Flat Fee MLS, For Sale By Owner, Home Buyer Rebates » home selling 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 Home Sales Rise https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2010/01/28/home-sales-rise/ https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2010/01/28/home-sales-rise/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:39:51 +0000 admin http://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/?p=1294 In spite of a rough economny and continued unemployment woes, home sales rose in 2009. According to the National Association of Realtors®, there were approximately 5,156,000 existing-home sales in 2009, which was 4.9 percent higher than the 4,913,000 transactions recorded in 2008. It was the first annual sales gain since 2005. Total housing inventory at the [...]

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]]> https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2010/01/28/home-sales-rise/feed/ 0 For Sale By Owner Advertising https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2010/01/12/for-sale-by-owner-advertising/ https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2010/01/12/for-sale-by-owner-advertising/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:42:45 +0000 admin http://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/?p=1203 For sale by owner advertising has changed along with the real estate marketing landscape in general. Today’s marketing of real estate has expanded signficantly from a “sign in the yard and an ad in the paper”. Internet advertising allows by owner sellers access to distribution channels that circumnavigate the globe. What used to cost home [...]

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]]> https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2010/01/12/for-sale-by-owner-advertising/feed/ 0 By Owner MLS Listing https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2009/01/12/by-owner-mls-listing/ https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2009/01/12/by-owner-mls-listing/#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:11:55 +0000 admin http://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/?p=780 The “mulitple listing system”, called the MLS, gives the broadest exposure possible to homes for sale. In today’s competitive market, you need the most marketing exposure possible, but attempting to sell without the benefit of the MLS can be a like trying to sell shares of stock without the stock exchange. Or, proverbially, “like trying [...]

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]]> https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2009/01/12/by-owner-mls-listing/feed/ 0 Prepare Your Home to Sell https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2009/01/08/prepare-your-home-to-sell/ https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2009/01/08/prepare-your-home-to-sell/#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:28:36 +0000 admin http://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/?p=769 Getting ready to market your home this year? Make sure you’re ready. That means being prepared to show your home and outshining the competion. Here are a few suggestions for getting ready to sell: Prepare a Home To Sell House Selling Tip 1): NOT SEEN AND NOT HEARD Send children and pets off to stay with family or [...]

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]]> https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2009/01/08/prepare-your-home-to-sell/feed/ 0 Looking for Home Selling Tips? https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2008/01/23/looking-for-home-selling-tips/ https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2008/01/23/looking-for-home-selling-tips/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:58:32 +0000 Manager http://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2008/01/23/looking-for-home-selling-tips/ Everyone who is going to be selling a home – whether they use flat fee MLS, FSBO or sell with a real estate agent – is going to be looking for the home selling tips that will help them to get their homes ready and not just on the market, but also off of it [...]

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]]> https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2008/01/23/looking-for-home-selling-tips/feed/ 0 Selling a Home in a Cooling Market https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2007/12/20/selling-a-home-in-a-cooling-market/ https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2007/12/20/selling-a-home-in-a-cooling-market/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:02:47 +0000 Manager http://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2007/12/20/selling-a-home-in-a-cooling-market/ When you are going to be selling a home, especially when the housing market is in a bit of a cooling off period or a slow season, there are two things that are absolutely essential. First, there’s setting the right price. It’s impossible for sellers these days to sell their home when the price is too [...]

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]]> https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2007/12/20/selling-a-home-in-a-cooling-market/feed/ 0 Home-Selling Strategies For a Buyer’s Market https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/02/23/home-selling-strategies-for-a-buyers-market/ https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/02/23/home-selling-strategies-for-a-buyers-market/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2006 22:54:58 +0000 admin http://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/02/23/home-selling-strategies-for-a-buyers-market/ How to sell your home when prices start to level off Reports abound that the real estate market is heading for a slowdown. Depending upon the recent runup in your area, the landing could be hard or soft. Here are some strategies for selling in a level or declining market: Find a good discount broker – Internet [...]

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]]> https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/02/23/home-selling-strategies-for-a-buyers-market/feed/ 0 Housing Market Slowdown https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/02/14/housing-market-slowdown/ https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/02/14/housing-market-slowdown/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:15:51 +0000 admin http://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/02/14/housing-market-slowdown/ White House expects home price increases to cool The White House Council of Economic Advisers wrote in its annual Economic Report of the President, which was sent to Congress yesterday that, "Prospects remain good for continued growth in the years ahead." While the overall economy is expected to continued growth, the CEA’s assessment of the housing [...]

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]]> https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/02/14/housing-market-slowdown/feed/ 0 Flat fee MLS helps Sell Your Home https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/01/27/flat-fee-mls-helps-sell-your-home/ https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/01/27/flat-fee-mls-helps-sell-your-home/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:05:53 +0000 admin http://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/01/27/flat-fee-mls-helps-sell-your-home/ When the Housing Bubble Bursts…,or, just slowly leaks air. Patrick Newport, U.S. economist at consulting firm Global Insight in Waltham, Mass., said in a recent statement,  "Interest rates have eased in recent weeks, but we are expecting them to drift back up over the first half of 2006," he said, adding that if the Federal Reserve [...]

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