Web Wealth: Selling a Home

Home sellers need to be more creative these days, with Reader’s Digest encouraging them to post video love letters about their homes on YouTube, feature their listings on Facebook, and hold block-party open houses to persuade neighbors to recommend the home to house-hunting friends. Meanwhile, Money Talk News suggests that sellers can boost sales prices by painting, staging, and transforming dens into extra bedrooms, and HGTV’s Front Door site says fresh paint on the front door, among other things, will attract buyers. Finally, sellers would be wise to have their homes inspected before listing them so that they are not surprised by problems uncovered further along in the process, according to the National Association for Certified Home Inspectors. | Read More