Selling Your Home

Selling your home can be exciting - but it can be a lot of work, too. Check out these three showing secrets from the pros to make sure you're getting buyers excited about putting in an offer. 3 Showing Secrets That Can Help You Sell Your House ...

If you're like many people who are thinking about selling a home during the coronavirus pandemic, you have questions - and some of them are big ones, like "Should I reduce the price of my home?" Here's what you need to know. Should You Reduce Your ...

If you're selling your home, your real estate agent will talk to you about how important it is to stage your space properly. Staging means arranging and decorating your home so that it's as appealing as possible to prospective buyers - and part of ...

When you're selling your home, your real estate agent will likely come over and talk to you about improvements you can make that will attract more buyers. One of the things your agent may address is curb appeal. Curb appeal is extremely important, ...

If you're like many people, you know that real estate agents do comparative market analysis reports for their clients every day - and you may even know that these reports, commonly called CMAs, are used to determine how much a home is likely to be ...

If you've spent any time online when you're considering selling your home, you've probably seen the term comparative market analysis, or CMA. And if you haven't yet, you will. So what is a comparative market analysis when it comes to real estate, ...

Fall 2020 is right around the corner, and if you've been thinking about selling your home this year, you might be on to something. Experts say that this fall may be the perfect time to put a house on the market. Here's why. Is Fall 2020 a Good Time ...

If you're like many people, you're not quite sure what kinds of improvements your home needs to make it more marketable. Your Lakewood REALTOR(R) will definitely walk through your home with you to make suggestions and give you great ideas, and one ...

Allison Van Wig, Van Wig & Associates was Named to REAL Trends America’s Best Real Estate Professionals in the Long Beach, Lakewood and surrounding areas. Long Beach & Lakewood, CA, June, 24, 2020 Allison Van Wig, Van Wig & ...

When you're ready to sell your home in Lakewood or Long Beach, your REALTOR(R) will complete a comparative market analysis, or CMA, for you. The CMA lets you know how much other people are paying for homes similar to yours, which enables you to set ...

Cluttered homes are tough to sell - but the real kicker is that sometimes a home appears cluttered when it really isn't. In order to make your home more marketable (and to help prospective buyers fall in love with all its best features), you need ...

If you’re thinking about selling your home right now, you’re not alone – and for good reason. Some experts are saying that Summer 2020 is the best time to sell a home in the U.S., and conditions haven’t been this favorable ...

If you and your real estate agent have discussed holding an open house as a way to market your home, you're in luck - there are three simple things you can do to help buyers fall in love on the spot.  3 Tips to Amaze Buyers at an Open ...

Your home is your sanctuary, so when you can find even the smallest way to make an improvement it can make all the difference. From fixes for irksome eyesores, to enhancements that cost little or nothing, here are two hacks that you can try today....

You don’t need to change out your windows. You need only change the way you see them. Amplify the presence of your windows using these tricks. Widen and heighten the look of your windows with a simple rod adjustment. Curtain rods can be a ...

So you’re putting your house on the market and you’ve heard that staged homes sell faster and fetch higher prices than un-staged ones, but you don’t have the cash to hire a stager. What do you do? Here are a few easy and ...

When your home is for sale, you want to do everything you can to make sure it’s as appealing to potential buyers as possible—but aside from home staging and curb appeal, what can you do? Actually, you can do a lot. 3 Great Tips for ...

If you’re like most people who are selling a home in Lakewood or Long Beach, your Realtor® has already talked to you about staging the house and making it as appealing as possible to prospective buyers.   But could staging actually ...

Everyone wants a beautiful outdoor living space – but there are some plants that are a nightmare you should avoid. Whether you’re buying a home for sale in Lakewood or you already own one here, check out this quick list of five plants ...