Montgomery County PA Real Estate Video Blog with Diane Cardano

Buyers Will Be Knocking At Your Door When You Sell a Certified Pre-Owned Home!!!

There are many great Montgomery County area homes for sale. Click here to perform a full home search, or if you're thinking of selling your home, click here for a FREE Home Price Evaluation so you know what buyers will pay for your home in today's market. You may also call me at (215) 576-8666 for a FREE home buying or selling consultation to answer any of your real estate questions.

FREE Home Seller Seminar and Home Seller Tool Kit Saves Home Sellers Thousands!!

Hello Blog Fans! Today, I wanted to share some hot tips for home sellers! This video talks about when to start preparing your home, how to figure out your max budget and what sort of questions to ask YOUR Expert Advisor. I discuss in this video Blog when you should start the home selling process to maximize your return on home repairs before selling. Most important when selling a home is to be coachable and create a plan. Create a list of repairs and improvements with your Expert Advisor and get your Free Room by Room Review (www.FreeRoomByRoom.com).

Lastly, I discuss the benefits of having your home pre-inspected such as eliminating the nickel and diming buyers do after the offer has been negotiated at a price. Once inspected, you can get a Team of contractors from Diane’s List (www.CardanosList.com) who are reliable and have very competitive prices. Also, free to all Cardano Realtor’s clients is our 14 foot Moving Van to move your clutter out of your home and into storage or someone else’s house!!

Don’t miss our June Seller Seminars! The first will be at the William Penn Inn on June 17th and the second will be at the North Hills Country Club on June 19th! The events both start at 6 p.m. sharp and we’ll be providing you with a special dinner. Space is limited, so be sure to reserve your spot at www.HomeSharkSeminar.com!

Hot off the Press: May 2014 Real Estate Update

Hot off the Press: May 2014 Real Estate Update

Hi ladies and gentlemen. This is Diane Cardano with the “Hot Off the Press” Real Estate Market Report for May 2014 . We have quite an edition for you this month. The Market is really getting active so lets jump right into the news!

Well, the news is pretty simple. There are all sorts of conflicting reports about whether or not the housing market is back. You could read two different headlines in the same newspaper on the same page questioning are home sales up or are home sales down. There are many reports about what mortgage rates are going to look like in the next 18 months. I answer these questions and more in today’s video, so please check it out!

To really get an advantage, don’t forget JUNE is a huge month for Home Selling Shark Seminars! Two supersize information filled Seminars one at the historic William Penn Inn on Tuesday June 17th and the other at the lovely North Hills Country club, on Thursday June 19th. They start at 6:30pm sharp, Seating is limited so reserve your seat today, Go to www.homesharkseminar.com and register today!

My Staging Strategy will Allow You to Sell Quickly and for Top Dollar

There are many great Montgomery County area homes for sale. Click here to perform a full home search, or if you're thinking of selling your home, click here for a FREE Home Price Evaluationso you know what buyers will pay for your home in today's market. You may also call me at (215) 576-8666 for a FREE home buying or selling consultation to answer any of your real estate questions.

Hello Blog Fans! Today, I wanted to share another hot tip from one of my Home Seller Seminars. Check out this video explaining why you should do some interior repairs and go room-by-room, why deep cleaning rooms out is so important, and what emotions have to do with selling your home!

So listen to this video blog to find out! Also, don’t forget! To learn more in depth tips, check out my Home Seller Seminar. Our next seminar is May 8th at 6:30pm at the Abington Library! Space is limited, so be sure to reserve your spot at HomeSharkSeminar.com!

Hot off the Press: April 2014 Real Estate Update

Hello Blog Fans! The Spring is Finally here and it is a very exciting time in Real Estate, for buyers and Sellers! This is going to be a fact filled Blog so this is one you really want to watch to get the full value!

There are people in mainstream media that are getting a little bit confused as to what’s taking place. Some of the headlines about housing have become pretty soft.

For instance, the pending and existing home sales trends are being interpreted to mean there is reason to have some doubts about the housing recovery. Well that just simply is not true.

They’re not taking into consideration we’re going into a normal winter cycle. What they’re not taking into consideration is that the weather is really a little bit crazy in some parts of the country.

Hype sells ad space but it doesn’t help you buy or sell that home. You need facts, trends and advice from the front lines and that’s what I am here for. So this blog will arm you with the facts and clear away the confusion.

The fact is the regional breakdown shows that sales in the Midwest it had a minor uptick. The South was more than okay and here in the Northeast had an exemplary third quarter, up seven percent over sales in 2012 fourth quarter. But the challenge was—and that’s the challenge we’re seeing—is a lack of inventory out West.

I think that what we will see moving forward, as more houses come onto the market, is the ability to gain back some of those sales. So, let’s not get carried away with the fact that the housing market is starting to slide. If anything, because it was so high and we worked all the through so much inventory that we don’t have enough to sell right now, that could be a good thing

With an expert on your side that inventory shortage can be used to make your home a treasure selling far above the trending market. But you need master marketing plan like you can find at www.ComingSoonListings.com

If you are looking to buy, you need to have an experience expert to make sure you offer is at the top of the pile and you need a pit bull negotiator to make sure you don’t pay a penny more than you need to for the home you have been dreaming of.

Here at Cardano Experts, My team and I are rolling our sleeves up. There is going to be a lot of hard work through April, May, and June because the market activity going to be doubling up. The good news is we are ready to work hard, and we have the systems, knowledge and team to make your real estate dreams a reality!

To really get an advantage, don’t forget our monthly Seller seminars! Our recent Home selling Seminars have been standing room only these last few times. The next one is coming up on Thursday, May 8th, 2014 at the Abington Free Library on Old York Road in Abington PA. It starts at 6:30pm sharp, reserve your seat today, Go to www.homesharkseminar.com and register today!

Diane's Secret Painting Tips to Make Your Home Irresistible to Buyers

Hi Blog Fans, welcome to my blog. Since Spring is officially here, and many of you are putting your homes on the market, I wanted to share this information from one of my Home Seller Seminars. Check out this video explaining why you should paint your home, what color to paint and what areas of your home needs to be painted.

When preparing your home for sale, you need to do the following when it comes to painting: 1. Paint the basement floor, if not finished, and walls. 2. Paint the garage floor and walls. 3. Paint your paneling 4. Remove all wallpaper at whatever price, as you will make triple the money back. 5 Paint your trim white, dark trim is the death to any home on the market.

We have a couple secret colors that you may want to use. So listen to this video blog. Also, Don’t forget! Our next seminar is March 27th at 6:30pm at the Abington Library! Space is limited, so be sure to reserve your spot at HomeSharkSeminar.com!

Hot off the Press: March 2014 Real Estate Update

This is Diane Cardano with the “Hot Off the Press” Real Estate Market Report for March 2014. We have quite an edition for you this month, for buyers AND sellers!

I strongly believe we are going to see is a tremendous increase in demand and competition for homes. Differentiating your home, and making it visible and marketed will virtually assure you of selling at the top of the market for more than your asking price. So if you are thinking about selling in 2015, come to a seminar and learn what you need to be doing NOW to have buyers waiting outside your door the very day your home comes on the market waiting to pay you list price and more!!

Buyers, you are also at quite an advantage right now because you have an opportunity to borrow money at a discount between 4.25 and 4.5 percent.

So what’s this all mean? How does this current marketing climate affect you? Watch my video to find out why we say “discount”, where we think the market will be going over the year and much, much more!

As Martin Ihring, Professor of Management at the Wharton School of Business, said “There is a competitive advantage in knowledge, but very few decision makers know how to harness it.” That is exactly why you need an Expert Consultant, like me, not an average frustrated agent.

So when buying or selling a home, make sure you team up with a consultant who has top of the mind awareness of the rates and how they are affecting home prices and sale!

To really get an advantage, don’t forget our monthly Seller seminars! The next one is coming up on Thursday March 27th at the Abington Free Library on Old York Road in Abington PA. It starts at 6:30pm sharp, reserve your seat today, I believe we still have 8 seats left. Go to www.homesharkseminar.com and register today!

Download This App Now to Find your Dream Home

There are many great Montgomery County area homes for sale. Click here to perform a full home search, or if you're thinking of selling your home, click here for a FREE Home Price Evaluation so you know what buyers will pay for your home in today's market. You may also call me at (215) 576-8666 for a FREE home buying or selling consultation to answer any of your real estate questions.

I wanted to talk to you about a powerful new tool that lets you search for homes on the go! This is such an amazing time to be in the market, to buy a home. But there is a shortage of great homes right now and the buyers with an edge are walking away with all the BEST homes!!

The app, Local Homes, gives you so many ways to search including using your smart phone's GPS to show you all the homes in your search that are near your current location.

It allows you to look up great homes in your area on your smartphone or tablet! iPhone or Android, your device can help you find your dream home wherever you are!

There are 2 ways to get this wonderful app:
1. Go to the apps store on your device and type in local homes or
2. Go to Local Homes App For iPhone/iPad
Local Homes App For Android

Watch the video to learn how you can be entered in our promotion to win a FREE iPad Mini!

Now most buyers come into our office to review their real estate plan and create a specific strategic plan designed for their home buying needs. Just go to www.CustomHomeBuyingStrategy.com and create your home buying strategy today!!!

2012-13 was all about recovery and stability, but 2014 will be about GROWTH in real estate!

There are many great Montgomery County area homes for sale. Click here to perform a full home search, or if you're thinking of selling your home, click here for a FREE Home Price Evaluation so you know what buyers will pay for your home in today's market. You may also call me at (215) 576-8666 for a FREE home buying or selling consultation to answer any of your real estate questions.

My prediction for 2014 is that 2014 is going to be the year of growth in real estate! This video tells it all, listen for some great information!!

First, let’s take a look at the economy. In the video I show you a map of the United States showing each state and their state of growth. And we can see that 46 out of 50 states are some shade of green. The darker the shade of green, the better your state is doing. We aren't the darkest shade here in PA but we are the second darkest color, with a growth between .6 and 1%. What we are seeing across the country is the economy is starting to come back. Watch the video understand how they arrive at these growth rates. So, why is this so important to the housing market? As employment goes up there’ll be more buyers coming to the market.

This brings me to what I believe will be the most significant market trend we will see in 2014: the repeat home buyer. As prices continue to escalate, more and more people are entering into positive equity. I believe very strongly this is going to be a major part of the market driving us forward in 2014. Check out the video to see why!

Next, let’s take a quick look at interest rates and their effect on the real estate market home values. In the video, check out the graph showing the interest rates levels in 2013 and the inventory status. As you can see, rates went up from 3.3% to almost 4.5%, with the 30 year fixed rate currently at 4.32%. Most economists are predicting that the interest rate will go up another percentage point to 5.3% by this time next year.

So waiting to buy a home makes no sense. If prices are going up and interest rates are going up, buyers will spend more a year from now than they are now. So now is the time to buy your dream home!

Check out the the video showing a graph listing the last 4 times in the past 30 years when interest rates went up so did home prices. So don't worry get your home on the market this year to maximize your equity.

Lastly, I want to move from the general market news to some specific advice for those of you who know someone, or possibly are thinking of selling your own home in the coming year. Hiring a professional real estate agent can take away most of the challenges of selling. A great agent is always worth more than the commission they charge - just like a great doctor or great accountant.

Check our the video explaining if you want to hire an Expert Advisor to sell our home today, make sure they:

1. Understand your timetable and your family situation,

2. Remove all challenges,

3. Help you with your next move, and

4. Get the home sold in 26 days or less Guaranteed!!

Check out www.PreHouseInspection.com for more details.

So get it right the first time with some Sassy pre-marketing of the home to create demand so that there are buyers waiting outside of your door. If you want to know what your home is worth, fill out the form at www.CardanoHomeValue.com and request an analysis of your home’s approximate value to be emailed directly to your inbox!

And remember, there’s is no obligation after doing so! Also, most every month we hold our Home Seller Seminars where graduates learn my secret Home Selling Strategies and sell their homes in 26 days or less for Top Dollar. Just go to www.HomeSharkSeminar.com to sign up for our next seminar on February 20th or pick a date for one in the future. Thanks for listening and see you in 2 weeks when we talk about how to make sure you do not pay more than you should in real estate commissions when selling your home.

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