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February 6th, 2012 
Christine and Stephen Hodge
Sales Representatives

Chestnut Park Real Estate Limited, Brokerage
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If the time has come for You to "Find Your Dream Home", then I would love to help. New properties are listed every day. By filling out the form, I can have new Listings emailed to You as soon as they become available.The Equity in your home is like any other investment - it needs to be monitored. Homeowners should have their Equity evaluated once a year.
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HodegsLodges Student Writing Contest HODGESLODGES.CA TEAM OFFERS UNPARALLELLED SERVICES TO BUYERS & SELLERS
Welcome to our 2012 HodgesLodges Student Writing contest where there are great prizes to be won and lots of opportunity for students of all ages to express their pride of home with this years theme: I Love Living in... Click here to find out the complete rules and how to submit entries. The Grand_Prize winner of the high-school aged category will win an IPad II courtesy of the HodgesLodges Team and there will be great runner up prizes as well. There are also top prizes for younger entrants - so everyone can participate! Want to suggest some things writers can "Love" about living in Cobourg, Port Hope or Northumberland County? Go to our Facebook page and submit suggestions. Cobourg Beach, The Big Apple, The Fanny in the Ganny River Race, fishing on Rice Lake... there's plenty to suggest and plenty to write about. We're looking forward to seeing what everyone has to say about what's great here in Northumberland County!With Chestnut Park, the husband and wife HodgesLodges team of Christine & Stephen Hodge are able to offer the best of two worlds. As members of both the local Northumberland Hills Realtor Association and the GTA encompassing Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) we are able to offer a truly superior service to all of our clients. Our local listings get posted directly to the approximately 140 local professionals as well as the nearly 28,000 TREB based Realtors. Similarly, they get posted to Realtor.ca with up to 30 photos, unlike the 9 that TREB listings are limited to. For more "By the Numbers" differences, click here. And call us if you'd like to find out how we WILL help you when buying or selling your next house.
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ARTICLE ON CHRISTINE HODGE IN NORTHUMBERLAND TODAY NEWSPAPERBUYERS BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP WITH A PROFESSIONAL REALTOR ARE BETTER SERVED!
If you want to know why you should be getting in touch with Christine Hodge to help you list and/or find your next house, just check out this flattering article written for the Northumberland Today newspaper's Women Without Offices column. You can link to it here: http://northumberlandtoday.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2785894 and if you would like to get a Market Value Assessment for your house or meet Christine to talk about looking for a new or first house, you can email her directly at christine@hodgeslodges.caAll Realtors are able to sell all homes listed on the MLS system. What makes the service different is the people providing it. At HODGESLODGES.CA we are a "people first" real estate team - looking out for your best interests, listening to your concerns and making absolutely certain we know what you want out of a purchase or sale. Ensuring you are happy with your purchase, that you have invested wisely, or have received a full market value offer for your home, is our goal in every negotiation. There are many tools we use to make sure this happens and we always ensure we fully explain the pluses and negatives of these options before putting anything into place. Click for more!
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Real Estate Articles

SELLING A HOME CAPITAL GAINS TAXSELLING YOUR HOME ON YOUR OWN - OR USING A REAL ESTATE SALESPERSONHOW REAL ESTATE MARKET CONDITIONS AFFECT YOUR OFFER PRICE
The Income Tax Act does not specifically set out whether or not a gain or loss is capital in nature. The taxpayer is responsible for reporting the gain as income or capital gain. This report may then be challenged by the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency with the onus of proof on the taxpayer.If you have decided that now is the time to sell your home, you might be thinking: should I hire a Real Estate Sales Representative or do it alone. Have you ever considered repairing your own car? Anyone can buy the tools and parts. However, most of us just do not have the knowledge, training, experience or the expertise and commitment of time to do the job properly. Besides, there are plenty of experienced professionals to do the work for us.A hot market is a "seller’s market". During a seller’s market, properties can sell within a few days of being listed and there are often multiple offers. Sometimes homes even sell above the asking price. Though most buyers want to get a "deal" on a home, reducing your offer by even a few thousand dollars could mean that someone else will get the home you desire.
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HOW DO REAL ESTATE PROS PRICE A LISTING?DOWNSIZING YOUR RESIDENCEWHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO MARKET A HOME FOR SALE?
A very accurate saying is that "Any home will sell once you get the price right." Of course, this is usually said from the perspective of dropping a price until it's too attractive to pass up. Actually, the accurate pricing of your home prior to listing is as much an art as it is a science.A great many moves in our lives are to larger residences to accommodate growing families. Or, perhaps our financial development allows us to move up to a larger home with more features and amenities. There is no stress involved in trying to reduce our life’s stuff to fit into a smaller place. If anything, we just need to shop for some more furniture for the new larger place.Marketing a home for sale is quite different from most other types of marketing and advertising. Unlike marketing many products, homes are each unique. Marketing decisions will be based on thorough examination of the home’s features and comparison to the competition in the marketplace. Decisions must also be made concerning improvements that might enhance the home and sell it faster and for a higher price.
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