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7 Mistakes People Make When Trying to Sell their House – Part 3

Aug 10, 2010

This is the third post in a three blog series. For a heads-up on mistakes to avoid while selling a house, visit: Part 1 and Part 2.

Perceptions about your property can be a huge contributor in making or breaking a sale. But those are not the only mistakes people make.

Here are a couple more popular errors that many homeowners commit. You need to pay attention to them too…

5. Making the House Inaccessible

Buying a house is an expensive purchase, and a potential buyer is less likely to buy a home they haven’t seen. You need to have a home that is well exposed and visible in the market. You need to make decisions on whether you want to keep an open house or not.

If you work closely with a reliable real-estate company like our sister-concern Express Realty Services who will ensure that people visiting your house have gone through pre-approval and will see your house without disturbing your schedule.

6. Making your own marketing decisions

While preparing your house for a sale is very important, one of the things that can get you to a closing is often neglected – How you market your home for a sale. Do you have a marketing plan in place to reach out to potential buyers?
It is indeed crucial that the marketing decisions are left to the experts. At Express Homebuyers, we believe in quality service, so we spend close to a million dollars per year in putting our marketing strategy and execution in place. Right from listing to closing, we create brochures and supporting marketing materials to promote your home. In the past five years we’ve sold over 800 homes within the DC metro area. We can help you list your house for sale. If we can’t sell your house in 60 days, we guarantee to buy it from you, no matter what the condition.

Just call us at [dynamic_phone] or visit our website to chat with a representative.

This series will be continued. For more insight on what mistakes to avoid while selling your house, continue to read our blogs.

If you have any tips or suggestions that you’d like to share, please feel free to comment on this blog post.

7 Mistakes People Make When Trying to Sell their House – Part 1

Jul 21, 2010

This is the first post in a three blog series.

Selling a house can be an easy task. It’s the one-size-fits-all approach that could mislead you from doing what’s right for your property. Your property is unique and though you want to gauge your market, your area and your neighborhood, it isn’t always wise to ape what every other seller on your street is doing.

Here are some questions that you need to answer to check if you’re doing the right things for your house:

1. Underestimating the Competition

Your property may be unique, but if a buyer has come to see your house, chances are that they will also check out the other available houses on your street. It’s not a bad idea to go out and investigate all the comparable prices of houses in your area and neighborhood. It’s time well-invested. Better still; hire an appraiser who would have done your homework for you. They will be able to point out problem areas or asset depreciators that will stop you from making a good sale. Sometimes, just fixing or upgrading a few things in your house could raise its value by a huge amount.

2. Overestimating the Value

Know what home buyers are looking for. Do your own research. Often sellers look at other houses on their street, and set the home price structural similarities. A three-bedroom-two-bath home with a hot tub Jacuzzi in the master bathroom and a fully upgraded kitchen is bound to sell for a higher price than a regular three-bedroom-two-bath.

Some critical features that buyers have been looking for include: location, neighborhood and community, structural design and size, number of bedrooms/bathrooms, special amenities, availability of schools, privacy and other facilities. Some things are not in your control, but there are areas that can we worked upon. If you decide to sell your house as is, you want to take some of these factors into consideration.

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