Home Buyers Before You Start Your Real Estate Home Search

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ANTOINETTE DEROSE

Real Estate Salesperson
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Home Seller's Guide

Real Estate Home Seller's Guide

Home Seller's Guide
Selling a home requires patience and hard work. Make sure you work with an expert.

If you’re thinking of selling your home in Westchester NY contact Real Estate Expert www.AntoinetteDeRose.com for more information.
ANTOINETTE DEROSE

Real Estate Salesperson
Chappaqua Brokerage Office
(914) 263-8971

#TopProducer #ChappaquaRealEstate #ChappaquaRealtor #ChappaquaBrokerage #PleasantvilleNYRealEstate
#WestchesterNYRealEstate #WestchesterNYRealtor

What To Consider When Looking For A Home

Home Buyers. What to Consider When Looking For A Home?

BUYING A HOME IS ONE THE BIGGEST FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS OF A LIFETIME AND AS A FULL TIME REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL I’LL HELP YOU ACHIEVE YOUR REAL ESTATE GOALS.

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ANTOINETTE DEROSE
Real Estate Salesperson
Chappaqua Brokerage Office
(914) 263-8971
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Setting a Price for Your Home

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The Ins and Outs of Setting a Price for Your Home 

It’s a big decision with a lot of factors, but don’t worry — you have backup.

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Work With Your Agent

This is crucial. Your agent brings the right mix of industry expertise and knowledge of your local market to the table. 

To understand whether your agent is pricing your home properly, read through each of the steps below. Use what you learn about your home’s fair market price to evaluate any price your agent recommends.

Throughout the pricing process, a good agent will:

• Listen to your needs
• Take into account your research
• Use his or her knowledge of the local market to help you pick the best asking price 

You’re a team. It’s in both of your interests to price your home correctly — a timely, profitable sale is win for everyone.  Real More....
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Search for Homes in Westchester NY 

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Online Real Estate Home Search

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What You Should Really Know About Browsing for Homes Online

It’s fun! It’s exciting! It’s important to take everything with a grain of salt!

Oh, let’s just admit it, shall we? Browsing for homes online is a window shopper’s Shangri-La. The elegantly decorated rooms, the sculpted gardens, the colorful front doors that just pop with those “come hither” hues.

Browser beware, though: Those listings may be seductive, but they might not be giving you the complete picture.

That perfect split-level ranch? Might be too close to a loud, traffic-choked street. That handsome colonial with the light-filled photos? Might be hiding some super icky plumbing problems. That attractively priced condo? Miiiight not actually be for sale. Imagine your despair when, after driving across town to see your dream home, you realize it was sold. 

So let’s practice some self-care, shall we, and set our expectations appropriately. 

• Step one, fill out our home buyer’s worksheet. The worksheet helps you understand what you’re looking for. 
• Step two, with that worksheet and knowledge in hand, start browsing for homes. As you do, keep in mind exactly what that tool can, and can’t, do. Here’s how.

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Westchester’s Winter Wonderland

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Nov 29, 2019 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Westchester's Winter Wonderland is a one-of-a-kind holiday experience featuring the Santa Experience, unlimited skating on their outdoor ice rink (skates included), the Winter Wonderland Holiday Circus, your favorite holiday rides at FUNderland Village, great food and beverage options, and a bigger and brighter Lights of Wonder show. Westchester's Winter Wonderland will run from Friday, November 29 through Saturday, January 4th.

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Kensico Dam Plaza

1 Bronx River Parkway
Valhalla, NY 10595
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Optimistic about the Westchester NY Real Estate Market in 2013

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From John Burns Real Estate Consulting: "Assuming our leaders in DC come to some sort of agreement that keeps the economy growing and interest rates low, which seems like the most reasonable assumption, here is what will happen,"

• Investors: Investors and, yes, even flippers will continue to grow in numbers as they realize housing is the best risk-adjusted return on their money.
• Boomerang buyers: Foreclosed homeowners, who are currently renting homes, will come back in droves. In Phoenix, they are paying $1,300 in rent for a home whose mortgage payment would be $1,000. That situation is not sustainable. The Federal Housing Administration and Department of Veterans Affairs have low down payment programs with insurance premiums that push rates near 5.0%. Those payments are still very affordable.
• Entry-level buyers: First-time homeowners, who have been sitting on the sidelines waiting for a sign of the bottom, will hear about price increases in their desired neighborhood and rush to become homeowners.
• Move-down buyers: Empty nesters and retirees, who have plenty of equity in their existing home, will buy a home that is more suitable to their current lifestyle, which may or may not include adult children as well as their aging parents.
• Moveup buyers: The price appreciation that occurred in the last year has already lifted 1 million underwater homeowners above water with future price appreciation to lift them even more.

All good signs.

NAR - Existing-Home Sales and Prices Maintain Uptrend

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WASHINGTON (December 20, 2012) - Existing-home sales continued to improve in November with low inventory supply pressuring home prices, according to the National Association of Realtors^®....READ>>

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A Good First Impression Maximizes Sales-Trendsetter

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Some homes just stand out, drawing the attention of passers-by and making people stop to take a second look. These homes are said to have “curb appeal.” A distinctive doorway, an attractively landscaped entry, a colorful garden viewed through a set of brightly painted French doors, an inviting walkway with a handmade bench—curb appeal is whatever gives a home a unique sense of style. Having curb appeal helps to sell a home; not having curb appeal can result in a slow sale or no sale.
What are the common problems that can give a home curb appeal? Most homes need to look larger. Providing continuity from the curb through to the back yard expands the visual space of a small to medium size house. Providing harmony and bringing the outside in makes for a more pleasant experience overall. One of the least expensive solutions is to add background color with seasonal ground covers and plantings. Other quick, easy solutions include:
Painting the front door with an inviting accent color
Changing or upgrading the front porch light fixture(s)
Placing an appropriately styled bench, seat or other three-dimensional piece on the porch, verandah or in the front yard or garden
Keeping all walkways and entrances swept and hosed off
Providing potted plants on the front porch in keeping with the exterior style (don’t mix cactus or succulents in Mexican clay pots with a Cape Cod or French Chateau look)
Adding a clean, stylish new entrance mat
Upgrading the front door hardware, including the door handle, knocker, hinges and/or kick plate
This sets the stage and creates a pleasant feeling of anticipation by the time the front door is reached.
Indoors, the strategy should be to make rooms look lighter, brighter and more spacious, while judiciously editing and accessorizing to make each room more pleasing to the eye and senses. This can be done by:
Cleaning out closets and clutter
Painting walls and trim
Replacing carpeting to overcome pet stains/smells
Staging an empty house with rented furniture and potted plants
Adding inviting sensory aromas with potpourri or a stovetop diffuser
Remember: The lighter, brighter and more harmonious the interior of a house can look the better.
It’s also important that the feeling of the front yard and interior of the house should flow outside into the backyard and patio areas. Patio furniture and containers can be harmonized with the colors and styles used in other areas of the home.  These outdoor rooms should be as aesthetically pleasing as the entrance and interior spaces, allowing the prospective buyer to leave the property with a good feeling about the entire house.
If a buyer can’t picture themselves or their belongings in a house they won’t buy it. Designers can help with:
Matching exterior details to interior details to will give a home “flow”
Helping the buyer visualize himself/herself in the new home Re-working and re-designing using the sellers own furniture and accessories to create a more appealing look

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How is the Real Estate Market?

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As a real estate, I’m constantly asked this question.  My answer is always the same. If it’s priced right it sells.  This market is all about price! In this current real estate market, if you’re serious about selling, you have to be priced competitively and offer value in your particular market category.   The end result for sellers that do not price to the current real estate market is to follow the market all the way down and always being just behind the selling price range.  If  you’re a property owner and truly want to sell, ask you listing agent to do a very thorough market analysis and what it will take to be the first one or two properties shown in that market niche.   

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