Showing posts with label Tips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tips. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

The Difference a Photo Makes


Photography has everything to do with how a buyer perceives a house on the market. Listings with the highest quality images attract the most interest--what looks the best is the easiest sell. This is an important tip for sellers and something they should take as priority. Photos are the first impression buyers get of your home. Investing in the most experienced, professional photographer available will make a huge difference in how quickly your house sells and how much it sells for.

Buyers should remember that great pictures might speak a thousand words, but they aren't necessarily the most important ones. Often a great house lurks behind a poor photograph, or a house that looks amazing in twelve different thumbprint images is really far tinier in life than it appeared online or in a newspaper. Find an agent that's willing to keep an open mind about homes that don't dazzle in pictures. While photographs can be a helpful guide, they shouldn't be your sole factor when choosing what houses to focus on. 

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Selling When You Have To

What do you do when you have to sell your house, but you can't wait until the market turns around? The Wall Street Journal published a helpful article that addresses this increasingly common problem.

How to Sell a House, When You Have to Sell It Now


They lay out 7 really good tips anyone hoping to sell in this market should follow--

1. Don't Wait Around
2. Fix it Up and Clean it Up
3. Price it Cheaply
4. Hire a Top Real Estate Agent
5. Promote, Promote, Promote!
6. Play the Banker
7. Take the Offer

The truth is, in many areas the housing market hasn't even reached bottom--so potential sellers praying for a quick turnaround in the next year or so need to start brainstorming ways to maximize profits in the current conditions. Often this is difficult--it's a big adjustment to accept that your house's value has dropped, and separating emotional attachment from the price tag is also a struggle. Following the above tips will help ease the process and make it easier to get that house sold.