For Home Sellers
The first 30 days your house is on the market is when you will get the most traffic. It is very important at this time to have the right price and right appearance.
You expect your Realtor to give 100% when marketing your home, but are you giving 100% on appearance? Your Realtor may not be the reason your home isn't selling!
Everyone looking at your home is looking for that price range, in that area, with the features your home has to offer. They have already mapped the home, looked at the pictures on the internet, and very possibly driven by before their Realtor ever takes them in person. So, if your home meets all of these qualifications so far, why after dozens of people have looked at it, no one has made an offer?
We take selling your home very seriously. I don't want my FOR SALE sign in your yard any longer than you do! The quicker the better for all invloved I always say. Statistics show 86% of potential home buyers are shopping on line for their next home. Texas Real Estate Sales maintains an aggressive internet campaign to make sure anyone looking for a home WILL come across yours!! But we ( you & I ) need to be ready!
We offer HOME STAGING ASSISTANCE!
Home staging is about illusions. It's how David Copperfield would sell a house. It's beyond decorating and cleaning. It's about perfecting the art of creating moods and appealing to the senses. Staging makes your house look bigger, brighter, cleaner, warmer, more loving and, best of all, it makes home buyers WANT to buy it.
Contrary to what you might think, it's about more than preparing the house for sale. Staging is what you do after you've cleaned, decluttered, painted, made minor repairs; it's all about dressing the house for sale.
If your home is vacant, it feels more than empty, it feels lifeless. Without staging, it will probably remain on the market for many months. A kitchen is the "heart of the home" Simple techniques can bring warmth & comfort to a space.
•Apply orange oil to cabinets that appear dry, which will renew their original luster
•Put out large bowls of fruit such as polished apples, bright oranges, luscious grapes
•Arrange colorful and fun cookbooks on the counters & Plug-in air fresheners. Especially near the front door.
Other Helpful Items to use are:
•Mirrors
•Plants
•Silk Flowers
•Floor & Table Lamps,
•Area and Throw Rugs
•Small Love Seats
•Ottomans
•Afghans
•Pillows
•Inflatable Queen-Size Beds are easy to move around. (Made up of course)
Remember Less is More!!
In a buyers market, with many vacant homes to choose from what makes your property stand out from the rest?
Buyers will be making the biggest purchase of their life. And they're not buying until they fall in love with a house. It's an emotional purchase!
Let our Agents help you with this!
Remember the outside of your home as well. Curb appeal is key and could make a difference whether people stop and take a flyer, or drive right by. Here are a few tips to increase the curb appeal of your home.
Recent Home Sales in order to determine the right market price
What are homes selling for on your street? Use HomeRadar.com to find out for yourself what neighborhood homes are selling for, free of charge. Texas Real Estate Sales is Happy to do this for you as well. It's the first step in listing a home on the market.
Seller's Closing Costs to Expect:
- Title Insurance Policy depends on the sales price of the home. This is negotiable. Fees are regulated.
- Broker's Commission is a full-service fee and will cost anywhere between 5% to 7%.
- Local property prorated taxes.. Credit to the buyer of unpaid real estate taxes for the prior or current year are variable and depend on when you close and when your taxes are due.
- Survey if required. This is negotiable.
- Home Warranty. Negotiable
- Title Company Misc. fees for Document Preporation. Usually under $300.00
