10 Best Kept Secrets for Selling Your Home
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Putting your Waukesha WI home up for sale is not easy. In today’s highly competitive market, your home must stand out to be noticed by the buyers. This means your home must be more enticing, more attractive, with better price points, etc, etc – all of which takes significant time and effort to achieve.
You’ve probably heard of homes that sell within the first two weeks of its listing. If you’re wondering how they did it, here are the 10 best kept secrets to sell your home.
- Selling agent. Your selling agent is your best tool in selling the home. Hire the wrong agent and your home will stay on the market for months. Find the right agent and you’ll have someone who is committed to selling your home for the right price.
A great tip for knowing who to hire : Find a local agent, one who is well-experienced and tech-savvy. Look for a Realtor® who has been in the business for at least five years, and one that works in the Waukesha market, like me Kristin Johnston.
And hire one who embraces technology, someone with a solid online presence. A tech-savvy agent has many tools to get your home sold quickly.
- Upgrade your curb appeal. In real estate, you don’t get a second impression. The first impression is the only impression, so make the most of it. Your home curb appeal will get buyers through the front door, so make sure it’s appealing and enticing enough for them to want to see what’s inside.
Painting the front door, trim and shutters make your home look brighter. Ensuring that the landscape is neat and clean makes a home look properly cared for and well-maintained. Installing flower boxes give the home a more welcoming feel.
- Clean, clean, clean. Cleaning makes a space look more desirable. A clean home shows proper maintenance and prospective buyers appreciate that.
If you cannot clean the house yourself, hire a cleaning company. They will do an excellent job of making your home spotless.
- Remove excess furniture and clutter. Light, bright, airy, spacious – these are the common requirements of buyers, and if your home in Waukesha is stuffed with belongings, buyers won’t even be interested to look at what you have to offer. When you want to sell your home fast for top dollar, declutter!
Decluttering means clearing out a space of any unessential items. Make your home look larger by removing belongings that are not necessary like the entire cabinet of DVDs, and that corner table filled with old magazines. Retain just minimal furniture so that buyers can visualize the possible use of that area.
- Remove any personal touches. When you’re showing your home to sell, you want the buyers to imagine themselves living in the house. This can be hard to do when you still have a lot of family photos and keepsakes in the house. Remove any personal touches and put it in storage.
- Paint your home with a neutral tone. Once you’ve decided to list your home, think of it as a product you have to sell. Modern buyers prefer neutral tones because its light and classic, and easier to paint over when the buyers want a different color for their walls.
- Quick fixes. It can so tempting to spend a lot on upgrades, but when you are thinking of returns, it is practical to spend money on minor fixes like replacing door handles, cabinet hardware, and repairing leaky faucets.
- Let the light in. Buyers love well-lit and bright spaces, and one way to achieve that is to open the windows and let the sunshine in. Also, check your lighting fixtures. If they are already starting to become dim, it is time to replace and update.
- Neutralize the smell. When you are preparing to sell your house, you need to eliminate all sources of bad odor. This includes pets, dusty air vents, cooked food, shoes, smoke, and mold. Buyers prefer homes with a clean smell, not a masked smell.
- Stage it. When you want to show your home in the best light, stage it. According to RESA (Real Estate Staging Association), professionally staged homes sell faster and for a higher price. Find a professional home stager or ask for a recommendation from your Realtor®.
Now that you know the secrets to a successful home selling journey, it is time to put everything into action.
For more home selling tips, visit http://www.KristinJohnston.com/.
Call me, Kristin Johnston at 414-254-6647. I can help make your home selling journey a success.
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