Posts in category 'Selling Your Home'

Setting the Right Price for Your Home

Determining the right price to list your home can be tricky business.  It is both an art and a science.  Use these tips to arrive at a listing price more easily.

The Pricing Dilemma
The trouble with pricing your home above its value isn't just that you might not end up getting that price. After all, you can always lower the price later, right? The real trouble is that the longer your home stays on the market, the more it loses its luster, and the more difficult it will be to sell. 

On the other hand, setting your price too low isn't necessarily a disaster, though it can be. Sometimes, a home priced below its worth will receive multiple offers, driving the price up to market value. But there's no guarantee that it will work out th...

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5 Tips To Make Moving Day Easy

If you're not exactly jumping for joy at the thought of packing up your life and moving to a new home, you're not alone.  Just when you think you've cleaned your last closet and sorted through that final bin, "BAM!" more work suddenly appears.  

To keep your move (and head!) from spinning out of control, follow these five tips to make moving day as easy as can be.

1. Start Planning Early
   Avoid last-minute planning. Allow a minimum of 30 days to create your plan to ensure everything falls into place.
   
   
2. Your Moving Strategy
   Determine how you'll move to your new home. For shorter distances, enlist the help of close friends and family. Renting a truck goes a long way in ensuring that your move is easy and hassle-free. If yo...

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Pricing Your Home Right Is Key To Getting It Sold

When selling your home, you want at minimum, the sales proceeds to pay off your mortgage and cover your closing costs and fees. Ideally you would like to make some extra profit for your upcoming home purchase or whatever else you have in mind.

If you want offers to come in that live up to your expectation you should consider strategically pricing your home below market value. So many times sellers have tunnel vision and can't see past the asking price and will list with the real estate agent that tells them the most they can list their home for when really the better strategy would be to find an agent that markets well and knows how to deal with multiple offer and list your home below market value, NOT above. This i...

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