Seasons Real Estate

Your House Isn’t Selling- Now What?

Every seller’s nightmare- but it happens to some. You’ve listed your home for sale- but it just. Won’t. Sell. What do you do now? If your property isn’t selling, there is a problem with your price, condition, or location. You can’t do anything about your location- but you CAN do something about the other two

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How to Get Top Dollar for your Home in Utah in 2019

We are still in a seller’s market, but that power is weakening. Last year, in the summer of 2018, we had one month of inventory for single family homes in the average price point. Meaning that if no other homes were listed for sale, it would take one month to sell everything on the market.

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Home Values in Utah County

Let’s talk about price changes for the last 20 years in Utah. From 1996 until 2005, appreciation for single family homes in Utah went up. Appreciation was strong, but not aggressive. Then, from 2006-2008, appreciation went up 21% one year and 22% the next year. As many of us remember, the market fell out and

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Common Real Estate Acronyms

When buying a home, you’ll hear a lot of new terms and acronyms bandied about. Here is a list of common acronyms with real estate to help you make sense of it all. MLS- Multiple Listing Service- This is where Realtors post all of the homes that are for sale in a single spot. CD-

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The Four Values of Real Estate Investment

If you are thinking about investing into real estate, you need to consider the four values of real estate investment to figure out if something is a good investment.Cash FLOWAppreciationTax BenefitsMortgage Paydown.Too often, people think only about the cash flow- but we will explore ALL of these values so you can be well-informed about your

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Home Pricing is an Educated Guess

Pricing your home correctly is a difficult process. When coming up with an appropriate listing price that could be the sales price for a home, we Realtors crunch a lot of data, combine it with years of experience and give you a well educated guess. Let me share a story. I recently met someone who

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Home Inspections! What to Expect!

When you sell your home, your potential buyer wants to be comfortable buying the property. Home inspections allow them to do that. The seller is required to allow all inspections to their property that don’t cause damage.As a seller, you’ll want your home to be clean and show ready (sometimes, home inspectors will pull out

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3 Common Mistakes in Contracts with Realtors

Contracts when buying a home are complicated and filled with legal jargon and there is a LOT to read over and sign. No one expects a buyer or seller to know everything in the forms! But- that being said- here are a few things to check for when you are closing to make sure that

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Understanding the MLS (Multiple Listing Service)

In our world, where 92% of buyers see their home online before ever walking in the front door, the MLS (Multiple Listing Service) is essential. A home posted for sale online is listed on this service. Sometimes, when perusing the MLS for homes, you’ll come across a home with one of these three statuses. 1-UC-

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What are Seller Disclosures?

Today, I’ll be answering a question I recently received: What are seller disclosures? If you work with a licensed Realtor in the state of Utah, you have to fill out seller disclosures, which is a seven page form. This form enables the seller to tell the buyer everything about the property that they wouldn’t be

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