It looks like 2013 will be a great year to sell your Northern Virginia home. Prices are rising yet mortgage rates remain low, and thanks to the recent legislation to ward off the fiscal cliff, tax incentives for homeownership are still intact. Here are a few tips to not only help you sell your home but sell it quickly, too.
First of all, list your home as early in the year as possible. This gives you plenty of time to welcome prospective buyers, and it gives buyers plenty of time to get their financing in order before school is out for the summer. That way, everyone gets settled into their new home before it’s time to go back to school.
Consider offering a home warranty, especially if your home is an older one. Be specific – offer to replace an item such as the roof or the air conditioning system if it should fail within a finite time after the purchase of your home. Having this guarantee against possible future expenses may just tip the scales in your favor.
Another attractive offer is to provide home maintenance services for the buyer for a certain amount of time after the sale. Removing the worry about home maintenance such as cleaning services, pool maintenance, or snow removal, can make your home a more attractive option for buyers.
When prospective buyers are viewing your home, they want to be able to imagine themselves in it. To help them do just that, make yourself scarce. Get your home ready to be seen by minimizing your personal stamp with good staging, and then go away. Give buyers space to browse and mentally turn your home into their own.
Probably the most important tip for selling your home quickly is to retain the services of a realtor with a good track record. A good real estate professional will not only know your neighborhood well, he or she will also have connections to entire networks of prospective buyers.
A new year is a natural time to make new plans, and all of us here at The Sullivan Group are ready to help you find a new home that fits perfectly into those plans. Call our office today at 703-222-3300, or contact me directly by email or by phone at 703-268-6380.
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