Easy Tips for Staging a Home to Sell

If you’ve listed a property that will almost certainly be on the market for the Thanksgiving and end-of-the-year holidays, advise the seller to go easy on the decorations, says Joan Inglis, owner of Lake Wylie (North Carolina) Home Staging.“Put a holiday centerpiece on the dining-room table and then remove it after Jan. 1,” she says. Other advice from Inglis includes:

· Store toasters in the cabinet because it is almost impossible to keep them looking clean.
· Take all the magnets off the refrigerator.

· In a pricey home, get rid of any furniture that looks cheap. It interferes with the buyer’s ability to imagine themselves living there.

Source: Charlotte Observer, Allen Norwood (10/15/2010)

146 Dedham Loop The Point SOLD

This Simonini built 3849 square foot home closed recently $590,000 or $153 per square foot. Tax value is $725,170.

177 Bayberry Creek CIR The Farms SOLD

This 3541 square foot home in The Farms community built in 2007 closed for $535,000. Originally listed in late 2009 for $625,000 it's sales price per square foot is $151. Tax value is $655,000.

177 Brownstone The Point Sold

This home on the 2nd fairway on the left of The Point Golf Course closed for $906,000. The home is 5200 sq feet for a selling price $174 per sq foot. Tax value is  $920,240. The list price for most of the year was $1,149,000 and was lowered to $998,000

The Point Golf Course

If you haven't had a chance to play the Point golf course lately you should put it on your list. I played over the weekend and must say the greens are in the best shape I've seen in many years. Probably helped by the change in the aerate schedule as well as letting the bent grass grow a bit more in the summer heat. What a pleasure to putt on these greens.

185 Atlantic Way The Point Mooresville SOLD

This foreclosure sale closed recently at $530,000. This 3 story home with a basement is 5288 sq feet for a selling price of $100 per sq. Home was sold as-is and probably in need of some repair.

106 Shelburne The Point SOLD

This 3606 sqaure foot home sold via short sale closed at $560,000. Once listed a few years back in the low 800's the current sale puts it's selling price at $155 per square foot for an interior lot with a pool. Good time to be buying!

What's land in The Point selling for lately?

Not much dirt/land moving these days so when it does it's an interesting look at prices. A lot on Yale Loop, which is in the gated Sconset Village in The Point Lake and Golf Club community closed recently for $63,500 for a .72 acre parcel. The list price was $87,000 and was offered in 2008 for as much as $129,000. Tax value is $112,500. Typical interier lots in 2003-04 were around the same value somewhere in the 60-70's which coincides with Case-Schiller indices.

Also, three lots in the Farms closed recently in the low 40's.

Zumba Class offered Fridays at The Homestead at the Farms Mooresville

Come check out the Zumba classes offered Friday's at 8:15am at The Farms by licensed instructor Denise Hohler. You'll have a blast and it's only $5 per person.