Spring is generally viewed as the best time to sell a home in Southeastern Massachusetts. The drab, dreary, and gray days of winter are behind us. The days are getting longer, the grass is greener, leaves are budding on trees, and flowers are blooming. Many home buyers have awakened from their winter slumber, are looking to make a move. And those with children want to move before school starts in the fall. But the autumn season is also a great time of year. The long, hot, lazy, hazy, crazy, and humid days … (18 comments)
Way, way back in the early 2000s when people still lived in caves, all a real estate agent had to do to sell your home was ride up to your house, get off of his or her high horse, pound a ‘for sale’ sign into your front lawn, and take in 3-5 offers before he or she got back onto his or her high horse and trotted off, smiling all the way to the bank.
Okay, it wasn’t that easy. But it’s not as easy selling a house today as it was … (5 comments)
tips for home sellers: Will You Get a Higher Offer If You Overprice Your Home?
- 09/08/13 11:23 PM
Will You Get a Higher Offer If You Overprice Your Home? There are three schools of thought when strategizing on the initial asking price of a home: 1) overprice it thinking that a higher asking price will draw in higher initial offers from potential buyers; or 2) underprice it in order to start a bidding war and drive up the final sales price; or 3) price it correctly for the market.
According to a recent study by Prof. Grace Bucchianeri of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and co-author Julia Minson, who was a lecturer at UPenn … (0 comments)
tips for home sellers: Mmmmmmmm... What Is That Delicious Aroma?
- 09/03/13 12:05 AM
Mmmmmmmm... What Is That Delicious Aroma? How many times have you heard that you need to bake some bread or chocolate chip cookies when you’re having an open house? Or to have potpourri simmering in the kitchen when prospective homebuyers drop by to tour your home? And that having something yummy baking or simmering in the kitchen invites buyers to take a keen interest in your home? Oh, they’re taking a keen interest alright. But not in your home. It turns out that the aromas of potpourri, gourmet foods, chocolate chip cookies and other baked goods could actually hinder the sale … (73 comments)
tips for home sellers: Your Home’s Value Is Going Up in Smoke
- 08/31/13 07:17 AM
Your Home’s Value Is Going Up in Smoke If you’re a cigarette smoker and you smoke in your home, then you’re causing your home’s resale value to go up in smoke. A recent study commissioned by Pfizer Canada, a pharmaceutical manufacturer, has found that smoking in your home can reduce its resale value by as much as 20 percent or more. Third-hand cigarette smoke is that smoke that lingers long after the second-hand smoke has cleared out. It can settle on carpets, drapes, dust, furniture, countertops, and every other area of a room. The tar and nicotine from cigarette smoke … (30 comments)
Using Vibrant Colors to Help Sell Your Home
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