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By: KCM Keeping Current Matters  5/15/18 Access: An Important Factor In Getting Your House SOLD! 720 SHARES 620 48 30 22 0 So, you’ve decided to sell your house. You’ve  hired a real estate professional  to help you through the entire process, and they have asked you what level of access you want to provide to your potential buyers. There are four elements to a quality listing. At the top of the list is Access, followed by Condition, Financing, and Price. There are many levels of access that you can provide to your agent so that he or she can show your home. Here are five levels of access that you can give to buyers, along with a brief description: Lockbox on the Door  – this allows buyers the ability to see the home as soon as they are aware of the listing, or at their convenience. Providing a Key to the Home  – although the buyer’s agent may need to stop by an office to pick up the key, there is little delay in being able to show the h...

Article by: KCM (Keeping Current Matters) 3/16/18 Moving Up Is MORE Affordable Now Than Almost Any Other Time In 40 Years 1.9K SHARES 1.8K 94 0 30 0 If you are considering selling your current home, to either move up to a larger home or into a home in an area that better suits your current family needs, great news was just revealed. Last week,  Trulia  posted a blog,  Not Your Father’s Housing Market ,  which examined home affordability over the last 40+ years (1975-2016). Their research revealed that: “Nationally, homes are just about the most affordable they’ve been in the last 40 years… the median household could afford a home 1.5 times more expensive than the median home price. In 1980, the median household could only afford about 3/4 of the median home price. Despite relatively stagnant incomes, affordability has grown due to the sharp drop in mortgage rates over the last 30 years – from a high of over 16% in the 1980s to under 4% by 20...