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Home Selling Procedure

Selling your home isn’t as easy as planting a “For Sale” sign on your front lawn and waiting for the offers to come in. Luckily, technology has made it a lot easier to connect people, which in turn has opened up more opportunities for making a sale.

To ensure your home’s sale goes smoothly and to increase your chances of coming out on top of any deal you’re offered for your home, we offer this simple step-by-step guide. This should help make the process as stress-free as possible.

  1. Choose a Dependable Listing Agent
    The first critical step is to have a reputable listing agent to help determine your home’s value, assess what repairs need to be made, help prepare it for viewings, and market your home online. This may be on social media or on real estate sites, but the essential goal is to get your property out there.

    Make sure to choose someone with a lot of experience and a sterling reputation. Take the time to interview potential agents and never be shy about asking any questions that will help allay your doubts or fears. Make sure to clarify the particulars of the listing agreement.

  2. Determine Your Home’s Worth
    It’s easy for sellers to overvalue their home and attach a price tag that’s influenced by how they feel about the property. This can mean setting an unrealistic price that could drive you out of the market from the get-go.

    It helps to look at the value of comparable homes in your area to get a rough idea of where prices stand. You can also engage an agent’s resources to help research property values and other variables that affect price. Try to stay within the market average for a better chance at selling.

  3. Make Your Home Presentable
    An inevitable part of the home selling process is showing it off to interested buyers. That’s why it’s critical that you prepare your home for the sale by ensuring it’s in the best shape possible. An experienced agent can help you with staging your home to appeal to potential buyers—this, of course, includes getting any necessary repair work done.

    Beyond this, you should also make sure that your agent takes the best possible photographs of your home for proper posting and to ensure that its unique selling points are highlighted. That done, also be ready for open houses where your agent is likely to bring in a lot of potential buyers to increase the chances of a sale.

  4. Negotiate Smartly
    In Silicon Valley, homes have a sale-to-list-price ratio of over 100%. This is beneficial for you as that means your home could likely sell for higher than the list price. You should still be careful when it comes to negotiating the terms of your sale. This includes agreeing on who will shoulder any relevant taxes and even repair costs.

Ultimately, one of the keys to success in selling your home is to hire a great agent to do the hard work for you. Get in touch with us now at 650.489.6251 or message us via davidandsunny(at)compass(dotted)com and we’ll be more than happy to discuss the ways we can help you sell your home.

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