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When it comes to selling your home, finding a buyer is the first set. However, before you can close the deal, there are two important things you will need to pass: the home inspection and the home appraisal. A home appraisal is a report of your home’s value in the market. It’s performed by a certified, state-licensed professional, whose primary job is to evaluate your home and state how much it is worth. The conditions such as location, features, and relation to prices of comparable homes in your area that have previously closed a sale determine if your home is priced appropriately. If the appraisal is estimated lower, your buyer is likely to have trouble getting enough lending from the bank. The lender is going to want to make sure that the house is really worth the price that you’ve agreed on, and a home appraiser will make the final decision. If they don’t agree, you’ll either have to renegotiate the sale price or potentially lose the buyer. You may not have control over how much your home will appraise for, but you can take these five steps to increase your chance of pricing where you want or need to be. 

Spring in the Blue Ridge mountains is beautiful, but for the millions of allergy sufferers in the Asheville area, it can also be miserable. What many people do not realize is that the outdoor pollen you cannot control has a way of following you indoors, embedding itself in every soft surface, duct vent, and dusty corner of your home. The good news is that thorough cleaning is one of the most effective tools you have for reducing indoor allergen exposure during allergy season in Western North Carolina.

Spring hasn’t quite sprung yet - but there is no reason you can’t get a head start on giving your home the ultimate deep clean! In fact, now is the perfect time to knock off many of the chores we all tend to neglect most of the year. This way, you can make the best use of dreary winter days, spruce up your home, and give yourself the chance to fully enjoy the weather once spring finally arrives.