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 Strategies for Selling your Homes for Sale in St. Augustine

By
Real Estate Agent with Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Florida Network Realty

Strategies can be a big help to get the ball moving when selling your homes for sale in St. Augustine. Although there are many aspects of the real estate market you can’t control, such as competitors housing prices and how the market can fluctuate up and down, there are some you can control. You can, for example, control the price of you own home. Combining strategies, having realistic goals for your home sale and enticing buyers to look at your home will all aid in the selling of your home. Here are a few strategies you can use when selling your home.

The first strategy is for buyers to have a peace of mind when viewing your homes for sale in St. Augustine. Get a pre-sale home inspection on your home to reassure prospective home buyers that your home is in good condition. By grouping the pre-sale home inspection with a warranty, buyers will know that certain repairs are going to be taken care of by insurance. It also helps to have a copy of your home inspection and warranty for your prospective home buyers to check out while walking through your home.

The second strategy is to allow a decorating allowance for your buyers. If they love everything about your house except carpeting and wall colors, set aside some money from the price of your home to offer to buyers. It doesn’t have to be much and if it is the difference in selling your homes for sale in St. Augustine or not, it may be worth it. By doing this it will show the buyer that you care about their needs, not only yours.

The third strategy for selling your home has to do with closing costs. When you have found a buyer that is seriously interested in your homes for sale in St. Augustine but are short on the cash needed to close the deal, you can offer to pay for nonrecurring closing costs. These closing costs can be anything from the first year of property taxes to prepaid interest charges. While you are helping seal the deal on the closing of your home, you can also use the closing costs as a tax deduction.

If you think while putting your house on the market you will not need any of these strategies, they will come in handy if you are having trouble selling your home down the road. Always consult your real estate agent for the best way to handle your home selling, since they are the professionals. Keep in mind that the longer your house is on the market, your chances of getting a full-price offer drastically decreases. By keeping your homes for sale in St. Augustine fairly priced and in good condition, you are sure to get your house off the market quickly.