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Many sellers ask the question, "Why should I stage my house?" Here are a lot of great reasons to put a little pizzaz in the appeal of your home, inside and out. Remember, first impressions are so important. Take a look around your home with a buyer's eye. You want all walls, base boards and doors to be clean. Are there big obstacles in the entry way? Is the entry narrow? If so add a mirror on the right wall to make it look more spacious. Don't over fill a room with furniture. Keep photos to a minimum--take them off your refrigerator! Make sure the lawn and front walkways are kept clean and get a new mat for the front door. Put large plants at the end of a room and add coordinated colors to the white rooms. The master bath, bedroom and kitchen should be… Read Full Post

Conroe On The Move! by Linda Dayen, Keller Williams Realty, Conroe If you have your eyes open lately, you will notice all the new strip centers, buildings and new homes being built all around the Conroe/Montgomery County area. In the last 15 months a total of 1,080 permits have been issued through March of 2007 for single-home construction. With the roadways being improved and I-45 being expanded from Houston, traffic will be coming up from the south as Houston spreads out. The increased shopping on the north end of town, with the Outlet mall and the new stores on the southeast corner of I-45 and FM 3083 finds shoppers staying in the Conroe area rather than traveling in the traffic to Houston. All of these factors will bring home values up and that is a… Read Full Post