Virginia K. Smith

Family-themed open houses are either good news or bad news for buyers with kids, depending on your feelings about "Let It Go" (The Real Deal)

Yes, taking inventory of your stuff before you move really is worth the effort (Zillow)

As if any further evidence were needed that we're squarely in the midst of a seller's market, well, we've got some further evidence. The above letter came across our desks last week, an unsolicited inquiry from a Brown Harris Stevens broker prodding an Upper West Side apartment owner to sell (or at least think about selling). 

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Surprise, surprise, intra-building message boards can be a social (and even legal) minefield (Habitat Magazine)

So your neighbor's dogs won't stop barking (and barking, and barking). Anything you can do? (NYT)