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Michaela Gile

7 Reasons to List Your House This Holiday Season

Around this time each year, many homeowners decide to wait until after the holidays to list their houses. Similarly, others who already have their homes on the market remove their listings until the spring. Let’s unpack the top reasons why listing your house now or keeping it on the market this winter may be the

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Buyers
Michaela Gile

5 Steps to Finding Your Next Home

5 Steps to Finding Your Next Home Whether you’re a first-time buyer or a seasoned homeowner, shopping for a new home can feel daunting. In fact, 56% of buyers said that “finding the right property” was the most difficult step in the home buying process.1 Buying a home is a significant commitment of both time

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Homeowners
Michaela Gile

5 Reasons To Sell Your House This Fall

  Below are 5 compelling reasons listing your home for sale this fall makes sense. 1. Demand Is Strong The latest Buyer Traffic Report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) shows that buyer demand remains strong throughout the vast majority of the country. These buyers are ready, willing, and able to purchase…and are in the market right now.

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Homeowners
Michaela Gile

Serious About Selling?

5 Steps to Make Your Home the Best on the Block We all want to be good neighbors. But when it comes to selling your home, it’s not just about “keeping up with the Joneses.” It’s about outshining them at every opportunity! If you’re looking to sell your home fast and for the most money

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Homeowners
Michaela Gile

To Properly Price Your Home, You Need To Know These 2 Things

In today’s market, you need an expert agent who can help price your house right from the start. Homeowners who make the mistake of overpricing their homes will eventually have to drop the price. This leaves buyers wondering if the price drop was caused by something wrong with the house. In reality, nothing is wrong- the price was just too high!

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Buyers
Michaela Gile

What To Consider When Choosing Your Home To Retire In

  As more and more baby boomers enter retirement age, the question of whether they should sell their homes and move has become a hot topic. In today’s housing market climate, with low available inventory in the starter and trade-up home categories, it makes sense to evaluate your home’s ability to adapt to your needs

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Michaela Gile

What’s Your Home Actually Worth?

  Discover What Buyers Will Pay in Today’s Market     It’s easy to look up how much money you have in your savings account or the real-time value of your stock investments. But determining the dollar value of a home is trickier.   As a seller, knowing your home’s worth helps you price it

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Michaela Gile

3 Reasons Why We Are Not Headed Toward Another Housing Crash

With home prices softening, some are concerned that we may be headed toward the next housing crash. However, it is important to remember that today’s market is quite different than the bubble market of twelve years ago. Here are three key metrics that will explain why: Home Prices Mortgage Standards Foreclosure Rates HOME PRICES A

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Michaela Gile

Minneapolis Energy Disclosure Ordinance [2019]

This Friday, February 15, 2019 the Minneapolis City Council approves new rules requiring energy disclosure.    If you are a resident of the city of Minneapolis then this is important for you to know. It should be important for you even if you are not a Minneapolis resident, this is something you need to know about

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