Posts from February 2018

If you're looking for a home — or even if you just like to keep your eye on homes for sale in your neighborhood — I've got a great new tool to share with you just in time for the busy spring market.

Just visit http://app.mkbrealtors.com/MKBRPAYNE/ to download our new home search app, and search properties from the entire Roanoke Valley MLS.

The app, which is available for iPhone or Android, has a ton of great search features that make home shopping a breeze:

• Location-based search: Tap "Closest Homes" or "Closest Rentals" to get a list of properties close to your GPS location. You can also enter an address to search for properties close to that location. This makes shopping by neighborhoods so easy, whether you're looking at prope...

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Selling a home for the first time can be every bit as overwhelming and intimidating as buying a home for the first time. There are the financial worries, of course, but there is also a lot of emotion attached to the sale of your first home.

After all, that first home represents a major milestone in your life, and you've made memories there. Now, you're trying to make it attractive to buyers, who might very well come in and criticize the home you love so much.

But first-time home sellers in Roanoke have an excellent opportunity right now. If you've been doing any research about real estate in the Roanoke Valley, you've likely heard that there is a shortage of homes on the market.

What you might not have heard is that there is an even greater shortage of starter-type properties, which are the very homes many first-time sellers...

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