Something To Consider When Selling Your House
I believe there are two highly important areas that should be addressed by those who are serious about selling their house in this Real Estate market. In fact, doing these two things along with setting the right price can do wonders in helping to produce a buyer for your house.
First, if you have been one of many regular readers of my blogs, then you know that I am a true believer in Home Inspections before listing your house for sale. In this market, having an Inspection by an independent, licensed Home Inspection Company can do several things to aid you in the selling process. Most important to me, is if you have your house inspected and areas of concern develop, you can tend to those corrections, defects, repairs before listing your house. This helps the potential buyer to feel good about their decision to purchase your home. If too many issues arise during the purchaser’s inspection, the buyer is apt to develop a negative feeling about the house.
I’ve discovered that most often repairs and upgrades are minimal. It can be a loose fitting on the faucet in the shower, a stairway that needs to be made safe or perhaps something brought up to code. To have a copy of the inspection available to serious buyers can bring about peace of mind and a higher level of confidence in the seller. You see, for serious buyers, not knowing is not better. They want to know what is real.
Second, purchase a Home Warranty that conveys with the sale of the property. This gives a potential buyer added assurance in the purchase of your house. It says, “If something goes wrong, I want you to be able to get it fixed with minimal effort and expense.”
Doing these two things for a purchaser may just help to sell your house faster giving both you and the buyer much needed peace at the end of the day when the selling and buying process is complete.
For additional reading on selling your house, here is a supplementary article worth reading that you will find helpful. It’s from my website, “The Sweet Smell Of A Successful Sale”.
David L. Burrows, Realtor®
Envirian of Warrenton
110 West Shirley Ave.
Warrenton, VA 20186
Direct: 703.859.5188
Burrows Properties
Your Selling Thought for the Day: Always remember, when you price your home right, have a pre listing Home Inspection with necessary repairs completed and then offer a Home Warranty. You will have then made a huge contribution to the selling of your property for the best price and perhaps in the shortest amount of time.
Interested in Some Great Reading on selling your home? Take a look at these articles on my website: Selling Your Home: Where do you begin?
Seller Guidance: I would encourage you to employ a Realtor®® to help you sell your home. When your agent or another agent is showing your house, go away and let them do your work for you. I also urge you to utilize my FREE SELLERS TOOLKIT before selling your house.
Buyer Guidance: I would encourage you to really check out anything and everything you are told by a well meaning seller. Employ the services of a Buyer's Agent to help you discern what you read and listen to about the area you are thinking of calling home. I would also urge you to get my FREE BUYERS TOOLKIT before heading out on the journey to find your new house.
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