Posts with tag 'For Sellers'

First impressions can make or break your chances of selling your home this fall.  Fall is an excellent time to give the outside of your home a makeover.  Our Minnesota REALTORS® have years of experience helping homeowners just like you prepare their homes for the local real estate market.  Here are six secrets from our local real estate pros to prepare your property for the selling season ahead:

1. Plant Fall Flowers
   Fall flowers are the perfect way to bring beauty to your lawn while adding color to your yard.  Trade those hydrangeas, marigolds, and petunias for a more suitable cool weather option like mums, asters, or even red spider lily. For an additional splash of color, consider planting flowers in hanging baskets to display on your porch and bring in more of that fall-weather feel.

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You may consider your Twin Cities home to be priceless, but in reality, a number of specific factors affect market value. While some are out of your control, there are proactive ways to make your home more attractive to buyers. Our real estate agents review five significant elements impacting your home's potential selling price.

1. Neighborhood
   "Location, location, location" is the classic real estate mantra. Sometimes the location is relative, such as the distance of your work commute, but as it applies to home prices, the term "location" is more universal. Proximity to quality schools, plentiful job opportunities, and entertainment and cultural amenities provides a major boost to a home's value. "Comps," the selling price of recently sold homes in your neighborhood, provide a ballpark figure as to what you might expect to get for your home.
   
   

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Clear the Clutter on National Garage Sale Day

Break out the bargain bins and tidy up the knickknack tables — National Garage Sale Day is August 10th! Our real estate agents encourage you to invite your thrifty friends and family members to celebrate National Garage Sale Day in the Twin Cities. This is also the perfect time for you to host a sale before your big move.

Moving from house to house can feel like a hassle, especially when you stop and wonder if certain items need to follow you to your new home. Instead of spending the time, money, and energy boxing up these things and letting them clutter up your new space,...

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According to John Lennon, "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." In a perfect world, the sale of your current home would coincide with the timetable for your move, but circumstances don't always cooperate. Our real estate agents share their top six tips for selling a vacant home after you've already relocated.

1. Notify the Neighbors
   Explain to your neighbors that you'll be moving, but your vacant home will still be up for sale. Most people will be happy to keep an eye out for suspicious activity and contact the authorities if they notice anything amiss. If your community has a formal neighborhood watch organization, share the information with group leaders as well.
   
   

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When you're selling your home, making sure it's priced correctly is a must to ensure it doesn't languish on the market. An experienced real estate agent can help you price it right and do the work required to make sure your home is as attractive to buyers as possible. These tips for pricing your house can help you understand why accurately determining what your home is worth is so important.

1. Don't Go Too High or Too Low
   While it may seem appealing to overprice your home so you'll make more money, this can actually prevent your house from selling. Buyers are wary of homes that have been on the market for a long time, and the freshness of your home's appeal will wane after the first month or so. Pricing it too low obviously will keep you from making more money and some buyers may think there's something wrong with the home. Sometimes pricing it low can be a good thing—homes that are listed below market value often receive multiple offers, which leave room for a lot of negotiation.
   
   Pricing is all about supply and demand, so talk to your real estate agent and get their feedback on the condition of the current market in your area.

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