Month: February 2017

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Dc Fawcett – Emerging Trends In Luxury Real Estate For 2017

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Emerging Trends In Luxury Real Estate For 2017There have been many shifts in real estate for the year 2017. Increase in home prices, a lack in the labor force, home stress creeping into the minds of many middle class people and so on are some of the trends seen in real estate for 2017. Now, there are some trends specifically relevant to the luxury real estate sphere. In this article, Dc Fawcett reviews emerging trends in luxury real estate for 2017.

Interest rates

The United States Federal reserve has raised the interest rates since they have predicted betterment in the economy of the United States. This will surely impact the luxury real estate market with heavier monthly mortgage payments. Payments for luxury real estate properties are already heavy and this will further add to their massiveness.

Luxury home buyers want perfect homes

Non-luxury home buyers just want the major fixes to be done. For instance: they will want a non-leaky tap, well kept windows and a non cluttered front yard. Luxury home buyers have more expectations with respect to the “perfect home” standard. There are many advantages in hiring a custom home builder.For instance: luxury home buyers may want a specific design for their potential homes. They may want the hall and the dining to be in the ground floor and rooms to be in the first floor. Thus, basically, luxury real estate home buyers will want every aspect of the prospective home to be perfect. There will a rise in this trend for 2017 and beyond.

Colors

Color trends for 2017 include

  • Green: Green is an attractive color and it can be added to the interiors of a luxury home. It will become the color trend for luxury home interiors in 2017

  • Earth colors: earthy colors can be added to walls and will contrast well with the green interiors.

  • Lapis blue: Lapis blue will feature majorly in furniture cushions and club chairs

  • Other colors are some super concentrated shades like flame oranges. These colors can be added to the ceilings and are highly noticeable.

Colors for luxury homes should be extremely pleasing yet alluring. This color trend will reflect in 2017.

Exclusive rooms for dogs

This trend has been seen surfacing in luxury homes and will continue for 2017 and later on. Pets need separate rooms. They can be bathed and cleaned there. When there are guests, pets can be kept in these parlors to avoid the disturbance generated from their anxious barks. Heating facilities, showers, dog beds and other crucial amenities for pets are sure to be included in these rooms.

More luxury homes to be purchased

More luxury homes are being purchased in the early part of this year since mortgage rates are expected to increase as 2017 progresses.Beach houses or water front property is becoming famous.

Construction costs increase and home prices too

Builders are required to pay more to laborers due to a scarcity and thus the luxury home prices increase.

Conclusion

These are some of the emerging trends in luxury real estate for 2017 and beyond as reviewed by Dc Fawcett. Real estate professionals must upgrade their knowledge about luxury real estate and face what is in store for them with ease.

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Dc Fawcett Tips For Improving the Curb Appeal of Your Home – part 2

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Improving the Curb Appeal of Your Home – part 2What is curb appeal? Well it means the external appeal of your home. This is very important to attract buyers. In this article, Dc Fawcett gives tips for improving the curb appeal of your home. But before you read this, read part 1 written by him which contains an introduction to curb appeal as well as some more tips on increasing the external appeal.

Add a new letter box

This will increase the curb appeal. Add a colored and freshly painted one. It does attract prospective buyers.

Add lights

Add lights to the door and make the lighting symmetrical. Symmetrical lighting illuminates the exterior and goes well with the door hardware. The door can be supported by 2 bejeweled candle holders. Buyers will be put off by dark exteriors. Lights create a myriad of colors in their hearts and make them dance. You should add lights to the garden and walkways. Add low voltage lights and add fixtures. Fixtures can add area specific lighting. If you cannot use wired lights, use solar lights but it may not be so intensely bright.

Keep windows clean and let the sunshine

This is a very simple and inexpensive tip. Clean the windows. Wipe the glasses with a wet cloth. Take a small cloth and then clean the edges. But this will be cumbersome. You have machines to take the dust out of edges. Research the net on how to clean windows. There will be some tips. Also keep these spotless windows open and let the sunlight in. This will ensure that the home is bright when the potential buyer enters. Dingy, dull and badly illuminated homes are put offs to the prospective buyers who will think that there is no proper facility for sunlight to peep into the house.

Chuck out rot and trim overgrown bushes

Trim overgrown bushes and spruce up the front yard by throwing away trash, mowing, reseeding the lawn and so on. Also chuck out rotten wooden materials and furniture. You can remove the rot by using specific tools and materials. Chuck out old fixtures and other materials as well.

Vestibule railings

These add to the beauty and dignity of the home. They are also a caution feature as they protect people from slipping out of the portico. They are expensive but it is a well grounded safety feature and enhances the look of the home.

Add gutters

Gutter pipelines are not just important for the drainage and waste water to go out but it also adds to the appearance of the home. Shiny copper gutters can be added and contact local bodies to check out which types are best suited for the climatic conditions in your city.

Put neat and new furniture in the porch

The new furniture will add pleasant freshness to the exterior of the home. Sometimes you can put ornamented and expensive furniture if you can afford it.

Conclusion

Read these Dc Fawcett tips to improve the curb appeal of your home. It is very important to enhance the curb appeal to attract potential buyers.

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Dc Fawcett Tips for Improving the Curb Appeal of Your Home

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Improving the Curb Appeal of Your HomeCurb appeal means external appeal. While staging your home, you need to make sure that it carries a good exterior appeal. Buyers are attracted to your home through the curb appeal of the home. You must make it so attractive that they will be pulled into your home through the exterior appeal. Don’t leave the front yard dirty and keep it clean. Trim the overgrown bushes at the entrance and dispose extremely old furniture sets in the portico of the building. These are some of the basic steps that you take towards increasing your curb appeal. If you don’t do this, it will be a put off for potential visitors to enter your home. Home staging is extremely important and if you don’t do it well, your home continues to sit vacant in the marketplace for a long time. And curb appeal is the most important part of home staging as first impression is the best impression. In this article Dc Fawcett, a million dollar online entrepreneur, gives tips for increasing the curb appeal of your home.

Engraving the name of your home differently

Instead of using plain letters, you can use different types of embossments to engrave the name of your home. This will present the name in a unique and outstanding fashion. Instead of using digits to denote the number of your home, use non-traditional letters. It will look distinct.

Flowers

Flowers are the queens of beauty. Anybody, even the driest hearts will get attracted towards flowers. Put flowers in the exterior to enhance the beauty of the home. They will give a warm welcome to potential buyers of your home. Their fragrance will put the buyers in a cheerful mood. Flowers come in different colors and look enticing. Contact the local nursery and they will tell you what flowers to grow. Also keep decorated flower pots. You can keep them in a line on the staircase.

Window boxes

They give a dignified and alluring appearance. They give the posh touch to your windows. You can put some window boxes outlined by grey cylindrical pipe-like structures and add some color and beauty to it through flower pots.

Adding a stone edging

Add a stone edging to the driveway. It gives the driveway a precise and clear cut look and lays down a defined path for the drivers. It prevents accidents and increases the exterior appeal. The driveway looks outstanding now.

Replace external doors

This may be expensive but still old and dirty doors are put offs. So spend a few bucks and replace them to give your house a fresh and new appearance.

Add a coat or two

Add fresh paint to the exterior walls and the doors. Let the portico paint contrast well with your front yard. Painting leads to freshness and a new dawn and let it be a new dawn for both you and your buyer.

Conclusion

There are a lot more tips given by Dc Fawcett to increase the curb appeal of your home. Home inspection is an important step in the home buying process.For a deeper insight into this, read Fawcett’s article on how to increase the curb appeal of your home – part 2.

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