The language of selling houses
Posted by Steve Harmer on
Your home may very well be beautiful, but if you describe it as such to potential buyers, you're hardly being original.
According to data compiled online, "hardwood floors" is the most common word or short phrase used in Canadian real estate listings, followed by "beautiful" and "stainless steel appliances."
Point2Homes scanned its approximately 40,000 Canadian home listings to discover which words are used most often to attract buyers to properties, creating a snapshot of the features they felt are most important - whether they appeal to our aesthetic or aspirational senses, or to more mundane concerns such as appliances and location.
The company also released provincial and regional breakdowns to the National Post, highlighting different…
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A simple welcome mat and a mailbox bearing your name just won't cut it.
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A mortgage is a word that has been in the English language since the late 1300s and comes from the French “mort,” which means “dead,” and “gage,” meaning “pledge.” Therefore, a mortgage, in the real sense of the meaning of the word, means that the security pledged to the mortgagee for the debt will be taken from him if he fails to pay the debt, and will, therefore, be “dead to him upon condition.” on the other hand, the mortgagee fulfills the obligation to pay the debt, the pledge is dead. Either way, something dies.
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