以好价钱买到好房子的8个建议

在Palo Alto及周边地区买房子可能会是个相当有挑战性的任务。尽管市场竞争激烈,这里有8个通向成功之路的重要提示: 1) 选那些看起来残破,但只要经过装修或是重新设计就可改观的房产作为目标。 2)…

11个买房人易犯的昂贵错误(以及如何避免他们)

在硅谷,您的房屋很可能是你最大的一笔投资。如果买得合适,您的房产也会成为您做的最好的投资。反之,在买房时犯的错误可能会让您多花好几万美金的冤枉钱或者让您错失后来悔之莫及的好机会。本文将列举买房人最常犯的错误,而且,更重要的是,也将说明如何避免这些错误。 1.没看到可能性 每个人都对“拎包入住”的房子印象深刻。这种房子所有的工程都已经做好,您只需拿上钥匙就可以搬进去住了。结果就是,每当一栋“拎包入住“的房子上市—装饰布置得很好、展示得很漂亮—就一定会非常抢手,当然,中标者付的也是最高价格。 另一方面,如果买房人不太在意房子的一些小问题,而看到其升值潜力,那他就不必参与多方角逐,而且最终会得到很好的收益。这些不必太在意的问题包括: 杂乱无章—在准备将房产上市出售前,解决杂乱问题是一个优秀的房产经纪人或者装饰者首先要做的事情之一。房产装饰者通过搬走或者重新布置卖主的家具来让房子看起来更整洁。相比一个布置过但几乎没什么家具的房间,一个杂乱无章的房间感觉更狭小逼仄。杂乱无章容易让人对房子与卖主或租户下定论,阻止潜在的买家进一步观察和认识人和房产的真正价值。这也是装饰者的“干净清爽”策略会如此有效的原因。因此,当您看到杂乱的时候,要略过您的第一反应,即这个房子对您没有吸引力或者是不够宽敞,去寻找其可能性,并且要有那种您可能会拿到好价格的兴奋感。 破旧的地毯、暗沉的颜色、院子中杂草丛生—优秀的经纪人很清楚:房产的装饰以及良好的“室外观感”对房产价格影响很大。因此,房子上市销售之前,通常会进行三种投资回报最大的改善工程,即:1)换掉破旧的地毯—通常代之以浅色明亮的地毯,抛光硬木地板;2)将房子里外粉刷成明亮柔和的颜色;3)修整院子、修剪草坪、种上各种花草。通常一栋普通的房子做这些改善措施的花费大概在1-1.5万美金,但给房产带来的增值却能多达该费用的5倍。 结果就是,如果房子没有进行这些简单有效的改善工程,通常有以下原因:经纪人比较差、房子由租户居住、房子是无遗嘱遗产执行或法院拍卖房、又或者吝啬的卖主不愿花钱做这些改善。在您搬入之前或之后进行这些花费不多的改善能让您的房子立即升值。 2.对房子周边及学区状况不了解 从前的房产经纪常说,决定房产价值最重要的三个因素是“位置、位置、还是位置!”。在硅谷无疑也是这样—这儿的小区风格鲜明、各有特点。比如附近的学校、公园、小区安全性等等,每一项都会影响到房子的售价。 既然了解房子的周边环境如此重要,那么买家在买下房子之前对房子的周边情况一无所知就可能会犯下昂贵的错误。举例来说,一些人可能不知道有的小区—比如Lloyden…

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During the Oracle OpenWorld 2015 Conference, Oracle CEO Safra Catz stated, “Seventeen years ago, Larry Ellison told me that he’d love to have a school where students learn to think. Our support of d.tech [Design Tech High School] reflects Larry’s…

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The Menlo Park housing market has been fairly consistently experiencing double-digit annual appreciation rates since 2011, as well as an astounding 69 percent overall appreciation since 2011. This should come as no surprise as the marked increase in housing…