What you should know when selling a house

Thinking of Selling Your Home?

Selling your home is all about knowing the local housing market. Pricing your home correctly is crucial to maximizing the highest selling price possible. As an area expert, I can help determine what direction the market is trending, so you can make the right choices when it comes to selling your home to get the highest price possible!    

Sell your property with confidence

Making a big decision is never easy, especially when you’re aware it will affect your entire life. How should you know if it’s the right time for you to sell your property, the place where you most likely spent many years and is filled with memories? This is always a serious step and it’s best to have someone you can trust guiding you throughout the process. Our team of professionals is eager to support you during your journey - from the beginning to closing the deal. Here’s a short guide we’ve prepared to help you decide if you’re ready for the big step.  

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Can you list our home without putting a sign in the yard?

22% of buyers come from seeing a sign in the yard. We do not want to dramatically reduce the number of prospective buyers for your home.

2. Can you list our home without installing a lockbox?

You and I are not always available. We want it to be as convenient as possible for agents to show your home so that we get the most showings possible.

3. Can I be present every time the home is shown?

It is better if the buyer and their agent can look at the home from their viewpoint, being able to discuss your home freely. This is difficult when the owner is present and dramatically decreases the likelihood of receiving an offer on your home.

4. Why is your price lower than other agents I have spoken with?

An agent that will list your property overpriced, assumes they can take the listing now and then start beating you up on the price week after week after week. Is that what you want?

5. Can I find my replacement property before I list my home?

When you receive an offer on your home, you will want the buyer to be in escrow or having already closed escrow before you accept an offer. Other sellers feel the same way.

6. Wouldn’t we save the commission by selling it ourselves?

I agree that you can save the commission by selling it yourself. However, only 2% of For Sale By Owners sell themselves and 98% are listed and sold by real estate agents. Can you afford to have only a 2% chance of selling your home?

7. Can we list at a high price and come down later?

Most people won’t even bother looking at properties that are priced too high. Would you rather have a bidding war on your home or not have an opportunity to negotiate any offers at all?

8. Isn’t our home worth more? It is different than any in our neighborhood.

Sometimes this is true. New carpet, paint, roof or a new garage door- these are items that typically bring your home up to the minimum standard for selling, good condition for showing your home to buyers.