Melissa Tracey

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Name: Melissa Dittmann Tracey

Title: Contributing Writer

Melissa Dittmann Tracey has been writing about the real estate and home improvement industry for 15 years. She covers the latest real estate news as a long-time contributor to the National Association of Realtors’ publications and other real estate media. She is obsessed with other people’s homes (but in a non-creepy way) and loves to talk about the latest home design trends each week on the syndicated radio show Real Estate Today. 

Expertise and Experience 

Melissa is an award-winning real estate journalist who is known as the “Housing Muse.” You can hear her weekly with the segment “Hot or Not?” in home design on the syndicated radio show Real Estate Today, which airs on 250-plus networks nationwide. She is also the host of The Housing Muse Podcast, which covers the latest real estate and home design trends. Melissa has been a contributing editor to REALTOR Magazine, writing about everything from maximizing home values to breaking down the latest home sales data.

She is the creator of the National Association of Realtors’ Styled, Staged & Sold blog (ranked as the No. 1 home-staging blog in the country by FeedSpot for the last 5 years and counting). She also frequently speaks to real estate brokerages or REALTOR® associations about real estate topics such as home staging.

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JULY 18, 2023 | TUESDAY
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APRIL 20, 2023 | THURSDAY
The Best Real Estate CRM Software of 2023

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OCTOBER 25, 2022 | TUESDAY
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SEPTEMBER 23, 2022 | FRIDAY
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AUGUST 19, 2022 | FRIDAY
The Best Design Software for Interior Designers of 2023

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JULY 28, 2022 | THURSDAY
The Best Foreclosure Sites of 2023

A foreclosure is certainly not an event to celebrate. A property lands in foreclosure after a homeowner has lost their home, often due to financial hardship. These properties, however, st...

JULY 19, 2022 | TUESDAY
The Best Furniture Assembly Services of 2023

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