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6 Handy Tips For Selling Your Home

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If you’re thinking about selling your home, you may have some concerns about how soon you’ll be able to find a buyer. The reality is that selling a home is not as easy as it sounds, particularly when you’re doing it for the first time. If you’re planning to sell your home, here are six handy tips to help you do so with ease: 

 

  • Prepare Your Home For Sale

 

Before you place your home on the market, consider sprucing it up to make it ready for viewing. Ensure the property is clean and free of clutter in order to allow prospects to see how they can use the space. The exterior of the house should also look clean. Fix any broken fences or gates, mow the lawn, weed the garden, and clean the windows. 

If the home you’re looking to sell is run down, consider undertaking some home improvements such as painting, or replacing floors. If you realize that your home has major issues that might be off putting to buyers, consider getting an independent expert to assess it and determine the extent of the problem and all necessary costs to repair or renovate. This will enable you to decide whether to remove or include those costs in your asking price. 

 

  • Have your house valued

 

Setting an asking price for your property is an important step in selling your home. The price you set has to be right – if it’s too high, it might put buyer’s off and your property may not feature on search results when buyer’s cap their online searches. On the other hand, you don’t want to undersell your house and lose out on any potential profit.

To ensure that you sell your home for what it’s worth, have it valued by an expert to come up with a price range based on the current market activity. Consider inviting several reputable realtors to check your property. When getting a value, opt for an agent who has a track record of selling homes in the area where your property is located.  

 

  • Consider Your Timing

 

When you’re selling your home, you want to ensure that you place the property on the market at the right time. The property market ebbs and flows throughout the year. For example, it’s easier to sell your home during the spring than it is towards the end the year. This is because most buyers tend to look out for properties to buy during spring. As such, when you’re selling a home and wish to do so quickly, you are better off listing it as the winter season comes to the end. This will enable you to leverage the heavy activity that characterizes the spring season when buyers begin their search. 

 

  • Find A Good Agent 

 

With the property ready for sale and an asking price set, it’s time to place the home on the market through a real estate agent. To ensure that your home gets the publicity it deserves, consider working with an agent who is as committed to selling your home as you are. Someone willing to show what you may be doing wrong in the process of selling the home and give you tips on how to improve it. When picking an agent, seek referrals from people who have sold their homes before. Also, consider the specific needs you have and find someone who can meet those needs.

 

  • Use Professional Photos

 

As you list your home on the property market, you’ll need to show prospective buyers what the house looks like. Photos are a great way to do this. They are the first thing that interested buyers will view to help determine whether they want to visit the property or not. Having good photos of your home can go a long way in piquing the interest of buyers, bad photos however could turn potential buyers off.

Ideally, the photos you use to list your property should highlight the great features in your home. The best way to do this is to have a professional take quality pictures that make the home appear as warm and inviting as possible. A good photographer will be able to take photos that showcase great natural light in the home. During the photo shoot, ensure that you remove any items that personalize the property like photos and clutter.  

 

  • Request For Feedback

 

Reach out to your real estate agent and ask for any feedback provided by other agents or potential buyers. This way you can gain an understanding of what aspects of the home have been done right and which ones need improvement. If there is no feedback coming through from buyers who view your property, ask your realtor to follow up with buyer’s agents to find out what prospective buyers like or dislike about the property. Once you receive the feedback, use it to improve the home. 

Final Thoughts 

On average, it’ll take about three months to sell your home. However, you can’t go wrong in applying each of the tips discussed above. While there is little you can do to make buyers purchase your property faster, there is so much you can do to ensure that your property is a perfect fit for the right buyer as soon as he or she comes along.

 

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