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As winter comes, keeping your home for sale attractive and inviting is critical.
We found a great article over at Realty Times, an industry site that reports trends, news and thoughtful opinion on many real estate topics. This article about maintaining curb appeal through the winter caught our eye.
Most buyers know, when it comes to selling your home, a first impression is sometimes all you have — especially in today’s competitive environment. The article discussed many tips and ideas to keep potential buyers interested — and entice them to stop by and take a look inside. Specifically:
You look mah-velous. Sure, you upgraded the inside of your home and have it staged beautifully. But remember, during the dreary winter months, the outside of your home should look cheerful and inviting. Paint or re-stain the front door, repair the roof and gutters if needed and keep the garage doors and windows clean.
FrontDoor.com has ten great, unusual tactics for attracting buyers to your current home for sale.
If you have a home on the market now or are contemplating placing your home for sale in the near future, there’s some anxiety about luring potential buyers.
Home Selling 101 tells us to price your home competitively and maybe even a bit below current market value as home sellers to continue to drop their sale price — smartly priced, your home can attract extra attention now.
But here are some unusual strategies from FrontDoor.com — HGTV’s new award-winning real estate site:
Hold an open house party. Open houses are the norm when selling a home, but some sellers are upping the ante on the open house by offering wine, catered food, live music and prizes. A fancy shindig could start a buzz on your property and make your home memorable.
Take home staging to the extreme. It’s well known that staging your home can help it sell faster, but some sellers are taking staging a step further with an ancient Chinese philosophy. Feng shui stagers rearrange the elements of a home to improve its chi, or energy. Good chi makes potential buyers feel more welcome.
She is an adorable dog, but not every buyer going through your home may think so. Keep pets contained -- or even off-premises -- when possible.
You’ve decided on that perfect community — close to local attractions, full of residents just like you and with beautiful, new homes. You’ve picked the home of your dreams — a floorplan to die for, fabulous amenities and features and living spaces suited to your lifestyle.
One problem. You’ve still got your current home to sell.
While there’s no golden rule or foolproof strategy to selling your home, there are a few things you can do to help the process along:
Price your home smartly. Be realistic in your expectations. You didn’t sell it a year or two ago and what you might have gotten then won’t be what you should hope for now. It’s a buyer’s market now and that means they have less reason to negotiate. Ask a fair price and avoid being passed over.
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