1. Throw a reverse housewarming party
The less clutter, the bigger your home will look and feel to potential buyers.
2. Go down to the bare minimum
Box up everything you don’t need on a daily basis.


3. Take your doors off their hinges
Remove all your interior doors, besides those that lead to bedrooms, bathrooms, and closets.


4. Ditch the heavy drapes
If your windows are hiding behind cumbersome drapes and other coverings, now's the time to take them down.


5. Use only one color
Painting every single room the same color isn't an artistic cop-out—in a small home, it actually serves an important purpose.
"It prevents your space from feeling choppy, and gives it more of a continuous feel."


6. Put away your prints

Similarly, if you've got an affinity for wild and colorful designs. To avoid making buyers feel claustrophobic, “keep prints to a minimum and offset them with solids drawn from the same palette,&rdq ...

If your home is struggling to catch the eye of a buyer, it could be for an entirely valid reason. Maybe you're stuck in a sluggish market or have the poshest place on the block (always a tough sell). But there's another possibility, too—your home could be sitting on the market because of a rookie selling mistake. All of us can make 'em, even those of us who actually have a few home sales under our belts.
The good news? These basic slip-ups can be easily corrected or avoided. To help you out, we spoke to real estate agents to identify some of the most common mistakes people make in trying to sell their home. Sidestep these flubs to avoid sabotaging your own sale.
Rookie mistakes:

1: Overpricing your home

All sellers want to get top dollar for their house. .” For example, she says, “if a neighbor sells their house for $400,000, you might automatically assume that your house is worth at&nb ...

Ever wish there was an automatic way to illuminate your way around your bedroom or closet at night? One that does not include you fumbling in the dark for a light switch or waking others when you audibly activate Siri or Alexa powered lights? Then you need these motion sensing LED ones that light up automatically when you get out of bed or enter your bathroom.

If you're looking to sell your house, you'll want to hire an amazing listing agent to help—and there are certain questions to ask a real estate agent to pinpoint the right professional for you. And it's smart to be picky! A great Realtor® can help sell your house fast, and for more money. Pick wrong, and your listing might languish, then the lowballing bargain hunters come circling—it's not pretty.
Not sure where to get started? You can search for agents in your area with online tools, where you can also read real estate agent reviews from previous clients. From there, you'll want to call or meet with a few you like and probe further.

Here are some questions to ask a real estate agent when selling your house.

1. What are your credentials?
At the least, your agent should have a state license and belong to the local real estate trade association, because this means your agent will ...

Luxury home prices soar as sellers come back down to earth











Sale prices of luxury homes in the second quarter of this year were up 7.5 percent from a year ago, the first time luxury gains have outpaced the rest of the market since 2014.






The real reason for the luxury recovery may be a shift in the mind of sellers: They were asking too much, and now that they're asking less, there is more action in the market.






Luxury home sales have been rising steadily, causing the supply of those homes for sale to drop.








The slump in the swankiest sector of the housing market appears to be over, and, ironically, it may be due to a dose of reality among sellers. Sale prices of luxury homes in the second quarter of this year were up 7.5 percent from a year ago, the first time luxury gains have outpaced the rest of the market since 2014, according to Redfin, a real estate brokerage which defines luxury as the top 5 percent of the most e ...