Create Potential
Setting a List Price
How to Set a List Price for Your Home
Setting the list price for your home involves evaluating various market conditions and financial factors. During this phase of the home selling process, your REALTOR® will help you set your list price based on:
pricing considerations
comparable sales
market conditions
offering incentives
estimated net proceeds
Pricing Considerations – Find a Balance Between [...]
Tips For Selling
1. Curb appeal
A well-manicured lawn, neatly trimmed shrubs and a clutter-free porch help real estate sellers put their best foot forward and make prospects feel welcome. So does a freshly painted – or at least freshly scrubbed – front door. If it’s autumn, rake the leaves. If it’s winder, shovel the walkways. The fewer obstacles [...]
Get Your House Ready
Get Your House Ready to Show to Buyers
A house that “sparkles” on the surface will sell faster than its shabby neighbor, even though both are structurally well maintained.
From experience, REALTORS® also know that a “well-polished” house appeals to more buyers and will sell faster and for a higher price. Additionally, buyers feel more comfortable purchasing [...]
Realtors for Sellers
Why Use a REALTOR® When Selling a Home?
When selling your home, your REALTOR® can give you up-to-date information on what is happening in the marketplace as well as the price, financing, terms and condition of competing properties. These are key factors in getting your property sold at the best price, quickly and with minimum hassle.
Often, [...]
Home Inspections
Home Inspections Avert Future Headaches
Suppose you bought a house and later discovered, to your dismay, that the stucco exterior concealed a nasty case of dry rot. Or suppose that when you fired up the furnace in the winter, you discovered a cracked heat exchanger leaking gas into your home. The best way to avoid unpleasant [...]
What checks will I need to write?
In most cases, you will need to write a check four times when you buy a home.
Earnest Money
Home Inspection
Home-owner’s Insurance
Balance at closing
Let me explain these in detail.
1. Earnest Money. Earnest money is like a deposit. Unlike putting a deposit down on an apartment, however, where you get your deposit back when you move [...]
Realtors for Buyers
Why Use a REALTOR® When Buying a Home?
Your REALTOR® can help you determine your buying power – that is, your financial reserves plus your borrowing capacity. If you give a REALTOR® some basic information about your available savings, income and current debt, he or she can refer you to lenders best qualified [...]
