Sentences with phrase «improvements than a buyer»

Because most renters think of their residency as relatively short term, they are willing to accept less in terms of improvements than a buyer will.

Not exact matches

Wesfarmers could reduce the cost of exiting the British home improvement market by about $ 1 billion if it can find a buyer for the Homebase chain rather than shutting it down.

There are a few improvements coming, some more obvious than others but all of which will help the seller and buyer experiences.

No appraiser can out - guess what spooked buyers will / should pay for properties that will ultimately sell for more than they are really intrinsically worth (cost of land plus current construction cost of improvements).

Harris Gross, of Engineers for Home Inspection in Cherry Hill, N.J., suggests that buyers setting priorities for repairs or improvements start with safety (structural and water - related) and comfort issues (heating, cooling) rather than then cosmetics «such as pink wallpaper, outdated kitchen» and the like.

Before visiting some tips for sprucing up the interior of your home please keep in mind that a buyer almost ALWAYS estimates higher than the actual cost to make necessary repairs and or improvements.

While listing a property's shortcomings has its drawbacks, Conaway believes it's better to include obvious improvements a buyer will want to make, rather than saying «as is.»

Ryan mentions that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg may have purchased a home in California; Ryan reviews the economic events of the prior week; Ryan notes that interest rate are still heading down; Ryan notes that the DC real estate market is competitive on the buy and rent sides and that would be renters in the DC area are turning into would be buyers; Louis notes that the DC housing dynamic is different from the rest of the country where housing prices are down and there is plenty of inventory; Louis notes that if it is cheaper to buy than rent that it makes sense to get a long term low interest rate loan; Louis talks about the benefits of visiting HomeGain.com; Louis discusses the HomeGain FSBO vs. Realtor survey and the advantages of hiring a REALTOR; Louis and Ryan discuss the HomeGain home improvement survey and recount the types of home improvements that provide the best return on investment; Ryan and Louis talk about pricing strategies for selling a home; Louis and Ryan discuss the differences between pricing a short sale and pricing a non short sale home; Louis notes pricing a home too high may keep the home on the market a long time and that the more days a home is on the market makes a home look like damaged good; Ryan describes short sales as foreclosure avoidance and discusses the impact of each on FICO scores; Ryan talks about the options that people with underwater mortgages have; Louis mentions that 72 % of home buyers and sellers pick the first real estate agent they meet and points out the value in comparing agents first using HomeGain's Find a REALTOR program; Louis can Ryan discuss the level of shadow inventory the impact on sellers as more inventory gets released;

Brown thinks that energy efficiency improvements will, in the future, help homeowners in two ways: «make the property more appealing, more marketable to a future buyer, and secondly, make the property a little bit more valuable than other homes that don't have these energy efficiencies that are in place.»