Archive: April 2011

NBA Finals – Is having a basketball court on your home buying wish list?




It seems like everyone is watching and talking about the NBA Playoffs.  Though I haven’t been keeping up with all of the games, it got me thinking about how great it would be to have a basketball court right in your neighborhood, or better yet, in or right outside your own home.  Many NBA players have [...]

April 27 / 2011

Confidence in Home Ownership Headed In Right Direction




I’m using my iPad more and more to get my news, but I still love “old fashioned” newspapers and magazines. On one of my recent – and many – flights to visit with Coldwell Banker agents around the country, I stopped in the Hudson News at Newark Airport and picked up Money Magazine. When I [...]

April 25 / 2011

How to Use Color to Correct Interiors in your Home




Color can actually help correct interiors in your home. The video below goes through some simple tips to help use your homes color palette to turn that room you can’t stand into an ideal living space.

April 25 / 2011

Homeownership: It’s YOUR Decision




 I just read Meg Handley’s recent article in U.S. News and World Report and was appreciative of her home buying tips and fair look at who should/should not buy a home today.   While I liked the article, I loved the headline, “Uncertainty remains in the market, but experts say purchasing a home is still a [...]

April 20 / 2011

How to Get Your Home’s Lawn Ready for Spring




My lawn is brutal. There’s one patch in the front yard that just always seems to have trouble growing grass at the same rate as the rest of the yard. It gets dried out faster and it bugs me to no end.

April 19 / 2011

Forbes Video: Realtors vs Technology




Recently, Coldwell Banker CEO, Jim Gillespie, sat down with Forbes to do an interview in a segment that Forbes called “Realtors vs. Technology.” As you can see from the video, Jim Gillespie talks about how it’s Realtors AND technology that are helping today’s home buyers and sellers.

April 13 / 2011

First Comes Love, then Comes Marriage, then Comes a Home for the Royal Couple?




Everyone is buzzing about the Royal Wedding – it’s hard not to miss all the news and rumors circulating around Kate Middleton and Prince William’s upcoming nuptials. According to a recent report, the Royal couple will be sharing a suite at Clarence House with Harry after returning from their honeymoon, because they haven’t yet decided [...]

The Importance of Video in Real Estate




Just over two years ago, Coldwell Banker embarked on creating a channel solely for real estate video that exists on YouTube. We called it Coldwell Banker On Location and it’s a place where you can search for videos of real estate listings, communities, agent videos and more. With tens of thousands of videos uploaded, over 2.5 million visits to our channel and millions of video views later, we think we made the right move.

April 11 / 2011

How to Prepare Your Home Garden for Spring




As a novice green thumb, I certainly found the video below useful. Take a look and you’ll learn a few simple tips to prepare your home garden for spring.

April 11 / 2011
Author David Marine
Category General
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A Home Cannot Be Measured




For some, the square footage doesn’t mean much. I saw this story on Yahoo! this morning that was titled, Simple life in Manhattan: A 90 square foot home. My first reaction was who on earth lives in a place like this? How can someone function? After watching the video interview with Felice Cohen, a writer who lives in the tiny place, I started to realize how a home isn’t measured by square footage. It’s what you make of it.

April 07 / 2011
Author David Marine
Category General
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