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EcoBrokers: Realtors with Green Designation

The green building industry is experiencing incredible growth and the next five years are expected to bring even more. Real estate professionals are keeping up with new green designations that signify their...

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Timing the Real Estate Market

The real estate market is dynamic and tends to react to other economic forces with vigor, sometimes welcome and other times unwanted. For several years home prices have been rising, bringing elation to...

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Easy Home Improvements That Make a Difference

When it's time to sell your home should be looking its absolute best. These days, as the market turns towards buyers, this is even more important. There are easy home improvements you can make that aren't...

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Ten Best Online Real Estate Resources

The internet is a valuable resource for homebuyers and sellers. Still, consumers need more than just mortgage rates and home prices to make intelligent real estate decisions. With that in mind, here are ten...

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Photography Tips for FSBOs

It’s true that a picture is worth a 1,000 words and in real estate that translates into 1,000s of dollars. Having top quality photographs in the advertisements for your home will bring buyers to...

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Can you afford a green home?

Green homes are becoming more mainstream as consumers place energy-efficiency a top priority. Still, homebuyers are often discouraged from finding or building green digs under the perception that these homes...

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Marketing Your Home's Energy Efficiency

Green building has had an enormous upswing over the past decade and energy efficiency is at the heart of the trend. Homebuyers are conscious of long term energy costs as part of a home’s value. Even if your home isn’t a “certified” green building you can still market its energy efficiency to potential buyers.

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Understanding Energy Efficient Mortgages

As rising energy costs continue to plague homeowners, the FHA offers an incentive to buy energy efficient homes: energy efficient mortgages (EEM). An EEM applies to homes that include energy saving...

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Smart Investor Guide: Condominiums

Condominiums can be a great way to invest in real estate. They offer low maintenance living, are easy to rent and do a good job of holding their value. There are pros and cons to purchasing a condo but smart...

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Sell Solar Power Into Your Grid and Make Money

A recent New York Times article blasted solar energy systems as making “no economic sense.” The truth: solar photovoltaic systems aren’t cheap but they do payback. Sales of solar photovoltaic systems have been rising up to 50% annually in some states and it’s not just environmental do-gooders who are investing in the renewable energy. For many homeowners, solar energy is about dollars and cents.

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