About Montgomery County, OH

I don't know about you real estate agents, but this time of year gets sooo slow! Right now I think I have less than 10 scheduled inspections for this week and next.

I sure hope things pick up after Thanksgiving, and I hope all of you have a very happy one!

The Christmas Season is FAST approaching. I am among many when I say it is one of my favorite times of the year. There are many things that come to mind...Christmas carols, gift giving, dinner parties, smell of pine & peppermint, shopping, baking, wreaths, stockings hung at the fireplace...

I look forward to the day when I retrieve all of the decorations from the basement to adorn my home with them. We have a very tall tree and my husband & I may seem to get frustrated at times when we are decorating it, but at the end of the day when we turn the lights on it is all worth it!

We all do some type of decorating for the holidays, some just more extravagant than others. While I could go on and on about ideas or ways to decorate your home for the holidays, lets talk about something else... How about how to prepare and get your home ready for market. How do you make your home a Buyer's Desire?!?

So to incorporate the 2 subjects we will instead of singing the 5 Golden Rings from the "12 Days of Christmas"...lets sing the 5 Tips to Home Staging!

Staging Tip #1 If it's broken, fix it! If it can't be fixed, replace it!

No buyer wants to move into a house and spend the next couple of weekends fixing things in their new house!! If it's broken, fix it! If it can't be fixed then replace it! NEW is the standard! You are competing with new construction, be sure your house wins by making it work like new!! It has been found that almost 70% of buyers are willing to spend more money on a house that is is "move in ready" vs. one that is a "fixer-upper". When most people move in to a new house they have many things to do to "personalize" it to make their "home", the last thing they want to do is caulk the bathroom shower, paint baseboards, or fix leaky faucets. Sounds pretty elementary but why is that some people spend more time and possibly money getting their car ready to sell than they do their home?!?

We have a Full Service Home Staging Support Team and part of our service is to coordinate a team specific to what it is that your needs are. Not everyone is handy with a hammer and screwdriver! Our handymen are bonded, insured, and skillful. They can fix, build, remove, and restart just about anything. You do not need to look for 3 or 4 people to address the issues in your home, our team has you covered.

...stay tuned for Tips #2 thru #5.

You can learn more by visiting us at:

www.ByDebrasDesigns.com

The Christmas Season is FAST approaching. I am among many when I say it is one of my favorite times of the year. There are many things that come to mind...Christmas carols, gift giving, dinner parties, smell of pine & peppermint, shopping, baking, wreaths, stockings hung at the fireplace...

I look forward to the day when I retrieve all of the decorations from the basement to adorn my home with them. We have a very tall tree and my husband & I may seem to get frustrated at times when we are decorating it, but at the end of the day when we turn the lights on it is all worth it!

We all do some type of decorating for the holidays, some just more extravagant than others. While I could go on and on about ideas or ways to decorate your home for the holidays, lets talk about something else... How about how to prepare and get your home ready for market. How do you make your home a Buyer's Desire?!?

So to incorporate the 2 subjects we will instead of singing the 5 Golden Rings from the "12 Days of Christmas"...lets sing the 5 Tips to Home Staging!

Staging Tip #1 If it's broken, fix it! If it can't be fixed, replace it!

No buyer wants to move into a house and spend the next couple of weekends fixing things in their new house!! If it's broken, fix it! If it can't be fixed then replace it! NEW is the standard! You are competing with new construction, be sure your house wins by making it work like new!! It has been found that almost 70% of buyers are willing to spend more money on a house that is is "move in ready" vs. one that is a "fixer-upper". When most people move in to a new house they have many things to do to "personalize" it to make their "home", the last thing they want to do is caulk the bathroom shower, paint baseboards, or fix leaky faucets. Sounds pretty elementary but why is that some people spend more time and possibly money getting their car ready to sell than they do their home?!?

We have a Full Service Home Staging Support Team and part of our service is to coordinate a team specific to what it is that your needs are. Not everyone is handy with a hammer and screwdriver! Our handymen are bonded, insured, and skillful. They can fix, build, remove, and restart just about anything. You do not need to look for 3 or 4 people to address the issues in your home, our team has you covered.

...stay tuned for Tips #2 thru #5.

You can learn more by visiting us at:

www.ByDebrasDesigns.com

Buyers in Montgomery county right now are waiting longer than surrounding counties for sheriffs deeds to be recorded due to the large number of homes being foreclosed on in the area. I have one listing that has been under contract for months waiting for the deed, and I am told they are currently about 11 weeks behind on recording deeds on foreclosed properties.

Here are some other things to be aware of if you are a foreclosure buyer in Dayton right now...

1. Many banks are listing homes before the deeds have been recorded (I have had several listings like that lately). This means even if you are a cash buyer you will have to wait to close.

2. The county will not put the deed in the line to be recorded (understandably) until all fees and taxes have been paid up by the seller (bank that owns the property). On the flip side, most lenders will not pay up until a home is under contract so as not to tie up their funds any longer than necessary. This is prolonging the waits.

3. If you are locking your rate, you may hit an expiration to that lock before you have a deed and can close.

4. If you are applying for a loan, keep all updated info handy because if your deed takes two plus months to be recorded, your lender will likely have to update your info so you can close.

I am not posting this to discourage foreclosure purchases, just to make buyers aware of the situation so they can prepare.

Butler county is not as far behind, I just had one record within about a week of the final payments being made and another within two weeks, but they are a smaller county with less deeds to process.

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