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PASADENA, CA - SEPTEMBER 24: A "for sale" sign stands outside an existing home on September 24, 2009 in Pasadena, California. Although home resale numbers have been gaining over the past four months, an unexpected decline occurred last month with sales dropping 2.7 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.1 million in August. July sales were 5.24 million. Still, the numbers were up 3.4 percent from a year earlier. Almost one in three homes last month were purchased by first-time home buyers who will get an $8,000 tax credit if the transaction is completed by November 30 when the credit expires. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) Credit: Getty/David McNew
LOOKING FOR COURAGEOUS SELLERS
Have you been trying to sell your home and you just can't figure out why no one wants it? Then make a video. We'll put the video online and let readers offer their input on why it might not be selling. Could it be the house is too ugly a shade of yellow? Or that the grass really, really, really needs to be cut? Or that you just have too many personal photos in the living room? This is not an exercise for the faint of heart, but sellers who want input on what may be preventing a sale. Videos must be shot in high-definition and no more than 3 minutes long. Sellers must appear on camera. Send the video as a QuickTime .mov file on disc, along with your name, address, phone number and e-mail address, to: Valerie Kellogg, Newsday, 235 Pinelawn Rd., Melville, N.Y. 11747. Discs will not be returned, and not all videos will be used.
NEED SOME ADVICE?
If you want some help buying, selling or renovating, e-mail your questions to realestate@newsday.com. We’ll get experts to answer your questions. Questions and answers may appear online, in print or both.
NEED SOME HELP SELLING?
If you’re trying to sell your home and you’re note sure if the photos you’re using are helping, send them to us. We’ll get a professional stager to offer advice on how to improve them. E-mail photos to realestate@newsday.com. Photos may appear online, in print or both.
LOOKING FOR BUYERS
Are you ready to buy a house but just can’t make a decision? E-mail us at realestate@newsday.com. We’ll enlist three of Long Island’s best real estate agents to assist in your search — and then see what you thought of your suggestions. The outcome may appear online, in print or both.
ATTENTION HOMEOWNERS!
Did you renovate your house? E-mail your before and after photos to realestate@newsday.com. Photos may appear online, in print or both.
LONG ISLAND TODAY AND YESTERDAY
Do you have photos of what your hometown used to look like? E-mail them to realestate@newsday.com and we’ll post them online.
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