RE/MAX Alliance Agent Chris Davis Shares His Thoughts on the South Denver Real Estate Market!

RE/MAX Alliance agent Chris Davis answers questions regarding the current real estate market and what’s happening specifically in the South Denver area. Chris has been in business in the South Denver area since 1996 and has been a resident of Denver for 26 years.

What are today’s consumers most concerned with when it comes to buying and selling real estate?

With the real estate market in a current suppressed state, buyers are putting more focus in chasing after “the deal”. They really need to see the value in what they are buying.

Home Staging Secrets

As seen in January's issue of RE/MAX Alliance's Economic Outlook. Click here to view issue.

Highlight your home’s strengths and appeal to the greatest possible group of prospective buyers with these home staging tips. Start with saying bye bye to clutter and depersonalizing your home. Of course your home reflects your personality, style and taste, however it is about creating a blank canvas that is ready for a new home buyer to visualize their dream space. One of the major contributors to home clutter is too much furniture. When I am staging a home to be prepared for market I often whisk away half of the owner’s furniture. This way the home looks much larger. So take a hard look at your furniture groupings. Is everything pushed against the walls? Try to furnish your space by floating furniture away from walls. Reposition sofas and chairs into cozy conversational groups, and place pieces so that the traffic flow in a room is obvious. Not only will this make the space more user friendly, but it will open up the room and make it seem larger.

RE/MAX Alliance Launches A New Exclusive Consumer Driven Digital Magazine!

RE/MAX Alliance has launched their new exclusive online digital magazine, the Economic Outlook. The digital magazine was distributed to over 800 RE/MAX Alliance agents, managers and staff across the Front Range on Tuesday January 18th.

The digital magazine includes a monthly overview of what is taking place in the various real estate markets across the Front Range…from Castle Rock to Evergreen to the Boulder Valley to Northern Colorado. Included is also a wide-range of useful information tailored to provide consumers insights into the current state of the mortgage industry, how-to features, home tips, a kid’s page and more!

The magazine is similar to a traditional print magazine, but it is more flexible and environmentally conscious since it’s online and digital.

“Technology has become one of the key factors in maintaining and growing a company and organization in today’s business environment,” said Chad Ochsner, Broker/Owner of RE/MAX Alliance. “At RE/MAX Alliance we’ve continued to upgrade and improve our technology oriented services. Providing our associates with a direct-online-client communication tool, we believe the Economic Outlook digital magazine is a step in the right direction.”

The Economic Outlook distributes monthly and is a FREE publication for consumers. To learn more about the RE/MAX Alliance digital magazine, please visit www.homesincolorado.com/economicoutlook If you are interested in receiving January’s issue and future issues, you can do so by going to www.facebook.com/remaxalliance and click on the digital magazine tab to be included on the distribution list.

Do-It-Yourself Interior Painting Is Like Money in the Bank

Trying to decide whether to do some home remodeling this year or leave your money in the bank? You can do both if you remodel with paint.

“The cost of do-it-yourself interior painting is so low, it’s almost like remodeling without touching your bank account,” says Debbie Zimmer, spokesperson for the Paint Quality Institute.

The key, of course, is investing some sweat equity.

“While a professional painter might charge up to $500 or more to paint a room, if you’re willing to provide the labor, you can complete the job for a small fraction of that amount,” says Zimmer.