Real Estate Blog - Vicki Flyth

Why a Pre-Approval is Your First Step when Buying a Home

Home buyers should enter the marketplace with more than a vague idea of their borrowing ability. They should seek a written statement from a mortgage lender or mortgage broker before negotiating to buy a house, that they would qualify to purchase a home for up to a stated maximum price with a specified down payment.

“Pre-approvals” are usually based on the consumer supplying detailed creditor information, but are always contingent on the consumer’s credit information proving accurate and satisfactory at the time the consumer actually applies for the loan and the property purchased being worth enough to support the required LTV ratio.  Often, pre-approvals are only good for a certain number of days (e.g., 60 or 90 days) and don’t set a…

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BORED? How about a VIRTUAL vacation?

BORED? How about a VIRTUAL trip to the Smithsonian American Art Museum or VIRTUALLY explore the views from the Eiffel Tower? Or check out both and then head to New York and stroll through the American Museum of Natural History! Using the same 360 degree virtual tour technology The DuPree Team uses to showcase your home on the internet, #Google has put together an impressive global list of Museums and Landmarks free to virtually explore whenever you want. Just follow any of the links below or browse the list yourself HERE - https://artsandculture.google.com/partner

SMITHSONIAN

EIFFEL TOWER

NATURAL HISTORY

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Happy Earth Day South Florida!

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The Importance of a Home Inspection

An inspection is a visual analysis of the accessible portions of the home and its component systems, such as plumbing, electrical, roofing, structural and cooling/heating systems.  An inspector’s report alerts the buyer to potentially expensive and annoying physical defects in the condition of the home. Based on the inspector’s findings and recommendations, the buyer may use the results as an opportunity to probe the seller’s willingness to cure defects. Further, often times buyers may elect to exit the deal for material defects, negotiate a promise from the seller to make needed repairs, or convince the seller to grant a compensatory price reduction. 

Although many buyers tend to hire a single inspector or inspection firm, the inspector may…

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What Makes Us Different? What Ensures YOU get the Best Deal?

OUR TEAM of EXPERTS

 Our Team of Experts Includes:

• Certified Luxury Specialist, Distress Property Specialist, Investor Specialist and Commercial Specialist

• Florida State Certified Appraiser who knows values and will assist you in “best pricing” for your sale and/or your purchase

• Licensed Attorney/Realtor  with legal knowledge that enables you to feel confident when signing contracts and closing documents

• Remodeling and construction expert who can guide you with information on costs of potential renovations, share knowledge as to which renovations will bring…

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If you can’t bring your buyers to your home, The DuPree Team can help bring your home to potential buyers.

If you can’t bring your buyers to your home, The DuPree Team can help bring your home to potential buyers. We are using all our expertise to adapt the home sale process to current times and are excited to offer a Virtual 360 Tour to showcase all the unique details of home. We realize that home owners may feel uncomfortable welcoming prospective buyers into their home but still have a need to sell. The goal with our 360 Virtual Tour is to get your listing MAXIMUM exposure locally and on the internet.

CLICK THIS LINK FOR THE VIRTUAL TOUR

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Get Your Home Ready to be Listed on the Market

Today we are sharing our key steps to getting your home market ready. These are easy steps that will maximize the unique characteristics of your home. The goal is for potential buyers to be able to easily visualize themselves calling the house 'home.'

Staged Home by Logan Living

1. Declutter your home. Organizing and decluttering your home makes such an impact to potential buyers. When buyers are walking through the home, the goal is for them to focus on the great features and not all the ‘stuff’ and overflowing closets.
2. Give your walls a fresh coat of paint. Start by neutralizing your home and painting over any bright orange and green walls with neutral colors. Choosing paint colors like whites, light grays, light beiges, and “greige” will give…

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Hoppy Easter from The DuPree Team!

As we celebrate Easter 2020, finally the world is united. We are united in fear of what tomorrow will bring, of not knowing if our societies will withstand the devastating impact of the Coronavirus pandemic and if we or our family members will survive this terrible moment. The answer to this crisis lies in all of us and in our unity. As people around the world face religious holidays without the possibility of physical communion, without the possibility of celebrating physically together, we have a time of slow down where we can reflect deeply on what life means for each of us. In the darkness of this crisis, the light of humanity will shine.

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Broward County Market Update during COVID-19

We've had a lot of our current clients and past clients reach out to us and the most common question is; how is the market doing during this time of uncertainty? The statistics are showing that momentum is continuing to grow and demand is building.  For anyone needing to sell or even contemplating it, we've been  sharing the message that it might not be necessary to wait. We've developed this graphic to share and inform you all on the most up to date listing and sales activity.  Here's an update on Broward County's listing, pending and sales activity in the last 5-days (April 5-9) These numbers include single family homes, condos and town homes. The statistics are showing strong market movement in the last week during COVID-19. 

We are here to…

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Take-Out Dinner in Parkland & Coral Springs

Are you getting tired of cooking or missing your favorite restaurant meals? We've gathered a list of our favorite restaurants in Parkland and Coral Springs that are operating for take-out and delivery service.  Enjoy this list of restaurants that can be easily printed out to hang on the fridge. 

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