massachusetts home sales tips: Virtual Tour Adds Depth and Emotion to a New Listing - 10/21/13 11:07 PM

According to the National Association of Realtors®, active home-buying prospects are turning to the Internet in overwhelming numbers. If you have been a local house-hunter yourself anytime recently, this will not surprise you. Even after you’ve had to wrestle with an ever-expanding number of new computer apps, you know that when your computer (or notebook or smartphone) is working well, it’s unmatched for speed and breadth of access to what you’re trying to find.a
In fact, 62% of those who search for their next home online wind up touring a real-life property after first viewing it online. For homeowners who have listed … (2 comments)

massachusetts home sales tips: Home Staging Starts with Clearing the Stage! - 10/08/13 11:24 AM
Today’s Internet-savvy home seller knows that before potential Massachusetts buyers even make their way to a home’s online listing they may already have been exposed to the property’s pictures posted elsewhere. Since first impressions can be decisive, it’s all the more reason to heed something that advertising professionals have always known: the viewer’s eye is automatically drawn directly to any visible flaws.
That’s why, if you want to entice more buyers by posting the most attractive teaser pics of your  home, you need to think in staging terms. Professional staging is the most foolproof way to create flawless images, of course … (2 comments)

massachusetts home sales tips: How to Make a Room Look Bigger - 10/06/13 01:33 AM
If you are selling your home or just looking to redecorate, one thing you may want to do is make the rooms look bigger. Here are some tips on how to make the rooms in your home appear larger:
Use an oversize mirror to enhance the effect of light. Mirrors reflect both natural and artificial light making a room bigger and brighter.
Glass-topped tables and see-through furniture can create an illusion that enhances the room with a more open flow.
Clear the clutter. There’s nothing that makes a small space feel even more cramped than having too much stuff. Rooms with everything in … (10 comments)

massachusetts home sales tips: Advantages to Selling Your Metrowest Massachusetts Home this Fall - 09/22/13 11:31 PM
Whenever a home lingers on the market, the likeliest two culprits are either a price that’s too high to be competitive, or a home that’s not in top showing condition. If you were unsuccessful in selling your home in Metrowest this summer, it would be particularly disappointing given the strength of the selling season. The NAR reports that in July alone, sales of existing homes jumped 17.2% compared with July 2012. At the same time, some sellers reported the reappearance of multiple offers.
The good news? Selling your home in the fall or winter is not as difficult as most people commonly assume. … (2 comments)

massachusetts home sales tips: Knowledge is Power with an Advance Home Inspection - 09/01/13 10:42 PM
The Sellers advance home inspection process can play a pivotal role to both seller and buyer. Correcting problems at an early stage increases a home's appeal — and its selling price. An advance inspection also sets the stage for a favorable final inspection report for the buyer (and the buyer’s lender), expediting a sale.
Yet according to home inspection experts, approximately half the homes on the resale market today have at least one significant defect! Advance knowledge of imperfections or malfunctioning systems in a property helps buyers commit if the house is a worthwhile buy. And knowing trouble spots in advance … (0 comments)

massachusetts home sales tips: A Facelift for Your Kitchen Cabinets - 09/01/13 02:25 AM
Kitchens sell houses. So having a great looking kitchen is important if you are thinking of putting your home on the market or maybe you just need a fresh new look. Cabinets are one of the biggest expenses in a kitchen remodel but with a little elbow grease and creativity, you can update your kitchen cabinets without going through the hassle of an entire remodel.
Here are some tips on how to make your kitchen look like new with a cabinet facelift.
Give the wood a Good Cleaning
You will be surprised what a good scrubbing can do. Heat, water, grease … (0 comments)

massachusetts home sales tips: Attracting Multiple Offers for Your Massachusetts Home - 08/28/13 02:05 AM
Unless you’ve been vacationing on the beach in St Maarten all summer (in which case I’m jealous!) it’s likely that you’ve heard the news: right now in many parts of Massachusetts, we seem to be in what one can fairly consider a “seller’s market.” And if you’ve been thinking about selling, this perception could have caused dollar signs to start dancing through your head.
Priced and marketed correctly, if you are in fact considering listing your home, you actually could be in for some pleasant surprises. Multiple offers are making a comeback in many areas, and working with a skilled Metrowest real estate agent … (0 comments)

massachusetts home sales tips: Surprising Study Gives Clues to Help Sell Your Home - 08/18/13 10:47 PM
There has long been a debate about how important landscaping is to a home’s salability. To sell your home at maximum value, some agents say, beautiful landscaping is a necessity. Others think that the curb appeal it adds may help get potential buyers through the door, but that’s about all.
Into this debate has come Horticulturist Alex Niemiera with a Virginia Tech study finding that a well-landscaped home had a significant price advantage over a home with no landscaping, He measured the advantage as ranging from 5.5% - 12.7%. Conversely, poor landscaping made property values drop by a full 10%.
I … (0 comments)

massachusetts home sales tips: Setting an Asking Price for Your Home - 08/03/13 10:08 PM
Setting a price for your home can be one of the most important decisions you make when placing your home on the market. The asking price can often make or break the sale. The asking price is part of the marketing of the home.
Here are some tips on how to set the right asking price in a strategy to sell.
1. It's not personal. Let go of your personal feelings for your home. Potential buyers don't care how much you paid for the home, how much time you spent planting a garden or how much money you've invested in in … (6 comments)

massachusetts home sales tips: The Home Selling Process Always Shares Basic Precepts - 07/31/13 02:42 AM

   Home selling is not so different in any community: the nearly universal underpinnings haven’t changed through the years. So when a homeowner watches a “Just Sold!” sign go up on a neighborhood home he or she just knows isn’t nearly as good a buy as his or her own property, “why them/why not me?” is the normal response.   The answer can be quite simple. If you want your own Metrowest home selling campaign to proceed as smoothly as possible, veteran sellers offer some reliable advice:             <!--[if !supportLists]-->·               <!--[endif]-->Remove yourself from the equation. … (0 comments)

massachusetts home sales tips: Two Traps to Avoid When your Home is for Sale - 07/21/13 10:51 PM
If you’ve listed your Massachusetts home for sale this summer, no matter what your future plans may be, they won’t get under way until Job One is accomplished: turning your front yard ‘Home For Sale’ sign into one that reads ‘Sold!’ That’s why the last thing you need is to inadvertently hinder the sale yourself. There are a few traps that sellers can easily avoid, so if you plan to list your home for sale this summer, it’s important to be aware of two of the most common ones:
Hanging Around Real estate is at least partially an emotional affair. When the seller is right … (1 comments)

 
John Savignano, Realtor - Hopkinton and Metrowest MA Real Estate (RE/MAX Executive)

John Savignano

Realtor - Hopkinton and Metrowest MA Real Estate

Hopkinton, MA

More about me…

RE/MAX Executive

Address: Remax Executive Realty, 22 South St. Suite 203, Hopkinton, MA, 01748

Office: (508) 625-0059

Fax: (508) 306-9690

lively discussion of market conditions and local Boston & Metrowest real estate topics of the day.>


Listings

Links

Archives

RSS 2.0 Feed for this blog