Karen E. Rice, REALTOR
P.O. Box F
Hawley, PA 18426
Office:
570-226-8240
Agent Direct:
570-647-5170
Everyone says it’s a tough market. I guess it is - but it seems a lot of sellers out there don’t realize
that.
When trying to sell a home in a market with a huge inventory (read: buyers have LOTS to choose from) it behooves a savvy seller to make the home available and attractive to potential [...]
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This weekend, October 25, 2008, Weichert Realtors Paupack Group will be hosting several Open Houses in Fawn Lake Forest. If you’ve been thinking about selling your home, and would like to put it on the market, please contact me for a price evaluation and to learn about my unique marketing plan.
The Fawn Lake home [...]
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Mice are such cute little creatures, when they are in a cage, running on their wheel or curled up into a warm
fuzzy ball, asleep in a pile of fluff.
But when they boldly stroll through your kitchen, uninvited and unwanted, brazenly swiping kibble from the dog’s food bowl, and hiding behind the refrigerator, they are [...]
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When you put your home on the market, one of the first things you need to do is de-clutter. But you already know that.
But what do you do with your clutter? If you’re like most people, you may stick it in the best hiding place available: your closet(s).
Unfortunately, the closets are among [...]
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Okay, I have to admit, for some reason tonight’s episode of Deserving Design made me cry - host Vern Yip redecorated a master bedroom for a couple who has spent many years taking care of over 60 foster children. Maybe it was the little kids…I wondered what their stories were…
Vern more than made up for [...]
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Should you paint knotty pine? This blog says NO WAY.
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My regular readers have certainly read about an idyllic lakefront home that is for sale - I’m going to be having an Open House this Saturday morning (read details here.) This Tuesday Tip was inspired by some research I’ve been doing on this property and the Lake Wynooska community.
I’ve come across several buyers who would [...]
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In today’s real estate market, buyers and sellers need to be aware that financing is not as easy to get as it was in the very recent past.
Mortgage lenders are tightening up their guidelines, and they are becoming much more strict about appraisals. Appraisers are not being as generous as they were in the past [...]
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