- Real Estate

-House values increase
With spring clean up

IF YOU'RE planning on
selling your. hoime this sum-
mer, Spring is a good tire to
do some easy and
economical fixing-up. .

The. following includes
some. simple tips can help
_ your house sell more quickly

and possibly even at a better
price:

Major interior decorating
and painting is not required.
_ Most: buyers will want to
_ Make the house theirs as

_s00n:as they move in and
will want to select their own
colors.

-However, cleanliness and
tidiness are important.
Imagine yourself in the posi-
tion ‘of a buyer: who has set
foot:in your: house for the

. first: time. What. will he or
. she see?

HOME USING

One thing buyers definite-
ly do not want to see is a
major clean-up job ahead of
them. when they move into
the house.

A good start is to dispense
with those items now that
you will not be taking with
you when you move. A

garage or yard sale can get
rid. of a lot of things which

may be cluttering up your

basement or garage plus it.

will put a few extra dollars
in your pocket.

Going through the house -

and fixing up the “‘little
things’’ can have a big im-
pact on that all-important
first impression of the buyer.

Very often that leaky

faucet or cracked window -

that you've grown ac-

customed .to, can have a -

PRICES UP

negative effect on a prospec- -

tive buyer.

Windows, countertops,
bathrooms and the kitchen
should be clean and sparkl-
ing. Front and back, en-
trances should be kept clear
and inviting.

When buyers are coming
to view your house, vacuum
and dust throughout.
Tabletops and kitchen areas

should be kept clean and --
uncluttered..and dishes put .

away.
Don’t forget those. catch-
all. areas like junk closets,
the attic and the area around
the furnace.

Pets should also be kept.

out of the way because many

people are. allergic and this -
will ‘create a negative im-

pression with buyers. |

Resale rates rise | in B. c.

RESIDENTIAL RESALE. ‘housing © prices
_continue.to reflect moderate gains in almost

all’areas.of: British. Columbia. :

‘According to the. Royal. Lepage Survey of °

of the market, there i is'a shortage of homes
listed for sale.’ ‘and -this’ has - put upward"

pressure on selling prices.

“The market for affordably-priced hous-

Canadian. House Prices in the past 12 mon-
ths‘most.types of housing either maintained

ing has been particularly active,’’ he adds.

Jurock’s comments coincided with the

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