If you want to sell your home, regardless of the type of market, you need to find a way to be competitive against the other sellers. One way to do that is to understand what buyers want and to make your home stand out from your competition. U.S. News and World Report...
Unwritten rules when selling a home
Selling your home is often a stressful situation, but there are some things that you can do to lessen the stress and possibly get your home sold more quickly. You should work with your real estate agent, and not against him/her, to have the smoothest experience. Your...
Warmer Weather = House Selling Season!
When it comes to seasons of the year, no bad time for selling your home exists. However, the market tends to pick up in the warmer months. Many families prefer to hunt for homes at this time of the year as the children begin long breaks from classes and can accompany...
For sale by owner: Why you need an attorney
Your home is probably the biggest investment you have ever made, and will ever make, in your life. Anytime you deal with anything regarding your home, it is important to make sure to protect yourself. This is especially true when you go to sell. While you can use a...
The effect of the internet on the real estate market
In the past, when buyers wanted to find a home, they enlisted the help of a real estate agent. While this is still the case for most buyers, real estate agents are no longer the main source for finding a home. People are increasingly turning to the Internet to browse...
Home sellers’ obligations to disclose defects
At the law office of O'Donnell, Weiss & Mattei, P.C., we are aware that buying or selling a home is often a complicated matter, even when everything goes smoothly. You and other Pennsylvania residents may wonder about your legal rights if you buy a home, only to...
What You Need to Know About Commercial Real Estate Leases
Commercial real estate leases are a typical business expense, and many are quite complicated. Often leases are recycled by landlords, but are the basic terms of the lease correctly stated? Is there a letter of intent or term sheet? If so, the lease, as drafted, should...
Title Insurance: Real Estate Transactions and Wire Transfers
As the real estate settlement industry hustles, and struggles, to catch up with the pace of technological advances (i.e. quicker closings, remote settlements where neither the Buyer nor the Seller attends the settlement table, etc.), one of the biggest changes is the...
OWM Blog – Tax Assessment Appeals – Are your Real Estate Taxes Too High Because of an Inaccurate Assessment of Your Property?
Over the last decade there have been severe economic impacts to the value of real estate in Pennsylvania as well as the rest of the United States, causing inaccurate assessments of commercial and residential real estate. When an assessment of real estate is not...
OWM Blog – Real Estate Transactions and For Sale by Owner
Some of my closest friends, business associates, and new client referral sources, are realtors. Realtors do a wonderful job of assessing fair market value, marketing properties, finding Buyers and vetting their financial ability, negotiating real estate transactions...
