Need to know how to sell a home fast, even though the holidays are speedily approaching? If you're thinking of throwing up your hands and giving up hope until the new year, we're here to offer hope: There's still time! Because here's the deal: As eager as you may be to sell your home before the holidays, plenty of people out there are dying to buy a place before the holidays descend, too. So if you play your cards right, it is entirely possible to not only find a buyer, but a

If you're trying to sell your home, you've probably scrutinized it, staged it, and scrubbed it down from floorboards to rooftop as if the folks from Architectural Digest were stopping by for a cover shoot. OK, so it's in immaculate shape—but your home isn't the only thing under scrutiny here. You are, too! That's right: No matter how nice your home is, your behavior can also affect how buyers feel about making an offer. Last week we told you the secret etiquette rules that ev

Every seller wants their home to stand out from the crowd, and that often means beefing it up with shiny new improvements before putting it on the market. But sometimes owners go overboard, and the repairs become more costly and time-consuming than they're worth. To help you learn from others' mistakes, we gathered real-life stories of home sellers who woefully regret the presale renovations they took on. Regret No. 1: Going too trendy Beware of falling for decor fads when it