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One of the most important decisions you make when selling your home is setting the listing price. That can be tricky. After all, if you price your property too low, you leave money on the table — perhaps thousands of dollars. On the other hand, if you price your home too high, many buyers won’t…
As a senior who has decided to downsize into a smaller place or even assisted living, you’ve already made the hard decision to sell your Halifax home. The next set of difficult decisions involves what to take with you. In your new home, you won’t have the room for everything you own. Also, you have…
So, you’re a senior looking for a new housing option. The old family home is just too big, or needs too many repairs for you to plan on living there for the long run. You occasionally need a little help, but are basically in good health. You want to be near your kids, but want…
Thinking of selling your Halifax home, but have a roof that needs replacing? Since your goal is to improve curb appeal and pass the home inspection, should you have new shingles added over your old ones or have a tear off, where your old roof covering is removed first? Even though you might want to…
When you’re preparing to sell your Halifax home, you face a dilemma. How much remodeling and renovation should do you do before putting it on the market? This question is usually tied in with the question of how much of your improvements you expect to recoup when you sell. The reality is, you will not…
It’s true, Halifax home buyers love to see totally renovated kitchens and bathrooms in the houses they want to buy. When done right, home improvements like this modernize the two rooms that people spend a good bit of their day in. These kitchen and bathroom renovations tend to be costly, so when buyers see homes…