Tips on Selling Your Home

Preparing Your Home

• Home Staging Tips for Quick Resale
  Are you wondering what you can do to sell your home quickly without spending a lot of money in home renovations? All you may need is some practical advice on how to showcase your home to attract potential buyers. A buyer makes a decision whether or not they want to buy your home within 5 seconds of walking in the front door...

• Preparing for the Open House: Beyond Cleaning
  Achieving that perfect display home condition is not really as overwhelming as it sounds. Some sellers use professional "fluffers" to improve their home's appearance and sale price. Talented fluffers are masters of illusion. They have large storehouses of furniture and accessories or rental arrangements with various stores. After evaluating your home, they may decide to swap your old sofa for one that will make buyers take a second look at the room. After the house is sold the loaner sofa goes back to the store. The same goes for the expensive Persian rug, matching vases or sculpture. While you may not be prepared to use a fluffer or go to these lengths to update your home, there are a few simple ways to get a similar outcome...

• How to Make Your House a Show Stopper
  Showing a house is a lot like going on a first date: you try to look well groomed even if that's not how you normally look! The old adage about first impressions being the most important is just as true for your home as it is for you. A clean house gives prospective buyers the impression that the whole house is well maintained including the out of sight items such as plumbing or heating...

• Selling Your Home? Be Prepared!!
  Selling your home can be very stressful to many people. To make the whole process smoother, it helps to be prepared. The following suggestions will help you prepare your home for potential buyers...

• Too Many Treasures!
  Years of collecting souvenirs, antiques and nick-knacks may add charm to your home, but it can also clutter. It is important to note that when selling your home, potential buyers may not be able to see past your décor to appreciate its true beauty. Some buyers will hardly look at a house because all their attention is being caught by an abundance of antique furniture, oriental rugs and fine art...

Pricing Your Home

• A Seller's Strategy when Interest Rates are Falling
  2001 will be remembered as the year interest rates fell to 30 year lows. As the rates have declined, home affordability has increased bringing new buyers into the market and upgrading the buying power of those buyers already shopping. Home sellers are rejoicing - with one exception - the home seller with a large existing mortgage...

• Price Price Price! Assessing Correct Value
  Of course what most of us tout is location, location, location. It is important to understand how price and location fit together. When it comes to selling, the importance of pricing a home is superior to everything else. A simple illustration is to picture a home for sale in the best location you can imagine. Then put a price on it that is too high by market comparison...

• Establishing your Asking Price
  Deciding what price tag to put on your home is never easy. Price is often the determining factor for potential buyers. Location, layout and amenities are important but in the end most of us have to look at the bottom line. Many sellers like to think they can start with the price they originally paid, add a healthy mark-up and wait for the offers to roll in. A lot of those sellers will have to adjust their price once their home is on the market...