Recently I was reading an article regarding home seller tips in Money Magazine. I was so impressed by what the article had to say, I thought that I should share some of the highlights with our Coldwell Banker Koetje readers.
The essence of the article was that if you are a home seller in this market, you probably feel you can't catch a break. To help overcome that, you need a bit of razzle-dazzle to nab a buyer today. The following attention-grabbing home seller tips will get prospects to your front door.
- Slash Your Price, Bigtime
Many sellers give in to the temptation to list the property above fair market value to see what happens. Big mistake. About a quarter of sellers in the past year initially listed too high and were forced to knock the price lower, according to Trulia.com. Think you can always drop the price if your home doesn't sell. Bigger mistake. The first 30 days on the market are the most important. That's when your home will receive the most attention and get the most showings. So get aggressive right out of the gate.
Veteran real estate brokers interviewed by Money Magazine say that proper staging can speed the sale and often increase the price too. The key is to get it done right. Staging, increasingly popular with homeowners trying to sell mid-range houses, can extend from simply rearranging existing furniture to repainting, replacing fixtures, and bringing in new furnishings. The goal: to highlight the house's best features while making it as easy as possible for buyers to imagine themselves living there.
These days it's going to take far more than a For Sale sign in the front yard and a spot on the multiple-listing service to get potential buyers in the door. That means getting the word out in a creative fashion-and finding a Realtor who is willing to do the same. "The more eyeballs that get on the listing, the better," says Katie Curnutte of the real estate information website Zillow.com. To do that, you need a multi pronged marketing plan of attack.
To read the whole article in Money Magazine
please click here.
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