How Much Holiday Decor Should You Put Up When You’re Selling Your Home?
If you’re like many people selling a home this holiday season, you’re wondering how much holiday decor is appropriate while your house is on the market. Your Lakewood REALTOR® can give you specific guidance based on your neighborhood ...
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Posted by Allison Van Wig on December 3, 2020 in Selling Your Home
3 Showing Secrets That Can Help You Sell Your House FAST
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.
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Posted by Allison Van Wig on September 17, 2020 in Selling Your Home
Should You Reduce Your Home's Price Due to the Pandemic?
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.
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Posted by Allison Van Wig on September 3, 2020 in Selling Your Home
3 Things You Should ALWAYS Put Away When You're Selling Your Home
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 ...
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Posted by Allison Van Wig on August 29, 2020 in Selling Your Home
Curb Appeal: 3 Things You Can Do to Attract More Buyers
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, ...
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Posted by Allison Van Wig on August 25, 2020 in Selling Your Home
How Does a Real Estate Agent Do a Comparative Market Analysis?
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 ...
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Posted by Allison Van Wig on August 20, 2020 in Selling Your Home
What is a Comparative Market Analysis in Real Estate?
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, ...
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Posted by Allison Van Wig on August 11, 2020 in Selling Your Home
Is Fall 2020 a Good Time to Sell Your Home?
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.
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Posted by Allison Van Wig on August 8, 2020 in Selling Your Home
Should You Refresh Your Kitchen Cabinets if You're Selling Your Home?
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 ...
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Posted by Allison Van Wig on August 3, 2020 in Selling Your Home
Van Wig & Associates Honored with 2020 America's Best Award
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 & ...
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Posted by Concierge Van Wig & Associates on July 28, 2020 in Selling Your Home
What's in a CMA Report?
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 ...
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Posted by Allison Van Wig on July 17, 2020 in Selling Your Home
3 Tips to Organize Your Home Before You Sell It
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 ...
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Posted by Allison Van Wig on July 11, 2020 in Selling Your Home
Is Summer 2020 the Best Time to Sell Your Home?
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 ...
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Posted by Concierge Van Wig & Associates on June 29, 2020 in Selling Your Home
3 Tips to Amaze Buyers at an Open House
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.
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Posted by Concierge Van Wig & Associates on March 29, 2020 in Selling Your Home
2 Quick Hacks to Enhance Your Home
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....
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Posted by Allison Van Wig on March 3, 2020 in Selling Your Home
5 Tricks to Make Your Windows Look Bigger
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.
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Posted by Allison Van Wig on February 29, 2020 in Selling Your Home
I Can’t Afford a Home Stager. What Should I Do?
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 ...
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Posted by Allison Van Wig on February 20, 2020 in Selling Your Home
3 Great Tips for Showing Your Home to Potential Buyers
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.
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Posted by Allison Van Wig on January 25, 2020 in Selling Your Home
3 Ways Home Staging Can Kill a Sale (and How to Prevent That From Happening)
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 ...
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Posted by Allison Van Wig on December 14, 2019 in Selling Your Home
5 Plants You Should Never Put in Your Yard
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 ...
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Posted by Allison Van Wig on December 8, 2019 in Selling Your Home