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What should you look for when you're considering purchasing a home with a radon mitigation system? A radon mitigation system is installed when high levels of radon are found in a home. Having a radon mitigation system may change the resale value of the home.

When you're selling your home you may have a prelisting home inspection. Can you get in trouble if your home differs from what your local government has on record? If your home has work on it without the appropriate building permits you need to get that resolved prior to selling.

In the current real estate market, a home may not sell for months. One home seller managed to sell her home at the first open house. She gives you tips on getting your house in "blue ribbon" condition and selling it fast.

To avoid considerable capital gains taxes when you sell your home, a seller must have had the home as a primary residents for two years after the date of purchase. If it's less than that, the seller will owe long-term capital gains tax of up to 15 percent plus state tax. But there are some…

When you're selling your home, you'll need to tell prospective buyers how much square footage your home has. Careful buyers may do their own square footage calculation when they want to buy a home. There are many ways to calculate the square footage of a home you're selling.

Think you've tried absolutely everything? Given the recent slowdown in the real estate market many types of new selling techniques are appearing. Ilyce shares some of the new interesting ideas and old trusted ideas for selling your home.

Is a general or special warranty deed better for selling property? When selling a residential property, the type of warranty deed you use, or title, isn't so important. A special warranty deed is usually used for commercial real estate sales. During the home sale process, a title company will run a…

Many people face the same question: Should I buy a home first, or sell my current home first? There is a short-term loan program known as a "bridge loan" that can help you cover the extra cost of new mortgage before you've sold your current home. A home equity line of credit may also help cover the…

Is it a good idea to wait to sell inherited property? There's no reason to wait to sell inherited property, especially if the right time in the market is now. Plus, inheriting property at the current market value means no capital gains tax on the inheritance upon selling.

As interest rates move upward, the real estate market seems to be slowing. The good news is that interest rates should stabilize around historically low rates, allowing buyers to keep their hand in the market. The bad news is sellers probably shouldn't expect the huge payoffs the market has been…

Unfortunately for home sellers nationwide, the red hot seller's market of the last few years has cooled -- dramatically in some places. The best thing you can do is be realistic about your local market. Here are some things to keep in mind in a down seller's market.

A neighborhood is thinking about selling all of their properties to a developer. They are working out how to make sure each homeowner is compensated equitably. Selling an entire neighborhood will be a very complex deal and a top rated real estate agent and developer need to be consulted.

In some areas, home buyers typically expect a house to come with appliances. But in others, home sellers take the home's appliances with them. If you want to take your appliances with you when you sell, it's safe to specifically exclude them in writing in the contract.

When you're selling your home you want to do as much as you can to make a buyer want it. One great way to make your home ready for selling is to stage it. Barb Schwarz, author of Home Staging: The Winning Way To Sell Your House For More Money discusses staging tricks for how to best put your house…

Barb Schwarz tells Think Glink readers how to stage their homes to sell them for more money. Home staging means homeowners must be worried about the interior, not just the exterior of the home, in order to sell it for more money. Home staging will help you sell your home for more money.

Making a large profit off of a home sale is a dream -- until it's time to think about capital gains. But a home seller may be able to keep up to $500,000 in profits without capital gains taxes if they meet certain requirements. The profit of a house is calculated by the sales prices minus costs and…

purposes can be a challenge for a person who is doing this for an elderly loved one. If the property is in the elderly person it's best to speak with a mortgage lender who specializes in loans to senior citizens, in order to refinance and repair the home. Speaking to an expert in this field can help…

One type of real estate investment is wholesale selling. Wholesale selling is another expression for the practice of buying real estate and flipping it intentionally below its cost in order to move it quickly. Wholesale real estate transactions usually take place between real estate investors, not…

A property owner who inherited a 160-acre ranch has the opportunity to sell the property at considerable gain and wants to know if a 1031 exchange can be used. A 1031 exchange can be used by real estate investors when selling one investment property to buy another and defer federal taxes on the…

A home that it is priced below market value still doesn't have any offers. Doing a comparative marketing analysis on the home could show that the house isn't on par with the other for-sale homes in the neighborhood. The sellers also might need to take a critical look at their agent to find out why…

How do you calculate the profit from the sale of a home, if the owner has a home equity loan? The amount of a home equity loan does not change homeowner's profit on the sale, but it does affect how much actual money the homeowner would receive from the sale. The way to figure out the profit on the…

2005 real estate trends show a rise in new construction sales, but a decrease in the sales of existing homes. The National Association of Home Builders just released their data on 2005 real estate trends, showing that new construction sales increased 13 percent but sales of existing homes fell 2.7…

Some real estate investors use a 1031 exchange to purchase a residence and defer federal income taxes, but the IRS rules for this type of transaction can be tricky. The IRS recently changed the 1031 law to include a 5 year ownership requirement. When using a 1031 exchange, plan ahead and consult a…

A homeowner needs to unload their home quickly for medical reasons and have contacted a company specializing in quick sales. A good first step is step is to contact an agent in town to see if they are interested in buying the home. If using a sell-homes-quick company, make sure you have a real…

Under certain circumstances, creditors have the right to file a lien against a person's home for money that person owes them. A seller is having difficulty settling a lien held against the property. There are a few options to try to release the property from a lien, including paying off the lien…