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How Home Staging Can Help Sell Your Home
In theater, film and television, a set designer is a vital artistic component for a successful production. He or she designs a set that generates a specific mood or atmosphere and hopefully—if the job is done properly—the audience will experience the same emotions. When you are selling your home, you may also want to do to your home what a designer does to a set; transform it to create an atmosphere that a potential buyer—your audience—can picture themselves living in. This transformation, called "home staging," goes beyond the simple designed-to-sell techniques that realtors ask homebuyers to carry out, such as organizing, cleaning and changing wall colors. Read More
A Look at the New Jersey Housing Market
By all accounts, the condo/co-op real estate market in New Jersey was more than robust during 2004 and experts are hopeful that the trend will continue in 2005. Whether it's Union County, Morris County or Hudson County, the feeling is that condos/townhouses or co-ops, depending on the location, will continue to be a hot commodity. In New Jersey, by the way, we're usually talking about condos—co-ops are found mainly in urban areas such as Hoboken and Jersey City, and are often conversions of older residential rental buildings. Read More
