They say in life, presentation is everything. You get one chance to make a good impression. This could not be more true than when you are selling a house. If you’re thinking of selling your home, it is good if you consult with a professional home stager. Staging a home properly takes a skill that isn’t necessarily the domain of the real estate agent. Just as you wouldn’t expect your agent to also be the mortgage lender, neither should you expect your agent to have time to go through your house and rearrange rooms so they really “pop” and sizzle when prospective buyers are shown the house. Let your agent be busy finding buyers; for home staging, it is good to consult a staging professional. Continue reading »

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After my blog of “We can all breathe a sigh of relief that FHA won’t be adopting HVCC” I found out today that FHA has decided to adopt HVCC as of January 2010! As a Realtor in Northern Virginia with Exit 1st Choice Realty, we are all struggling to get the housing market into recovery mode. The biggest burden in this market is for sellers owning non distressed properties, who would like to sell their properties for various reasons-usually due to changes in their lives. The sellers have a minimum financial goal that needs to be met. If it’s unreachable in this market, they will usually wait to sell.   When we have a larger proportion of non distressed properties on the market, we will know that we have turned the corner to recovery.

This news that FHA will be adopting HVCC may not be good news for the market. Here is an article by Mary Thompson, an appraiser from Georgia: http://activerain.com/blogsview/1246425/huge-fha-news-fha-is-adopting-hvcc-as-of-january-1st-get-ready-for-change

Read my previous blog on the HVCC to see how this code can affect a “regular” sale. http://househunterforyou.com/metrorealty/?p=118

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Don’t tell me your age; you’d probably lie anyway-but the Hershey Lady will know!

YOUR AGE BY CHOCOLATE MATH

This is pretty neat.

DON’T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST!
It takes less than a minute ..
Work this out as you read .
Be sure you don’t read the bottom until you’ve worked it out!
This is not one of those waste of time things, it’s fun. Continue reading »

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