Home Sellers Shouldn't be SPOOKED with Year END Real Estate Market

With real estate sales in Virginia on the rise, many homeowners fail to have their house properly prepared to list their home on the market. In an effort to compete with other homes on the housing market, it’s best to invest time preparing your home for the end of the sale. By instilling just a few key tips from our expert guide, you can have your home on the market and sold in record time. 

1. Decorate accordingly: Don’t over personalize your home for holiday or halloween decorations. While your home can be festive to bring in that “holiday spirit,” be sure to keep things simple and tasteful. Less is always more. 1.Be realistic about home pricing: The Buyers pool shrinks with the end of the year and holidays approaching. Plus, it's always important to remember, the longer your home sits on the market the less likely someone is going to want to buy at its original asking price. It’s best to “price to sell” to ensure a fast sale on your home! 

2. Keep things bright and new: With shorter days it’s easy for a home to appear dreary, so it’s important when preparing your home to ensure lots of light warm light bulbs in all of your lamps and to have curtains drawn to allow for natural light to shine in. Other things to consider are simple, but effective changes to color, whether it be fresh bedding or even a fresh coat of paint.

3. Declutter: It’s easy to feel “comfortable” in your own home, with busy fall schedule and holiday parties, but it’s important to appeal to potential home buyers. A potential home buyer's biggest interest is always space. Go room-by-room, removing personal knick-knacks and bulky items (like an extra chair or an old desk) to provide a fresh and open look to your home. Don’t forget important places like linen and storage closets as well - remove any excess/old towels and toiletries, and organizing things in a way that displays each storage space adequate and in an attractive way. 

It may be difficult to combat falling leaves and home repairs on chilly days, but with the Fall season comes the benefit of wonderful fall foliage to make your home look picture perfect in addition to the key tips!