Community Reports

Whether you're buying a home, selling your home or relocating to Central Illinois, the Community Reports tool on our website is a great resource. It provides a quick and easy way to find useful information about your community, nearby schools, local businesses, maps, and much more. Just enter the zip code and go. You can even compare multiple locations side-by-side. It will make your moving decision a little easier.

Whether you are moving in the area or to another part of the country, we can help you! Email or call us at 309-657-0063 anytime.

Home Staging: The Competitive Edge

When you put your home up for sale it becomes a product. Similar to a product on the shelf at your local store, your home has features and benefits as well as potential drawbacks. It also has competition. Home staging prepares your home for sale by accentuating its advantages and minimizing its flaws. It gives you the edge in a competitive market, so you can sell faster and get top dollar for your home.

If you want to sell your home fast while maximizing the selling price, home staging is the answer. Research shows that on average home staging will:

• Decrease the time on the market by 50%
• Increase the selling price by nearly 7%

No matter what your home’s age, price or location, whether it is plain or professionally decorated, Staging will work for you! That’s because an Accredited Staging Professional™ focuses exclusively on designing a plan that will generate the maximum amount of offers, not around personal taste.

The Gillespie Group offers a FREE Staging Consultation when you list your home with us. In May, Tara Gillespie took the Accredited Staging Professional training with Barb Schwarz and Stagedhomes.com in Dallas, TX. She received her Accredited Staging Professional designation (ASP) and she has been staging homes for several months. From time to time, we will be including staging information on the blog.

To learn more, check out Staging Your Home in the Sellers section at http://www.richgillespie.com/. Tara is always available for questions through the blog, email, or by phone at 309-657-1038 .

Interest Rates Dropped

Interest rates have dropped this week below 6% for the first time in MONTHS!!! It is a great time to buy or refinance. Feel free to email or call me at 309-657-0063 with any questions.

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