Listing your home can be one of the biggest decision someone makes. When getting your home ready for sale you can face some challenging choices. Here a couple of things to avoid when getting ready to put your property on the market. If you can follow these easy steps it will help you as a seller become more market ready.
Don’t Delay. When putting on your home on the market timing is everything. Every day you delay is another day you could be missing out on the person looking for your home
Don’t Personalize. It is important to make your home your own while you are occupying the property but when it comes time to sell neutrality is the best option.
Don’t Self-list. Using a Real Estate Agent can make all the difference when selling your home. Their knowledge and experience can be one of the biggest contributing factor in getting your home sold.
By following these simple steps you will have no problem getting your home sold!
3 Things to Do
1. Take Great Pictures. Nesbitt Realty always uses professional photographers for sales listings.
2. Clean and clean again. After you get done cleaning your home, call in a professional to "detail" the home.
3. Educate yourself. Rely on a trusted Realtor to inform you about current market conditions, not just locally but hyperlocally in your neigbhorhood.
When it's time to sell your house, townhouse or condo here are a few simple tips for realtors and home sellers alike.
Turn on your heart light.
Turn on the excitement by turning on all your lights - both inside and outside. Whether you are showing your home in the evening or in the day, lights add color and warmth. Prospective owners feel welcome in spaces that are bright and airy.
Don't crowd your buyers.
Potential buyers often feel like intruders when they enter your home. Rather than giving your house the attention it deserves, prospects are likely to hurry through. When the homeowners are present people often feel uncomfortable looking in closets and laundry rooms an other private areas. Additionally, rooms filled with people give the impression that the space is small.
I love pets ... but not your pet.
Dogs and cats are great companions, but not when you're showing your home. Pets have a talent for getting underfoot. Some prospects are allergic to some animals. Sadly, many people love their pets, but they don't like your pet. It's in your best interest to keep the animals outside or out of the way of potential buyers.
Don't create distractions
Rock-and-roll will never die. But it might kill a real estate transaction. Most of us love music, but not all of us love your music. When it's time to show your home, it's time to turn down the music. Turn off your TV because the last thing you want is for one of your buyers to watch the game while his wife falls in love with your house.
Give a wide berth.
A smiling seller is a welcome site, but a pesky seller will chase a home buyer away. It's important to be friendly but avoid being conversational. Anything you say could be construed to imply a warranty or could cost you thousands in negotiations.
Put things in perspective.
Some buyers will point out shortcomings or flaws in the property. It's best not to respond orally to these challenges. Utterances like these are seldom personal in this context. So, never take offense. Understand that these statements might be an indication of the buyer's ignorance, but sometimes the buyer attempting to frame negotiations with these statements. To engage the comment is to agree with the premise of the utterance.
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Do you have a home lingering on the market? MSN Real Estate recently polled real estate professionals to find some of the most common reasons why some properties won’t sell, besides trying to overcome a poor location.
Here are four common reasons listings don’t sell in a timely manner, according to the MSN survey:
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Unreasonable price: “It’s always price for condition or price for location,” says Kathy Opperman, a broker-owner with Century 21 Alliance in Philadelphia. “That’s one of the main reasons [homes] sit.” Some sellers are just unrealistic about what their house can truly fetch, or they may be underwater and just unable to lower their price tag. “In my market, the only reason a property would stay on the market for longer than three months would be that the price is too high,” Ron Redfern, a real estate professional from Greeley, Colo., told MSN Real Estate. “Price will overcome any objection.”
Bad decor: Loud patterns, bold colors, and dated decor styles can distract home buyers. For example, agents say that mirrored walls, cheap wood paneling, and 1970s kitchens can be turn-offs. To try to appeal to the widest buying pool, agents advise clients to stay neutral with their design, give buyers a “minimalist canvas” for them to project their own tastes on.
Awkward floor plan or missing necessities: Strange or dated floorplans may also make a home linger, such as older homes where you have to walk through a bedroom to get to a second bedroom, MSN Real Estate notes. One home in Catskill, N.Y., has lingered on the market for more than four years because it’s missing a driveway.
Awful photos: If your listing has yet to sell, you may want to revisit the photos you're using to present it on the MLS. For example, one Chicago listing showed dirty clothes and clutter in the photo, which may prompt buyers to question the hygiene of the rest of the home, as well as assume it has a lack of storage. Be choosy about the photos you upload to the MLS, and remember that less can be more, Opperman says. Have photos showcase the best rooms and features of the home. "If a buyer isn't excited about a home after seeing it online, they won't want to see it in person," Opperman says.
A new Realtor.com® survey of more than 1,000 home shoppers revealed that privacy is no longer at the top of everyone's list. More than 20 percent of home shoppers aged 55 and older cite having their own space as the driving factor of purchasing a home, followed by physical comfort and the stability of owning a home. Conversely, only 12 percent of buyers under the age of 55 cited privacy as their chief priority. 17 percent of millennial buyers placed family needs as their top priority when looking for a home, followed by stability (14 percent) and personal expression (13 percent).
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Friday is the best day of the week to sell a home. Homes listed on Friday sell for 99.1 percent of their original asking price, a higher percentage than homes listed on any other day of the week, according to a study by real estate broker Redfin, which analyzed more than 500,000 home listings and sales records.
The best month to sell? April, according to the analysis. Homes sold in April tended to sell closer to their asking price. In April, homes were found to sell for a 99.2 percent sale price-to-list ratio, compared to a 97.3 percent ratio of homes listed in December.
Springtime is still a good time to sell for a higher price and also in the fastest time too, according to the study. Homes tended to sell within 90 days of being listed during March through June, according to the study.
Redfin also found that pricing the home competitively from its debut is critical because that’s when it’ll receive the most traffic. During the first week a listing debuts on the market, it receives nearly four times more visits on real estate Web sites than it will a month later.
Source: Redfin
Via Veneto is located at 1309 Shenandoah Rd. Alexandria, VA 22308 (Hollin Hall Shopping Center just off Ft. Hunt Rd). The phone number for Via Veneto is 703.765.6661. The restaurant is close to Safeway, the Variety Store, a gas station, a Chinese food restaurant, a 711, and various other shops and businesses. Via Veneto is open for lunch Monday through Friday and dinner all week.
Via Veneto serves authentic delicious Italian food. This area of Fort Hunt is near Walt Whitman middle school and Carl Sandburg middle school. The nearest library is Sherwood Hall library. Hollin Hall and Hollin Hills offer a very peaceful atmosphere.
Via Veneto is family owned and operated
Via Veneto is a short drive from Old Town Alexandria
The KORUS festival took place at the special event center at Bull Run Regional Park, Centreville Va. The event lasted 3 days. The KORUS Festival is organized by the Korean American Association of Washington Metropolitan Area (KAAW). The KAAW try to share their culture with the community.
The festival featured live music. Vendors sold authentic Asian dishes. The festival attracted a lot of people. At one time during the show the performers taught the audience how to dance to Gangnam Style.
The festival lasted until 10pm each night
The KORUS festival has taken place for the past 10 years
The sun sets on the festival
Bull Run Regional Park hosted the KORUS festival
The KORUS festival showcased Korean Pop music
Vendors preparing food for the KORUS festival
Bull Run Regional Park is close to a Super H mart
Bull Run Regional Park filled with people
The festival had a variety of vendors
Freshly prepared food ready to be dished out
Traditional dancers entertain at the KORUS festival
A close up of a freshly served entre
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Source: Redfin
