Marketplace Homes Blog

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What Is a Guaranteed Purchase Option?

What Is a Guaranteed Purchase Option?

What Is a Guaranteed Purchase Option for Your Home? A guaranteed purchase option allows a homeowner to get a guaranteed cash offer for their home as a backup. This makes it possible for the homeowner to skip all the tedium of listing and selling a home on the open...
What Are Homes Selling for in My Area? 

What Are Homes Selling for in My Area? 

What Are Homes Selling for in My Area?  “What are homes selling for in my area?” is a common question homeowners ask their realtor before they list their home for sale. It’s also a wise question for buyers to ask when they’re looking for real estate in a...
How Fast Are Homes Selling in My Area?

How Fast Are Homes Selling in My Area?

How Fast Are Homes Selling in My Area? The housing market is always changing, making it essential for real estate agents to advise their clients on how to buy or sell a home (or do both at once) with up-to-date information in mind. Whether we’re in a buyer’s market or...
What Is a Seller’s Market?

What Is a Seller’s Market?

What’s a Seller’s Market? What is a seller’s market? If you spend any time in the real estate space, whether you need to sell a home or buy a new construction home, you will hear talk about being in a buyer or seller’s market. Your real estate...
How to Prep Your Home to Sell for Top Dollar

How to Prep Your Home to Sell for Top Dollar

How to Prep your Home to Sell for Top Dollar With selling season just around the corner, home buyers are meeting with their realtors, prepping their finances, and brainstorming what kind of new home they want. Meanwhile, sellers are sprucing up their homes in hopes of...
What Is A Comparative Market Analysis?

What Is A Comparative Market Analysis?

What’s a Comparative Market Analysis? The adage “look before you leap” can be life-changing advice, especially when you need to make strategic decisions. When you spend extra time researching a new product or venture, you can make the best choices. In real estate...
Official Home Seller’s Guide

Official Home Seller’s Guide

Our official home seller’s guide is here! In times like these, you could likely list your house without doing many pre-sale repairs. If you’re willing to hustle for a few weeks, however, you could make even more on the property. Never mind a Klondike Bar. What...
15 Strategic Tips For Selling Your Home Fast

15 Strategic Tips For Selling Your Home Fast

Most sellers want a good price for their homes and a relatively quick end to the process. Of course, there are things that you can do to speed up the process, but they aren’t always easy or cheap. You should be prepared to invest some time and effort to achieve your...
Troublesome Mistakes To Avoid When Selling Your Home

Troublesome Mistakes To Avoid When Selling Your Home

Mistakes to Avoid When Selling Your Home Selling your home is a big decision. You might find that emotions can affect your decision-making as much as reasonable logic and the current state of the market. If you don’t keep your plans in check, however, you might end up...
How To Get the Best Offer with Your Home Trade-In

How To Get the Best Offer with Your Home Trade-In

Do You Have Problems Selling Your Home? Even in a white-hot market, average sales times are about three months. That means some homes sit for as long as six months. If the market is moving more slowly, the process only gets dragged out longer. A big problem in the...