Found 27 blog entries tagged as Selling Your Home.

How to choose a listing agent to sell your home

Two of the biggest mistakes home sellers make when choosing a listing agent are selecting an agent solely based on the two things: the highest list price for your home and the lowest commission.

At first glance, a seller might say, "What? Are you nuts?" because sellers want the highest possible price and to pay the least amount of commission. But those two criteria have very little to do with hiring a competent agent and, in many instances, are completely irrelevant. Let's look at why.

Agents can't tell you how much your home will sell for. That's a fallacy. A listing agent…

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5 steps to prep a show-ready listing every time

Pay close attention to the details, and you'll create a memorable first impression for every buyer

Putting a home on the market is like being on stage for all the world to see, so sellers must prepare to have their homes scrutinized six ways from Sunday, inside and out.

Although drone photography, video and 3D imaging have proven to be advantageous in many ways, allowing buyers to virtually experience the home and neighborhood like never before, they can also be very unforgiving.

So what can sellers do to make a positive and memorable first impression on buyers and their agents? What can they do to eliminate (or at least tame) the scrutiny and instead inspire buyers to visualize a future in…

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Tips for preparing for an open house

Opinions about whether to hold an open house vary greatly across the country. You'll hear real estate agents flatly refuse to hold open listings because they view them as a wasted marketing effort, or they'll say open houses are just a tool to find the agent new clients. There is some truth to that reasoning, but open houses are a great strategy to sell houses. Consider also that many listing agents don't want to give up their Sunday afternoons to sit an open house and talk to strangers.

Although not all homes are candidates for an open house due to location, condition, or competition in the marketplace, you won't know how much buyer traffic you will draw until you try. Exposure to potential buyers and to…

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5 Common (but Terrible) Reasons for Overpricing Your Home

We know, we know—you love your house. The kitchen is the perfect size, your weekly summer barbecues give your neighbors patio envy, and your '70s-style conversation pit is totally coming back into vogue—as you knew it would.

You've seen the comps for your neighborhood, but you just know your home is worth more, so you're going to list it at a higher price.

This is one of a few reasons why sellers overprice their home, and none of them is smart. If you price your home too high, it'll take longer to sell, raising doubts in buyers' minds about whether there's something wrong with it, and you'll probably have to drop the price eventually anyway. So don’t fall for any of these five common…

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7 bogus pricing myths sellers shouldn't fall for

Key Takeaways

  • Sellers tend to overprice and spend a tremendous amount of effort trying to defend their price, even if the market doesn't support it.
  • Pricing a home correctly is a partnership between sellers and their agent, not a battle of wills.

When it comes down to it, the most important advice a real estate agent can give sellers is how to price their home. No matter how beautiful or well-maintained a property may be, how many upgrades it has or how well it shows, if a home is not properly priced, it’s going to be a tough sell.

The battle for agents most often lies with aligning what sellers’ think their home is worth with its true market value.

These disparate realities…

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The ultimate checklist for staging on a budget

Tackle these 6 major areas, and potential buyers will be able to envision themselves living there 

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If you’re more than familiar with this situation, we’re here to make it easy for you. Below you’ll find a checklist to get you through staging without any fuss.

1. Declutter

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Less is more! Make the buyers feel like they are walking into their home. From the moment they walk through the door, do your best to help them envision their life in the home.

Declutter the following:

  • Make the foyer open and welcoming.
  • Hide keys and random items that might have been emptied from the…

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The best week of the year to put your house on the market is...

By Clare Trapasso | Mar 14, 2019 best-week-to-listkiddy0265/iStock

For the past few years, home sellers have been in the driver's seat. With hordes of buyers fighting over a very limited supply of properties, many homes sold in days—and landed their sellers a windfall. But lately, sellers have been getting nostalgic for the good ol' days as the market has slowed down, with residences taking longer to sell and some even having their price cut.

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So sellers angling to unload their abodes fast—and for a boatload of cash—might pin their hopes on the first week of April. The week of March 31 to April 6 was deemed the best time…

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How to sell, donate, recycle or dispose of unwanted items

Reclaim the space in your home with these tips for selling, donating, recycling, and disposing of things you no longer need or want

By Consumer Reports

If you are looking to prepare your Home for Selling, or you just want to clean out the clutter, here's how to expand your attic, basement, bedroom, closets, counter space, garage, and/or shelving without paying a dime to a contractor. Sell, donate, recycle, or otherwise get rid of stuff that you no longer want, that others could use, and that's hijacking space in your home. But before we get to all the stuff around your home, here's advice on how to eliminate two nuisances from your everyday life. 

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8 tips that take listing from hot mess to shining success

8 decluttering tips that'll take your listing from hot mess to shining success

Clutter can mean the difference between a home that sits and a home that sells — these tips will ensure your listing moves BY CARA AMEER

It seems hardly a day goes by that we aren’t reminded of how crucial it is for us to use the latest tech, step up our “concierge” game and become neighborhood experts if we want successful longevity in this industry.

Those things are important — and they work — but it’s equally important to focus on the nitty gritty minutiae of every home sale. I’m talking about getting down to basics and mastering the simplest way to help get your listings off the market.

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7 home maintenance tasks sellers must do before listing

seller home maintenance checklist Proactive is the buzzword when addressing both cosmetic and mechanical components of a listing BY CARA AMEER

It’s that time of year again, the 2019 selling season is upon us. If you have clients getting ready to put their home on the market, the task list to prep for the market can seem endless.

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To make it easy, we’ve compiled a home maintenance list for you of the seven things sellers should do before putting that for sale sign in the ground.

Spruce up the exterior

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Let’s face it, the exterior of the property is the first thing a buyer will see whether online or driving by. Now is the time…

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