Don't overprice your house. Your house is not worth what it was this time last year. A couple of years ago, especially in the Phoenix area, homes remained on the market for less than one month and sold at exorbitant prices. One house could sell for $200,000 in a neighborhood while another right around the corner sold for $240,000. Times have changed.
Round up your sales price. Determine your sales price so it stands out in Internet searches. Search engines create categories usually every $25,000 or $50,000. Offering your property for $250,000 instead of $251,000 will generate an additional 7.1 percent number of visitors.
Start on Friday. The day when you will first show your house is important. A study conducted by , an online real estate brokerage firm, has concluded that starting to show a house for sale on a Friday results in a 7.7 percent increase in the number of visitors. The same study has shown the worst day to start showing a house is on Thursday.
Use the Internet. Post an ad on Craigslist. You will increase your visitors by 6 percent.
Be there when potential buyers visit your house. Empty homes have shown a tendency to have to lower their initial sales price.
Wait before listing your home until your are sure the foreclosed homes in your area have been off the market. A foreclosed property reduces the value of a neighborhood, lowering the value of a home about to be listed by an average of $5,000. A foreclosed property affects the price of the other properties in the neighborhood, but with the greater number of foreclosed homes, it has become a challenge to find areas where no homes are being sold at auction.
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Great advice. It can be a very hard pill to swallow, but pricing your home right from the beginning is by far the best approach.