It’s Important to Use an Agent When Selling your Home

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Benefits of Using a Real Estate Agent
When you sell your home, you understandably  want the best possible price with the least amount of hassles. However, for most sellers, the most important result is to actually get the home sold.
To accomplish these goals, a seller should understand the importance of using a real estate professional.  Technology has changed the buyer’s behavior during the home buying process. Studies show that within past three years, 92% of all buyers have used the internet in their home search according to the National Association of Realtors’ most recent Profile of Home Buyers & Sellers.
The report also shows that Only 2% purchased their home directly from a seller whom the buyer didn’t know. On the other hand,95% percent of buyers that used the internet when searching for a home purchased their home through either a real estate agent/broker or from a builder or builder’s agent.
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Buyers search for a home online, but then depend on an agent to find the actual home they will buy (53%), to negotiate the terms of the sale & price (48%), or to help understand the process (60%).
The vast amount of information now available has resulted in buyers increasingly reaching out to real estate professionals to simplify the process.  The percentage of overall buyers who used an agent to purchase their home has steadily increased from 69% in 2001.

Bottom Line

If you are thinking of selling your home, don’t underestimate the role a real estate professional can play in the process.

Eileen Kedersha, Broker Associate One Sotheby’s International Realty – Kedersha Group 954-561-4100 EKedersha@OneSothebysRealty.com

10 of the tiniest bedrooms. Could You Live in Any of Them?

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Could you live in a space this small?
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Micro living spaces that show how to do a lot with a little, from a bedroom in a timber box to a studio in Poland measuring just 13 square metres.
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Flinders Lane Apartment, Australia, by Clare Cousins
A timber box creates a bedroom inside this Melbourne apartment by Clare Cousins, which also features a mezzanine sleeping platform for guests next to the entrance.
  
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This sleeping nook may sit inside an expansive New York penthouse apartment by David Hotson, but its tiny dimensions could make it one of the smallest bedrooms ever published on Dezeen.
A double bed rests on top of a built-in wooden unit inside this poland, Poland micro apartment by Szymon Hanczar, which contains a kitchen, bathroom and living area within the confines of just 13 square metres.
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San Francisco studio Azevedo Design converted a red-brick boiler room into this miniature guesthouse, featuring a glass mezzanine floor that leads to a loft-level bedroom.
chileThere’s only space to eat, sleep and read inside this charred-timber cabin designed by Chilean studio DRAA for a couple who wanted a hideaway in the mountains.
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A sliding partition creates a bedroom inside this Sydney micro apartment by Nicholas Gurney, which has been designed to promote a minimalist lifestyle.
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MYCC created this Madrid apartment in a 100 cubic-metre volume, featuring ladders and stairs that allow the owner to move between platforms inserted into the narrow space.
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To save space inside this compact São Paulo apartment, Brazilian architect Alan Chu lined up storage boxes on one side and a large sofa bed on the other.
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Studiomama took cues from caravans for the layout of this tiny London house, which features adjustable plywood furniture and a fold-out bed.
Thinking of moving to Fort Lauderdale or Miami Area, give me a call, I will gladly answer any of your questions.
Eileen Kedersha
954-462-3600
EKedersha@OneSothebysRealty.com

Discover Weston, Florida

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Discover Weston
Weston is in southwestern Broward County boarding on the Florida Everglades and only 20 minutes to the ocean and beautiful Florida Beaches. Consisting of 27 square miles and 14 parks Weston has a lifestyle, presence, efficient and effective municipality management that cities around the world use as a well planned community model. The 15,000 acres of land now comprising the City of Weston was first accumulated in the 1950’s by Arthur Vining Davis. Mr. Davis was the original owner of Weston’s primary developer Arvida. In 1978 The development was first known as Indian Trace. The name of the Arvida development was changed from Indian Trace to Weston; in 1984 the first homes were completed in Windmill Ranch and Country Isles and Weston had its firs residences.
For the fourth time since 2012, the City of Weston has ranked on Money’s list of the Best Places to Live. This year, the City of Weston was ranked #21 on Money Magazine’s 2018 list of The Best Places to Live in America highlighting cities across the country with populations of 50,000 or more. According to Money “These spots combine economic growth, affordability, and quality of life”. Weston resembles a near Picture Perfect master-planned community in almost every way.

Weston has Activities for all Ages: 

• A-rated public and charter schools and excellent private schools;
• Outstanding public safety with the lowest crime rate per capita in Broward County
• An ISO Class 1 Fire Department rating;
• Class 2 Building Code Effectiveness rating;
• 242 open space and park acres that play host to cultural and community events and tens of thousands of registrants in organized sports leagues;
• The lowest ad valorem millage rate in Broward County at 2.3900 mills;
• An enviable AAA credit rating;
• Only 10 City employees in a progressive contract-style of municipal management;
• Visually distinctive, Weston has flowing waterways, 50 miles of bike lanes, bike Fixit Repair stations, walking trails, and extensive landscaping that is, without dispute, one of the City’s greatest assets. Rows of prestigious Royal Palms and lush multi-layered foliage line berms, medians and rights-of-ways throughout the City.
• Golf, Tennis
• Basketball Courts, Sand Volleyball Courts
• Resident Community Pools
• Children Shaded and Open Playgrounds
• Athletic Multipurpose Fields: Baseball/Soccer/Football/Lacrosse Fields
• Picnic Areas
• Roller Hockey Rinks and Skate Parks
• Dog-Friendly Parks
• Fishing Dock
• Historic Walking Trails

Is my Florida Homestead Exemption automatically renewed?

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Clients often ask me, “If my homestead exemption automatically renews?“
Here is what the County Appraiser’s Office states:

The answer is once your initial application for Homestead Exemption has been made and approved by the Broward County Property Appraiser (BCPA), it automatically renews each year unless there is a change of ownership or eligible use of the property. Each January, BCPA mails a Homestead Exemption Renewal Receipt and Change Order to all Homesteaded properties. This document allows property owners to verify that the status, use, and ownership of the property has not changed. Florida law requires the property owner to notify the Property Appraiser of any change of property use or ownership status.
If there are NO changes to the use and/or ownership of the property, simply keep the Receipt verifying you were automatically renewed for another year. However, if there are changes, you should mark the Change Order accordingly and return it to BCPA. Here is the link to the sample 2019 Homestead Exemption Renewal Receipt and Change Order: www.bcpa.net/forms/changecard.pdf. Hope this information is helpful; please feel free to contact me: Eileen Kedersha, One Sotheby’s International Realty, 954-561-4100 or send me an email: ekedersha@onesothebysrealty.com
If you are the surviving spouse of a homesteaded property owner or otherwise believe you are entitled to an exemption for which you have not filed, you must file your own Homestead Exemption application to receive the benefit. If you have any questions relating to the Receipt and Change Order, or the death of an owner, or need any assistance in filing for Homestead or other tax-saving exemptions, please visit BCPA’s website at www.bcpa.net or contact Customer Service Department at 954-357-6830 or visit BCPA’s Office at 115 S. Andrews Ave., Room 111, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
There are many other tax-saving exemptions available to qualified individuals. You can view a complete list of exemptions and eligibility requirements on the BCPA website at www.bcpa.net/homestead.asp.
Low-income Senior Exemption
The Low-Income Senior Exemption does not automatically renew. Since this is an income based exemption, it must be renewed each year. If you benefited from the Senior Exemption in 2018, BCPA will mail you your Senior Exemption renewal postcard in February. If you meet the income threshold on the renewal card, simply sign the card and return it to BCPA in order to renew your Senior Exemption for 2019.
If you are aged 65 years or older as of January 1, 2019 and would like information on this important exemption, please visit BCPA’s website at: www.bcpa.net/senior_instructions.asp

If you need assistance, contact BCPA directly at (954)357-6904 or email the County Property Appraiser, Marty Kiar at martykiar@bcpa.net

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One Sotheby’s International Realty
954-561-4100 
email: ekedersha@onesothebysrealty.com

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