veronica Melissas started out on Realtor.com, the Web site of the NAR that contains most of the MLS listings in [...]

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]]> https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/11/27/one-in-four-buyers-purchase-a-home-they-found-online/feed/ 0 IHS Realty Can Act As Your Transaction Broker https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/11/23/ihs-realty-can-act-as-your-transaction-broker/ https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/11/23/ihs-realty-can-act-as-your-transaction-broker/#comments Thu, 23 Nov 2006 14:51:38 +0000 admin http://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/11/23/ihs-realty-can-act-as-your-transaction-broker/ A transaction broker can assist the buyer and seller In the old days of real estate their was one way to buy or sell a house – through your full service real estate broker. Typically this real estate broker, or one of his agents, provided a wide array of services for a fairly large commission rate. [...]

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]]> https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/11/23/ihs-realty-can-act-as-your-transaction-broker/feed/ 0 More Buyers Are Going Online First https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/10/30/more-buyers-are-going-online-first/ https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/10/30/more-buyers-are-going-online-first/#comments Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:11:17 +0000 admin http://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/10/30/more-buyers-are-going-online-first/ That’s a great opportunity for home sellers Buyers like the Filadelfias, as well as sellers, are increasingly accessing information on real estate Web sites to become better educated about the housing market and to gain more control over the buying and selling process. A National Association of Realtors survey reported that 77 percent of homebuyers used the [...]

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]]> https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/10/30/more-buyers-are-going-online-first/feed/ 0 They’ve Learned About Flat Fee Services in the UK https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/10/27/theyve-learned-about-flat-fee-services-in-the-uk/ https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/10/27/theyve-learned-about-flat-fee-services-in-the-uk/#comments Fri, 27 Oct 2006 15:20:18 +0000 admin http://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/10/27/theyve-learned-about-flat-fee-services-in-the-uk/ It’s the same there as it is here Realtors are all a buzz about this new form of listing houses on the MLS (multiple listing service). Some feel it creates more work for the buyers agent, while others see this as a way to tap into the For Sale By Owner market. Even in the UK, they’re [...]

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]]> https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/10/27/theyve-learned-about-flat-fee-services-in-the-uk/feed/ 0 The FTC Helps Consumers https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/10/25/the-ftc-helps-consumers/ https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/10/25/the-ftc-helps-consumers/#comments Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:43:00 +0000 admin http://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/10/25/the-ftc-helps-consumers/ Exclusive agency agreements help everyone (Source) The FTC has now settled with five MLS systems that did not allow brokers to post listings with anything other than exclusive-right-to-sell listing contracts. From this point forward exclusive agency agreements can be used with MLS systems based in Loveland, CO; Concord, NH; Williamsburg, VA; Appleton, Oshkosh, and Fond du [...]

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