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Are You Really Ready to Sell Your House? (Delaware Valley Real Estate)

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Real Estate Agent with BHHS Fox & Roach | www.DelawareValleyRE.com

Are You Really Ready to Sell Your House?

Getting ready to sell your house? There are many reasons for selling a house. Perhaps your family is expanding and you need more space. Or, perhaps you're moving from the city to the suburbs (or vice versa). Whatever your reasons are for selling, here are some questions you should ask yourself before your decide to put your house on the market:

  • Am I motivated to sell?
  • Do I understand the current real estate market?
  • Am I realistic about pricing?
  • Am I prepared to clean, declutter and stage my house?
  • Is my house in shape for a thorough home inspection?
  • Am I prepared to make my house accessible, i.e., make it easy for agents to show my home to potential buyers?

If you’re ready to sell your house now, getting it sold will come down to how well your property competes with other homes on the market. Is Your House Ready to Compete in Today's Marketplace?

 Thinking of Selling Your Home? Get It Sold!

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The Chairman’s Report: A Message from Larry Flick, Chairman and CEO of Prudential Fox & Roach, REALTORS® and the Trident Group. The Winter 2011 edition of The Chairman’s Report answers the question “What about the seller?” in a buyer’s market.

 

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Art Hademan
Century 21 Real Estate Center - Mount Vernon, WA

I don't think we can cover this enough.

If you don't pay attention to your client then you deserve what you get!

Mar 06, 2011 09:33 AM
Jill Banks,
Happily Better After Room Redesign & Home Staging - Mt Laurel, NJ
South Jersey Home Stager

Great advice, Letitia. Despite evidence to the contrary, many sellers are unrealistic about the real estate market and don't adequately prepare their homes before putting them up for sale. With so many homes on the market, sellers can't afford to ignore the advice of the experts, but amazingly, they often do.

Being a stager in the Philadelphia metro market, I really appreciated the shout-out for staging in the Chairman's report, and the "Independent View" that featured a Philly-based expert.

Mar 07, 2011 02:20 AM
Scott Freedle
Metro Brokers Freedle and Associates - Centennial, CO

Great questions to ask sellers thinking of selling their homes!

Apr 07, 2011 06:37 AM
Monica Carosi
New York, NY

Letitia, you are absolutely right, but I don't think sellers honestly answer those questions. They think that if the house is not ready to be on the market, to negotiate the asking price could be a solution.

I think that being aware of what "sell an house" means it's soemthing we all have to work hard to have it understood by home sellers.

Apr 21, 2011 02:03 AM
EC, JF, Double R and Zoey the Cool Cat
Russel Ray Photos - San Diego, CA
I was sure that sometime during the past six months I would lose my house but I just barely made it by and am now employed again.
Apr 29, 2011 01:16 PM
Mary Kim
Cary NC Re/Max United - Cary, NC

Letitia, Your approach to sellers is short and sweet but the questions are powerful!  These questions will tell you from the get go is this listing worth my time or should I walk away. 

Jun 01, 2011 03:29 AM
Letitia Stevenson
BHHS Fox & Roach | www.DelawareValleyRE.com - Greenville, DE
Listing Agent DE/PA/MD, Digital Marketer & Coach

Great Comments! Thank you all for sharing your thoughts!

Jul 04, 2011 10:28 AM
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