Barbara Corcoran Quotes

Home staging is no longer optional in this real estate market, it is a must!

You may not like the idea of putting money into a home when you're moving out. But it's demanded by the market. You need to show it off. You don't have to rip out the kitchen and bathroom. But maybe replace the tiles or the countertops. Get professional advice.

If the other fellow sells cheaper than you, it is called dumping. 'Course, if you sell cheaper than him, that's mass production.

That is - the reason for that is that home prices are only going to go up. Now, they've never gone down nationwide in our - since we've been keeping track of this.

TSG is competing with Middle East, East Asia and Europe in offering prices that are either lower or at par with these markets.

I think that's one of the biggest things people don't understand: a clean house will sell faster.

Home staging used to be optional. Today, it's a necessity in selling a house.

Buyers decide in the first eight seconds of seeing a home if they're interested in buying it. Get out of your car, walk in their shoes and see what they see within the first eight seconds.

The real estate business was something Dad and I could do together.

A company's best advantage should be a quality product offered at the right price. That fair competition is what drives innovation.

There are two kinds of companies, those that work to try to charge more and those that work to charge less. We will be the second.

If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.

A housing renaissance has begun. This may be hard to believe after the dizzying, six-year-long crash in home sales, construction and house prices. But housing turned the corner last year, and it will take off in 2013.

I do real estate.

What people ask for has nothing to do with the value of a property. You might see a listing for $300,000 and think you should make a $250,000 bid. But hyper-focus on what the house is worth. You should know what the house is worth by looking at comparable properties. Base your bid on that.

To my real estate agent, Chernobyl is a fixer-upper.

I started out, coming out of college, I had my Realtor's license, and I did real estate full time for a number of years.

The most critical factor subduing the demand for housing is that home ownership is no longer seen as the great, long-term buildup in equity value it once was.

Housing has led our nation's economic expansion over the past few years, accounting for 16 percent of our Gross Domestic Product. New housing starts and home sales hit record levels from 2003 through 2005.

Commercial real estate is really a black box: its super opaque, and it's hard to get the information.

If your house has been on the market for more than four months, take it off the market and re-list it in two months as 'new.'

I think in just about any business the low cost competitor is always going to have an advantage.

Anyone can sell product by dropping their prices, but it does not breed loyalty.

The best time to buy a home is always five years ago.

Competition to the economist is predatory pricing to the business person.