Think of your home as the luxury, brand-name product, and all of the other houses on a buyer’s list as the generic version. Those homes might have a new roof as well, but when it comes to falling in love with a house, it’s that fancy label — aka, the chic bath salts or fancy wine decanter on display — that could make all the difference.

Helping buyers fall in love with your property takes more than running the vacuum and fluffing the pillows: It's all about decluttering, repairing, updating, and depersonalizing

Even if you consider yourself the most research-savvy digital consumer of all time, you may not know everything you need to make the wisest decisions when negotiating a real estate transaction.

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Condense Your Office Space Lara Edge, who has six pegboards in her tiny Athens, Ohio, home, said it all started when she was trying to find a way to get more floor space in her tiny office so it could do double duty as her yoga space, too.

You haven’t felt like this since you were a teenager. You have a crush on your new house. (You’re officially a home buyer — wait — owner!) It’s soooooo great. You love its quirks. It’s your very first home, and you want to do everything right.

If you want to avoid being one of these disillusioned buyers, make sure to check out these oft-ignored yet critical features in a home and the surrounding neighborhood.

If you're considering closing off your cooking space or shopping for a house that features a closed kitchen, consider working with a builder or Realtor who has an eye for creative elements that make separate spaces feel airy