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Amenities That Can Sell Your Home for 25% More
Buyers want to cook under the big Texas sky. Photo courtesy of HGTV Smart Home Knowing when to list your home is only half the battle. The way you describe it also has a huge impact on the final sale price. Zillow analyzed listing descriptions from nearly 4 million homes nationwide that sold between January 2016 and December 2017, and boiled down Continue reading...
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Hidden Costs DFW Homeowners Pay When Selling Their Home
by Lindsey Wilson Just as smart homeowners pad their budgets when undertaking renovations, they should do the same when it's time to put their house on the market. Zillow and Thumbtack released a joint study that shows just how much is spent in "hidden Continue reading...
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Design Experts Predict Hot Home Trends and Fading Fads for 2018
Be sure to give your bar cart one last good hurrah this New Year's Eve, because once 2018 hits, it will apparently no longer be on-trend. That's what the annual Zillow Home Trend Forecast predicts, along with five hot home trend must-haves and two other fads that are so 2017. Fashionable homeowners will be scoping out floral prints in bold, contrasting colors in 2018, especially for large Continue reading...
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DFW Home Values Soar Past $500 Billion During Record-Breaking Year
A new report from real estate data source Zillow says the positive growth of DFW home values in Texas was on trend with the rest of the U.S in 2017. The report, which includes information for 35 U.S. metro areas, shows that the total value of the U.S. housing stock gained $2 trillion in 2017, a 6.5% increase over 2016, the fastest Continue reading...
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Trulia & Zillow: How Accurate are These Sites?
Accuracy Matters! How Accurate are Sites Like Zillow and Trulia? In a Seller's market, it is more important than ever to be knowledgeable about the accuracy of the latest listings and price changes. With recent studies pointing towards inaccurate data on major real estate search sites like Zillow and Trulia, make sure you have a resource with accurate data so Continue reading...
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