Home Staging..Crucial To Sell Your Home Today

If you are considering selling your house now as the spring market comes upon us there are some things you can do to help get an offer. In today's market it is not uncommon to see homes on the market for six months or longer. Not to long ago you would have to make a snap decision for fear of losing that home to someone else. Well the market conditions have changed dramatically. So what can you do to help ensure your home sells?

Stage your home properly. That probably can be the number one reason to help a home sell. With homes on the market for an average of 145 days in the Charlotte market you need something to give you an edge. To many times you are going to be competing against your neighbor for that sale.

One thing I tell ALL of my sellers. Let's go preview the other comparable homes on the market that you will be competing against. This will give you an idea of what that buyer is looking at. A lot of people think there home is ready for sale when it really may not be. It is easy for us to say you need to do this or that. However; it is much better to show them.

I recently did this for a listing I had. After previewing four other homes in the subdivision that were comparable to theirs; they agreed on what they needed to do to help make their home more marketable. I delayed putting the listing on the market to give them ample time to get the home ready. When they were done I brought my professional home stager in with me to preview the home and agreed it was time.

The home was on the market a total of 3 days and we had a showing. The agent told me they were about to make an offer on one of the other homes in the neighborhood but when she went to pull comparables up saw this was on the market.The buyers wanted to see this first.

Three hours later we had an offer.....My sellers not only got the money they wanted for the home but are closing more quickly than they anticipated. Both the sellers and the buyers are very happy with the deal.

Now, will this happen every time. Probably not. But in a market that right now swings in the buyers favor with all the available homes out there; why would you not try to give yourself every advantage?

Dave diCecco
Realtor/Agent
www.davedicecco.com