Use this list from Realtor Magazine for some quick, easy updates that can help you have your home looking its best in no time! Here’s their list:
Buff up curb appeal
Enrich with color
Upgrade the kitchen and bathroom
Add old-world patina
Screen hardwood floors
Clean out and organize closets
Update window treatments
Hire a home inspector
With just a few quick, easy home upgrades, you could easily add a momentous amount of value to your home! It’s also good to always remember that sometimes you can gain the most value on your home by just fixing a lot of the “little” problems. Some of the bigger projects are not always worth the time and effort for the amount of value you will get out of them!
To read the full article from Realtor Magazine, click here.
Check out this month’s issue of Alice P’s Market Update that is now online by clicking here. This month’s issue includes a feature article from our stager, Kathy Lanning; some great resources and tips for earning rebates and tax credit for purchasing energy-efficient appliances, and a brief look at how interest rates really affect your monthly mortgage payments and 30 years worth of savings.
Stop by this Sunday, February 21st from 1 pm to 4 pm for a community open house event in the exclusive Eagle Canyon community in Lyons!
Our listing at 139 Eagle Canyon Circle offers beautiful custom work, 5 bedrooms, 4 baths, and a luxury master suite with a 5-piece master bath. Gorgeous stainless steel appliances in the kitchen with breakfast bar and a separate dining room. Spacious great room has an immaculate gas fireplace, and don’t forget about the finished walk-out basement!
Come see us Sunday, we will have snacks available, and it’s the perfect chance to come check out the wonderful Eagle Canyon community!
Check out this month’s issue of Alice P’s Market Update by clicking here. This month we introduce the new rebates program for home owner purchases of Energy Star Appliances. We also have included the full NAR Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, which takes an in-depth look into overall buying and selling trends over the past year. And last, but not least, our Healthy Home Tips section this month has some great ideas for budgeting organic foods into your diet. Enjoy!!
Click here to view more info. on our newest listing at 312 Lucca Drive in Evans, priced at $113,500. Adorable 2 BR/2BA end-unit condo with special layout that includes full utility area with closet! Bright west/southwest exposure with inviting outdoor front patio area. Gas fireplace in the living room, vaulted ceilings, central air, maple cabinetry and fabulous tile work. Full master bath and great views out secondary and master bedroom. Contact us today to schedule a showing!
The Northern Colorado Business Report recently published an article with favorable expectations for home prices for the upcoming year.
Based on data from First American CoreLogic, an online organization that provides information on real estate and mortgage transactions across the country, home prices across the nation are expected to finally be appreciating by October 2010, with prices finally bottoming out in March.
Click here to read the full article from the NCBR.
A recent report released from the Federal Housing Finance Agency revealed statistics about home prices and trends across the nation–the good news, is that Colorado ranked 9th on their list of states for year-over-year price appreciation!
The report puts Colorado at -.03 percent for price appreciation for the year, and projects an appreciation rate of 6.87 percent in five years. This puts Colorado very close to being back in the positives for home price appreciation!
Check out the latest issue of Alice P’s Market Update! This month’s issue features information about the recently extended Homebuyer Tax Credit, Healthy Home Tips, and 3rd Quarter Sales Statistics. Click here to view this month’s e-zine.