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Your REALTOR:
Debra Kukulski
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December 2008
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Should I Take My Home Off the Market During the Holidays?
 When you look at your calendar you may find the months already overloaded with seasonal obligations -- shopping, entertaining, children's pageants, charity work, decorating the house, and so much more. If you are also trying to sell your home, you are under extra pressure to keep your home in "showtime" condition. And that could be the last thing you need before the holiday spirit is broken.
It is understandable why you would be tempted to take your home off the market during the holidays. And the list of justifications is long. If you are too busy, buyers may be also, and you may
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U.S. averages as of November 26, 2008:
30 yr. fixed: 5.97%
15 yr. fixed: 5.74%
1 yr. adj: 5.18%
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find your efforts unrewarded with not enough showings. And what if you do get an offer? You may be faced with the possibility of packing and moving during the busiest time of the year. Besides, you can give your house a rest, and it will
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Disclosure: Safest Way
To Sell A Home
 If you're putting your home on the market, better be sure you're ready to tell all -- good and bad.
"The majority of lawsuits or claims that occur are as a result of buyers finding out about something that is wrong with their property after the close of escrow and coming to the belief that the seller knew but didn't tell them," says real estate attorney, Peter Solecki of Winton & Larson, LLP.
Disclosure is vital. In one extreme case, it may have spared a seller from going to jail and even saved lives. The New York Times reported on a trial back in the late eighties that found the seller of a home guilty for not disclosing to the buyers that the home's heater had malfunctioned. The buyers and one of their children were asphyxiated by fumes from a gas-fired heater used to de-ice the driveway of their home. Only their four-year-old child survived. The seller was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. This case is believed to be the first of its CONTINUED >>>
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Real Estate Outlook: Sales Picking Up Tempo
 Here's a key question about the current market: Do you look at home prices to figure out where we are in the real estate recovery cycle, or do you focus on sales? In an economy where an estimated 35 to 40 percent of all home transactions are foreclosures or short sales - distress situations in other words -- prices won't really guide you much beyond the conclusion that: We're still "correcting" the excesses of the boom years, still peeling back those wild and unsustainable hyperinflationary price run ups.
So it's no surprise that median prices are down, year to year, in a majority of large markets across the country.
Sales statistics, on the other hand, tell you how fast buyers are responding to those lower prices -- and greatly improved affordability.
Right now, in market after market, sales are picking up tempo -- especially in places where prices once spiraled out of control.
Third quarter sales of existing homes in the U.S. were up by 2.6 percent over second quarter 2008 levels, according to the National Association of Realtors' latest study.
That's not spectacular -- but let's face it: It's forward movement ... and we're in CONTINUED >>>
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How Can Debra Kukulski Help You?
If you are seeking a top, experienced professional who will listen, coach and help you work through your transaction so that you can relax and enjoy the fun and rewarding part of buying/selling, call Debra directly at 847-516-6760 or visit her excellent website for real estate, area, community, and school information. You can also search over 120,000 listings from her website: http://www.TheresNoPLaceLikeYourPlace.com.
Ask her about her exclusive 'Sellers Marketing Plan' which includes extensive internet exposure for your home, or her 'Preferred Buyers Program', where you will recieve daily notifications of new listings from ALL of the offices that match YOUR criteria and a private, password protected, interactive web site that is updated daily for you AND has all of the details and pictures! (Trust me, you will LOVE this!)
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Debra, Lots of great information. I especailly like your ideas in regards to leaving your home on the market during the holidays. I lost a couple listings around Thankgsgiving. The other side of the coin is that sellers don't like to have the DOM increase and so will take it off and get a fresh start in the spring.
Debra, Nice e-newsletter. Very informative.
Kathy, I really appreciate you stopping by and commenting. You are right, there are two sides to the coin but I really think being ON the market in this market when inventory is actually down is a real advantage.
Rich,I am so glad you stopped by and thank you very much for your kind comments. I listed a REAL cute Potomac model in Sun City/Del Webb in Huntley for 205,000. It will be listed in MRED MLS at the end of the month but if you would like to show it in advance, just let me know and it can be done! Best wishes to you for a fabulous 2009:-)