By: Penny & Charlie Ostlund - The Ostlund Team Knowing what appeals to today's home-buyers, and considering those trends when you remodel, can pay off years from now when you sell your home. Two new surveys about what homebuyers want have me feeling pretty smug about my own home choices. Maybe you'll feel the same... Privacy from neighbors remains at the top of the most-wanted Continue Reading

By: Penny & Charlie Ostlund - The Ostlund Team Make your home warm and inviting to boost your home's value and speed up the sale process.   The first step to getting buyers to make an offer on your home is to impress them with its appearance so they begin to envision themselves living there. Here are seven tips for making your home look bigger, brighter, and more Continue Reading

By: Penny & Charlie Ostlund - The Ostlund Team Working to get your home ship-shape for showings will increase its value and shorten your sales time.     Many buyers today want move-in-ready homes and will quickly eliminate an otherwise great home by focusing on a few visible flaws. Unless your home shines, you may endure showing after showing and open house after open Continue Reading