Who Determines How Much Your House is Worth?

Your house is very special to you - no doubt it holds many warm memories, but buyers who are looking at your house have just looked at 20 houses and your house is just number 21. It's no more special to them than number 12 or 18 were. Therein lies the challenge when thinking about pricing your home.In very basic terms: Real estate is a commodity, not a product.With a product the manufacturer makes something, then establishes the price it will sell for. They advertise it, and the public either buys the product or not at that price. Think clothing...

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Why should I calibrate my plasma or LCD TV?

Why should I calibrate my plasma or LCD TVPlasma and LCD TVs are supposed to work straight out of the box, using default settings. However, these settings are optimized so that a TV can be viewed to maximum effect on the floor of a bright showroom, now than in your living room. High brightness and image enhancement are almost always inappropriate for the home and allot of calibration is usually required to get the best picture. Calibration can seriously improve picture quality, and can reduce energy consumption by up to 50%.There are three options...

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How to Sell Your House: Tips for the First Time Home Seller

You obviously succeeded at being a first time home buyer, and now you are about to be a first time home seller! Below are 11 tips to selling your house faster and for more money:1. Make your house easy to show. Accompanied showings or 24 hours notice are will discourage most of your potential buyers who will view other houses they can see easily when it is convenient for them.2. Price it right. This may sound counterintuitive, but a house priced fairly will sell for more money than an overpriced home. You may think, "We'll aim high and negotiate...

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How do Short Sales and Bank Owned Properties Differ?

Bank Owned Properties (REO)The property is owned by a local bank or a national mortgage servicer( from hereon I'll use the term Bank). All negotiations are made between a Buyer and an employee of the bank (as opposed to a homeowner). REO properties are almost always vacant and utilities may be turned off.Standard offers to purchase are used in addition to the required Bank's...

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Plasma & LCD screen cleaning discovery

Hi,If you have read any of my blog before you will realise I am a bit of a nut when it comes to keeping my plasma TV screen clean. My view is that if you pay lots of money to watch HD TV or play the latest games on a PS3 or Xbox then what is the point of doing it on a dusty and smeared screen?Anyway, here is the point of this post. I have been cleaning all the screens in my...

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Which plasma or LCD TV should I buy?

The question of choosing the right Plasma or LCD TV is one that is asked every day in living rooms and stores around the world. There is the choice of make, model, screen size and price not to mention the numerous technical features, leaving us to sort through a mass of marketing and ambiguous picture enhancement technologies in an attempt to make an informed decision. The best thing to remember when deciding which Plasma or LCD TV to buy is that you should really make your decision based on which Plasma or LCD TV is the most appropriate for your...

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Free satellite TV channels over the Internet

Ever thought you are paying too much for Sky TV? Want a legal way to get quality TV channels for a reasonable price? Well now you can. No subscription just one very small initial payment.visit the sales page of Satellite To PC TV or read on for more information.How to Find Free TV Channels Across the Web With more and more people having access to high speed broadband connections,...

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