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What Sellers Should Know About Comparables

When looking to sell your home, your Shorewest, REALTOR® will be looking at quite a few different factors to see where your home should fall price wise. It is important to look at comparables or comps to understand fully how …
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Nine Mini DIY Projects for Your Home

Looking to spruce up your home without a full remodel? Here are some mini makeovers for your home that will surely make an impact without a lot of time or money! 1. Peel-and-Stick backsplash! Ready for a change in your …
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Resource Video: Homeowners Edition

Tips for Filing a Homeowner’s Insurance Claim If you ever need to file a homeowner’s insurance claim, there are rules and procedures that you and the insurance company must follow – so carefully review your policy to see what your …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Tips on Choosing the Most Energy-Efficient Kitchen Appliances

  By Guest Blogger: Bryn Huntpalmer So you’ve sealed your home’s leaks, added insulation to the attic, and made changes to your everyday habits to conserve energy. The next thing you’ll want to do is start upgrading your outdated and …
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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 …
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Trend Watch: Barn Doors

Let’s face it, swinging doors take up a lot of space. A new, fun twist would be a sliding barn door which frees up storage and design flexibility. Barn doors are a wonderful solution for locations where a swinging door …
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