Home staging plays a very important part in successfully selling your house. The impression that the buyer makes of your home is what will determine him to make you an offer for it or keep looking. Here is what a properly staged house should convey to the buyer:
Cleanliness
Your house needs to look spotless. Because we might at times miss something important, it’s recommended to hire a professional cleaning firm at least once before starting to show your house to prospective buyers. While you are at it, it’s a good idea to depersonalize the space – remove family photos and personal items off the shelves, to allow the buyers to feel more comfortable inside your house and not like they are intruding in someone else’s home.
Space
The first thing you need to do in order to create space is to de-clutter. It’s a good idea to just take a look around and remove anything non-essential. Don’t forget kitchen appliances – it’s best to just remove or hide them, same with knives and anything else you might have lying around. Instead, add a vase of flowers or a bowl of fruits.
Your rooms need to look warm and inviting. Furniture can play a significant part here. It’s a good idea to arrange it in such a manner as to maximize the impression of space and at the same time group pieces together to maximize the potential for conversation.
Brightness
Buyers love a house which has enough light. Make sure your windows let as much light through as possible, and change your lamps with stronger ones. You should aim for something in the range of 100w for 50-60 square feet.
Color
It’s a good idea to use neutral colors for areas like the living room and kitchen, because beside being the safer option (different people have different tastes), it also makes a room look more spacious and brighter. For bedrooms however, don’t be afraid to use other colors. Avoid strong, vivid colors like pink – instead go for dark, relaxing colors, which will make the room look more intimate and cozier.
You can further add color to your house by using décor, such as flowers or artwork. Experiment with the way you arrange them, to obtain the best possible effect and draw attention to specific areas of the room.
Every buyer looks for the perfect house. And while it’s true that different people can have very different ideas of what the perfect house should look like, by applying the tips above you will greatly increase the chance that they visualize your house as their future home.
AVERAGE-DAYS-ON-MARKET–50-Days
SALES-TO-LISTING-RATIO–53%
HOMES-LISTED-FOR SALE-OVER $1M–190 homes
HOMES-SOLD-YTD-OVER $1M-70 homes
PRICES DIP AS RESULT OF HIGHER INVENTORY
статистика за июль 2015
количество дней на маркете –50-Days
отношение продаж к листингам –53%
количество домов, дороже миллиона на рынке –190 homes
количество ПРОДАННЫХ домов, дороже миллиона с начала года -70 homes
цены понизились из-за большого количества домов на рынке
Edmonton, AUGUST 4, 2015: Prices for all residential properties in the Edmonton for July were down from the previous month
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The average all residential price was $372,910 (down 1.4% from June) due mostly to the drop in price of single family homes to $436,948 (down 1.8%). The drop was not felt across all categories with condo prices up 0.4% at an average of $256,708 and duplex/rowhouse prices up 1.4% from June at an average of $356,237.
While all residential average prices were down month over month, they still remained 3.3% higher than July of last year.
With reported all residential sales in July down 9.8% from June and down 2.8% from last year, average days on market is up to 50.
This is up from 46 average days on market in July 2014.
Single family dwellings spent an average of 48 days on market in July of 2015, duplex/rowhouses were at 43 days, and condos at 54 days.
“We have seen the biggest drop in condominium sales year to date at 14%. That drop coupled with an increase of condo listings of 17% explains why condos are taking longer on average to sell.
Some of these buyers may be moving over to duplex/townhouse options which is the only residential category showing an increase of sales of 6% year to date.”
There were 73 properties over a million dollars sold by this time last year, the exact same number as this year.
Inventory is still strong at 7,226 for the Edmonton CMA at the end of July 2015, up slightly from 7,177 in June and much higher than the 5,609 available in July of 2014.
All residential listings were up year over year by 14.9% but down month over month from June by 2.2%.
The average days on market for single family last month was 43, condominiums were 49 days, and duplex/rowhouse took an average of 45 days to sell.
Residential sales in Edmonton’s Census Metropolitan Area are beginning to pick up with 1,784 reported sales in May 2015. That is up 12% from 1,597 reported in April but still down almost 10% from May 2014. Again this month, reported sales are down in all categories except duplex/rowhouse (up 4% y/y) – a trend we have seen all year. Single family sales were 1,078 – down 11% over last May (1,213 reported). Condo sales were down 10% over May 2015 at 510. Sales were up in all categories over April 2015. Year-to-date, residential sales are down 13%.
Despite a decline in all residential sales, the average sale price was $381,111 up 2.5% from May last year. Single family dwellings sold for an average of $451,312 (up 3% from last May), condos for $256,143 (up 2% y/y) and duplex/rowhouses were the only price drop at $345,659 (down 2% y/y).
The end of month residential active inventory was 7,303 for the Edmonton CMA. May 2015 all residential new listings were down 2% from last year at 3,314. That meant 5% less single family, 6% more condo, and 4% less duplex/rowhouse listings than in May last year.
January 5, 2015: Sales of residential property through the Edmonton Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) System in 2014 in the Edmonton CMA were over 11 percent higher than in 2013, exceeding growth expectations by a large margin. This increase was reflected across all property types including a 9.8% increase in sales of single family detached properties, an over 11% increase in condo sales and a 25.4% increase in duplex and rowhouse sales. There were 18,991 residential sales reported in 2014 as compared to 17,077 in 2013.
Prices were also up compared to 2013, with single family homes finishing the year 5.6% higher over last year at an average of $432,713. For 2014, the average price of a condo was $252,175 (up 4.5% from 2013) and the average price of all residential properties was $367,228 (up 5.2% from 2013).
2014 was a very busy year for your local REALTOR®. Edmonton and the surrounding areas experienced a great increase in volume of sales, but also a healthy increase in price. We did not see the sudden spikes in prices that we saw in 2007, but we did surpass the single family record price in March of 2014. An increase in newly built affordable condos and multifamily units coupled with historically low mortgage rates encouraged new buyers into the market. We also saw great migration into the province and a very tight rental market. These factors all play into a very active market in 2014.
The all-year sales-to-listing ratio was 70% (up 2% from 2013) with average days-on-market at 47 days (down from 53 last year). The active market was highlighted by a year-end inventory of just 3,059 properties, a similar number to the end of last year (3,049).
As is seasonally normal, prices and sales dropped in December from November, but are up year over year from December 2013 in all categories. The price of a single family detached property dropped 3.3% from $444,312 in November to $429,470 in December. Condo prices dropped 3.4% in December to $247,099 while duplex/row house prices increased slightly from November to $355,978. December all-residential unadjusted sales were exactly the same as 2013 at 770 and down almost 38% from last month.
If you have questions please talk to your local REALTOR® Irina Mierzewski about your options in this market and what is right for you!
The city was founded in 1784[7] as a fortress during the Russian conquest of the Caucasus and was for many years the main Russian military base in the region.
The Georgian Military Highway, crossing the mountains, was constructed in 1799 to link the city with Georgia to the south, and in 1875 a railway was built to connect it to Rostov-on-Don andBaku in Azerbaijan. Vladikavkaz has become an important industrial center for the region, with smelting, refining, chemicals and manufacturing industries.
From 1931 to 1944 and from 1954 to 1990, its name in both Russian and Ossetic languages was Ordzhonikidze (Орджоники́дзе) (afterSergo Ordzhonikidze, a Georgian Bolshevik), and from 1944 to 1954 it was officially called Dzaudzhikau (Дзауджика́у) in Russian andDzæwdžyqæw (Дзæуджыхъæу) in Ossetic. Vladikavkaz resumed its old Russian name, in 1990, shortly before the dissolution of the Soviet Union; the official Ossetic name was reverted to Dzæwdžyqæw.
Vladikavkaz was fought over in both the Russian Civil War and World War II. In February 1919, the anti-Communist Volunteer Army under General Anton Denikin seized the city, before being expelled by the Red Army in March 1920. In November 1942, the forces of Nazi Germany tried unsuccessfully to seize the city but were repelled.
The Single Family Detached (SFD) average price in July was down 2% from June at $426,716 and the All Residential average price was off 2.6% from June at $362,091 in the Edmonton . Condo prices were stable month-over-month at $254,654 and duplex/rowhouse average prices rallied with a 5% lift to $360,309.
Residential sales were up year-over-year from 1,835 in July 2013 to 2,013 (up 9.7%) with SFD sales (1,179) up compared to the same month last year by 4.8%.
Condo sales of 639 units were up 15.4% and duplex/row house sales were up 27.7% compared to July 2013.
There is adequate supply with over 5,600 residential properties in inventory.
The average days-on-market was up slightly to 46 days in July as compared to 41 days in June. The sales-to-listing ratio was 69%: slower than the 75% last July.
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Highlights of MLS® System activity (for all-residential sales in Edmonton CMA1)
M/M % Change
Y/Y % Change
SFD2 average3 selling price – month
$426,716
-2.00%
3.90%
SFD median4 selling price – month
$396,000
-4.00%
3.10%
Condominium average selling price
$254,654
0.20%
4.60%
Condominium median selling price
$239,000
0.00%
6.20%
All-residential5 average selling price
$362,091
-2.60%
3.30%
All-residential median selling price
$345,000
-3.90%
3.00%
# residential listings this month
2,718
-8.10%
10.60%
# residential sales this month (reported)
1,864
-12.70%
1.60%
# residential inventory at month end
5,609
-1.70%
-3.90%
# Total6 MLS® System sales this month
2,570
-1.95%
4.10%
$ Total value MLS® System residential sales – month
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