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When Selling Your Home, Using Scents
Makes Sense!
Even
if now doesn't seem to be the ideal time
to sell your home, you can take heart in
knowing that small actions may make a
difference in getting your home sold.
"Scentmosphere" isn't exactly new
but it is rapidly becoming a way to
attempt to attract buyers.
"When buyers walk into a house
before they actually see anything in
that house, because they breathe, they
are smelling. So they are actually
getting an impression, whether it's
conscious or subconscious, of your home
-- just by the way it smells," says Rick
Ruffolo, senior vice president of brand,
marketing, and innovation for Yankee
Candle Company.
So, right now take a deep breath.
What kind of "smellment" is your home
making?
Choosing to proactively make a
statement in the way your home smells
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Housing
Numbers
Continue to Drop
We have started off 2008 like we ended
2007, with a large year-to-year monthly
percentage decline.
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Condos Pay Off As
Second Homes
Make
a condo, townhome or other community association
property your second home and, chances are,
you'll be pretty happy with your choice.
More than seven in 10 condo and townhome
residents say they are satisfied with their
purchase, according to a recent survey conducted
by Zogby International for the Foundation for
Community Association Research.
The foundation periodically conducts the
survey to keep tabs on the perceptions of those
who live in condos and townhomes and to identify
recent trends in the condo world.
Satisfaction is a big trend in housing
communities governed by homeowners associations
due to a host of reasons.
Compared to single-family homes, condos
are generally less expensive.
That's particularly true in areas where
condo speculation once ran rampant, including
Florida, Nevada, California and other areas
which are now loaded with bargains not seen in
years. Cheaper prices make condos cheaper to
operate
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Timing Is Everything:
When And How To Move
In
the next few months making a move can become
increasingly more complicated say industry
experts.
"June to September is really known as the
high season for the moving industry," says John
Bisney, Director of Public Relations for the
American Moving and Storage Association (AMSA).
It's a popular time because kids are out
of school and people are trying to get the move
done before the children have to return to
class.
"So if you can avoid moving during June to
September you're probably going to get better
service and have more options," Bisney.
However, Bisney says, "If you do have to
move between June to September, then it's better
to move in the middle of the month and the
middle of the week as opposed to doing it at the
end of the month when everybody wants to do it."
AMSA certifies movers and holds them
accountable to higher standards and a code of
ethics. The association says most people don't
take moving very seriously and they assume that
everything will go alright. But Bisney says
careful consideration is a must when moving.
"Because people don't move that many
times, maybe it's their first move,
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