Share Holiday Cheer With Us This Year

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Epps-Elson Team! We wanted to take a moment to thank our friends, family, and clients for your continual support and business this year. We couldn’t have done it without you. We look forward to working with the Indianapolis community in 2016. Have a great holiday season!

If you’re interested in buying or selling a home next year, start now! Give us a call or send us an email. We’d be happy to serve your real estate needs in 2016.

Prepare Your Indianapolis Home for Winter

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Today we will be giving you some helpful hints on how to get your home ready for the cold winter months ahead. Winter is almost here, and you want to make sure you do these things around the house in order to prevent any issues that may pop up throughout the season.

• Winterize your irrigation system. You want to blow the water out of the line so it doesn’t freeze and cause problems with your pipes. 
• Clean your gutters out to prevent leaks.
• Remove hoses from exterior spigots. You can get a cap that fits over the exterior faucet at any hardware store here in town.
• Service your furnace and change your furnace filter.
• Check and add caulk as necessary around doors and window frames to prevent air leaks.
• If you have a fireplace, clean it and service it.
• Make sure your snowblower is in good and working order. 

A little time spent preventing these types of problems up front saves a lot of time, money, and energy. If you need any recommendations for people to help you with any of the above jobs, we’ve got a huge library of great service providers. Give us a call or send us an email, we would love to be your go-to real estate resource!

Indianapolis Market Statistics

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The statistics in 2015 compared to last year are pretty high in comparison. We expect interest rates to increase, so we recommend buyers to act now. Right now, we see a trend of listings and sales slowing down. It’ll probably normalize at the end of the year.

If you’re thinking about selling your home, now is a great time, even in the middle of November. Serious buyers are out there. Embrace the opportunity to stand out now.

So far, 2016 looks like it's going to be a repeat of 2015. We have things to look forward to! However, you should definitely act before the spring market. The spring is the busiest and most competitive time of the year to sell.

If you have any questions about these statistics, give us a call or email today!

Don't Skip the Home Inspection on Your Property

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Today, I'd like to talk about the importance of home inspections. Home inspections can be mutually beneficial to both buyers and sellers. However, a common trend that we're seeing is when a seller will actually get a home inspection prior to listing a home.

From the seller's standpoint, a pre-listing inspection can be very valuable. That way, you know about the issues with the property and you can get a lot of them taken care of up front. A buyer might misinterpret some minor issues as major issues, and having that pre-listing inspection can save you a lot of money.
 

Buyers enjoy the fact that a seller was being proactive and got an inspection before listing their home. This gives them peace of mind, and that's a nice thing to have in a real estate transaction. This is also a great way for a seller to stand out in a crowded market.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call or send an email. We look forward to hearing from you!

Need to Redecorate? Check out the Indiana Design Center!

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We moved to the Indiana Design Center a couple of years ago. Today, Andrea Kleymeyer, the Marketing Director, joins us to discuss some of the unique options we can offer our clients.

The Indiana Design Center is a great place if you want to make updates to your home. You can even start from scratch when you're moving into a new home!

There are many different showrooms for you to see. We're coming to you from Drapery Street, but we have showrooms for window coverings, counter tops - anything you need in your home! There are also designers and artists available to help homeowners.

  
In addition, the Indiana Design Center runs workshops and other special events. The Monthly Design Series offers workshops on the third Tuesday of each month at 10:30 am. Different designers lead the workshops. The upcoming topic is Design Dilemmas, where you can come in with a design problem and a designer will guide you through it. Later this year, there will be workshops for holiday decorations.

The Indiana Design Center is a wonderful place to find inspiration for your home. For more information, visit www.IndianaDesignCenter.com. As always, if you have any real estate questions, give us a call or send us an email. We look forward to hearing from you!

The Top 3 Things You Need to Do Before Listing Your Indianapolis Home

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Since September is natural preparedness month, I thought I'd answer a question I get from a lot of sellers: "What can I do to prepare my home for the market?" Here are our top three tips:

1. Declutter your home. Go through room by room and look for unnecessary furniture or toys. Pack up a few things and store them; you're going to be moving them eventually anyway. Take family photos off the walls. Make the home look as neutral and spacious as possible.
2. Update lighting fixtures. If you have the brass look, definitely make sure to change up the light fixtures. For minimal cost, you can find some nice fixtures that will make your home look updated.
3. Deep clean your entire home. Prospective buyers will open drawers and look behind shower curtains, so make sure everything is sparkling clean. Vacuum thoroughly and organize as much as you can.

The time you spend getting your home ready for the market is the most important part of the listing. Taking some time to prepare can maximize your sale price and minimize the amount of time your home sits on the market.

If you have any questions, give us a call or send us an email. We look forward to hearing from you!

Erase Your Worries with Our Guaranteed Sale Program

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If you're thinking of selling your home in the Indianapolis Area, then you're in luck because we have a guaranteed sale program!

This program is designed for new home construction, and the program allows you to build the home now instead of selling your current residence and then building a new home.
 
If you wait to sell your home, it's going to delay the entire selling process, and that will result in an extraordinarily long and arduous transaction process.

We have guaranteed over 1,000 homes over the years, and our clients have been very happy with us. To learn more about how our clients have fared with this program, click this link and watch the video.

Our clients love the peace of mind that this brings them, and they get exactly what they want out of their new homes.

We have worked with lots of builders and we can get you a good deal on a newly-constructed home.

Please don't hesitate to reach out to us in regard to this opportunity!

What Statistics Are We Seeing in Indianapolis Area Real Estate?

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The Indianapolis Area real estate market is really hot right now, which is great. If you've been thinking of listing your home, now is a really great time to do so. In the month of July, there was an enormous 31% increase in listings sold. The average sale price for July went up 7% to $187,000.

Another interesting fact to note is that our average days on market went down by 7%. Homes are selling quicker than they used to.

On a national level, June was the best month for homes selling quickly since the average days on market was kept as a statistic. We currently have a 5-month supply of inventory, giving us a balanced market where buyers and sellers can both reap the benefits.

If you are thinking about buying or selling, now is the time to do so. If you have any questions for us, give us a call and we'd be happy to help you out. We look forward to hearing from you!