It’s important to understand how pricing affects the time to sell your home. Once you have done your homework on the market, you’ll have an idea what your home is likely to sell for in today’s market. But please be aware that the price you initially ask for your home will have a great effect […]
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[M04/S14] How to Maximize your Home Sale Price
If you want to know how to maximize your home sale price, there is one very important thing to know: when you put your home up for sale, you will receive the most interest in your home when it is fresh on the market. The first several weeks are the most critical time in the […]
[M04/S12] Overpricing Your Home for Sale
In any discussion on real estate pricing, we need to talk about the phenomena of overpricing your home for sale, that is, where a home owner decides to put their home up for sale above market price. Sometimes this is done on accident, other many times it is done intentionally. The logic goes that overpricing […]
[M04/S01] Today’s Real Estate Buyers are Savvy and Empowered
Todays’ real estate buyers are savvy and empowered like never before. While the Internet has greatly increased the visibility of homes on the market, it has also provided greater access to data home buyers may not have had in years gone by. It is now easier than ever for buyers to see which homes up […]
[M04/S15] The Virtue of Underpricing your Home
For some homes – in particular newer tract homes in a particular subdivision – it’s going to be fairly clear what the market price of the home is. If that is clear, then go ahead and list it at that price, and expect that you’ll get full asking price. If the price is clear to […]
[M03/S05] How NOT to Choose a Real Estate Agent
Choosing the wrong real estate agent can be a very costly mistake. There are two main criteria that most people use when picking an agent – and using these criteria alone is exactly how not to choose a real estate agent. In the real estate business, there’s a phenomenon known as buying a listing. A […]