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What: Home prices are already on the rise this year, according to Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller 20-city home price index. Home values rose in all of the 20 cities surveyed, which combined account for almost half of all of the housing stock in this country. So while this may be welcomed news for the home seller, for the buyer it may represent the need to stretch their budget further or trim their amenity wish list as they search homes.
Greg Jaeger, a former real estate agent and Vice President at USAA Residential Real Estate Services, is available to provide your listeners with wide variety of top-notch tips and advice to help assure an easier and faster shopping or selling process whether a first-time or seasoned home buyer or seller. Greg will also discuss the following:
* whether there is a best time of day or day of the week to house hunt
* strategies if your home search is in a different city from where you currently reside
* how to market your home for the highest sale potential
* 5 things a real estate agent can do beyond simply selling you a home, including accessing secret listings (homes in hot markets that are sold without a “for sale” sign ever being placed on the property)
* how selecting the right realtor can make the home buying and selling process easier
* what kind of buyer may come through your home in the spring months
* how to get the most money for your home
* the difference between being pre-qualified and pre-approved and
* advice on how to save money on your move