Frequently Asked Questions
Why use a Realtor® when selling a home?
When should I sell?
How can I improve my homes value?
How do you determine what my home is worth?
What is an acceptable offer?
How will you market my home?
How do you negotiate?
Selling a home requires a lot of marketing savvy and experience pricing and selling homes. An experienced, full-service broker can offer you skill sets that can make the difference between a successful sale and one that fails - or never materializes.
Choose a broker that understands your concerns and is dedicated to marketing your home both through advertising and networking with selling brokers. When interviewing brokers, ask how long they have been in the business, what kind of properties they specialize in, make sure they have a strong marketing plan, and a great reputation in the business. Listen carefully to their presentations and then select the broker you feel will best represent you.
When should I sell?
Generally speaking, markets tend to have some balance between Buyers and Sellers year-round. In a given community, for example, there may be fewer Buyers in late December, but there are also likely to be fewer homes available for purchase. So, home prices tend to rise or fall because of general demand patterns rather than the time of the year.
Many people start the new year off anxious to make a change, and in general, people who wish to sell listing properties for sale in the early spring and as the season warms up, there is generally an increase in both the number of Buyers and the number of properties for sale. The marketplace tends to be more active in the summer because parents want to enroll children in classes at the beginning of the school year, so summer is typically when the most homes are likely to be available. This is not to say, however, that the odds of selling a home are lower in the winter. With fewer house available, and fewer Buyers, those who must buy are still going to buy.
Owners are encouraged to sell when the property is ready for sale, when there is a need or desire to sell. There is no "right time."