As sellers have heard for years, it's the location of your property that counts most.  Well, if your home is located next to a garbage dump with garbage trucks coming and going past your driveway all day long-I'd say location is going to be a pretty big deal...in this case getting that home sold brings the other most important factor in selling a home  into play-Pricing your home correctly from the start!

   Many homeowners see no problem at all starting high and they will accept offers. The big problem with this philosophy as well as the "I'm not in a hurry to sell" theory on pricing is a very important one.  Smart buyers are working with agents and those agents are making good use of their local MLS.  They will know their buyers price range, their requirements in a home (3-4 bedrooms etc.) and their search will include those homes. If there are plenty of homes in their categories, your home will never even be seen.  You will lose valuable time on the market.  In the current market, most buyers will be "making an offer" on the homes that are actually in their price range, anyway.  So you have effectively priced yourself, as they say-right OUT of the market.  Then, as time goes by and you reduce your price--you have what we in the Real Estate business call a Stale Listing.  Pricing your home accurately from the start is absolutely crucial; especially in the competitive markets of today.  Impeccible, unique properly priced homes will usually sell within the first 30 days and at asking price in this area. Wouldn't you like to make sure THAT is where your home fits in?

Stay tuned for Part III in the series Selling Your Home?  Things you really MUST Consider!

Faith LaRosse
Coldwell Banker Diamond Realtors
350 W. Main Street, Collegeville, PA 19426
cell: 610 996-3195
office: 610 489-7700 ext: 3607
www.FaithLaRosse.com SoldbyFaith@aol.com