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SAN ANTONIO (San Antonio Business Journal) – Only two U.S. metro areas have had increases in home values since the peak of the housing market in 2007, and they’re both in Texas: Houston and San Antonio.

According to Oxford, Miss.-based FNC Inc., Houston reported a 4.8 percent rise in home values, while San Antonio reported a 2.7 percent increase.

Nationally, home prices were down 3.5 percent at the end of 2011 compared with prices reported in December 2010.

This video explains the information I present to clients when I first meet with them to sell their house. If you are thinking about selling your home or want to know what it’s worth so you can make an informed decision about selling, please call me for an appointment. It takes about one hour and we discuss what your home will sell for, how our marketing plan is different from other Realtors and Brokers, we include and go over your neighborhood absorption rates, and more.

by Eric Bryan, BryanSuarez Property Presentation

A little interior design, some decorating, marketing, real estate, and set design all rolled in to one.  Imagine wearing all those hats!  A properly trained real estate stager does just that.  So, where does it all fit in?

 To stage real estate properly, the designer must have a good understanding of spatial considerations, color, architectural and furnishing styles, the real estate market, and organization concepts to name a few.  In addition to these very technical understandings is the ability to use these techniques to create environments that speak to a wide range of buyers.  As with the advertising industry, stagers, realtors, and sellers have a product to market as well.  In the advertising industry, prior to the public seeing an ad, hours of planning and concept consideration have been done.  When we purchase something due to an ad that appealed to us, we are purchasing the result of research about us, the product, the products’ competition, and market trends.  Also, hours of design time have been spent to create a look that stands out among the crowd of competition, and makes an impression on its target market.

 It is no different with real estate staging.  Once a property is put on the market, it becomes a product of that market.  As a product, research must be done.  Who is/are the competition?  Who is the target market? What does the target market want in a property? What does this property have that the others don’t?  What is this property missing that the others have?  What do I like about this property?  What would make me purchase this property?  These are some questions that a real estate stager would ask themselves within the first few minutes of visiting the property.  Imagine the work that goes into the actual staging of the property.

 The goal, then, is to create an environment that attracts buyers.  It is as simple as that.  Not to create an environment that attracts the owner, realtor, or stager alone, but one that appeals to the largest number of buyers.  This can only be done through research, careful planning, creative ideas, and hard work.

 Staging real estate means to enhance a property’s best features, increasing the perceived space, convincing prospective buyers that this is their home and it is ready for them to move in! Staging is obviously more than just the placing furniture, accessories, or lighting to beautify the space.  This is marketing a product to gain a faster and more profitable sale.

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If you have been wondering about the value of your home, I have a great tool for you on my website.  It’s a market snapshot.  If you would like to see what your neighbor’s home sold for, look no further.  From the front page of my website you can use the market value widget.  Type in your name, home address, and email and some information about your home and it will send the market snapshot directly to your inbox.  This is a great tool to use when you are wondering about the tax value of your home, too.  Many of my clients use this tool during tax season to get comparables to their own homes.  I am always trying to help my clients conveniently access information for their housing needs at their finger tips.  I hope this widget helps you!

BEAUMONT (Beaumont Enterprise) – Beaumont is expected to lead the nation in home price appreciation over the next year, says Veros Real Estate Solutions.

According to the California-based company, the Beaumont–Port Arthur market will increase in value by 5 percent in 2010. Veros put the median price of a single-family home at $138,000. A 5 percent increase would be $6,900.

The company analyzed data from about 900 urban counties across the United States.

Last year, Forbes magazine rated the Beaumont market as number one for most equity among U.S. cities.