2019 has been an interesting year for the housing market—and that trend isn’t stopping anytime soon. With mortgage rates hitting near-historic lows and increased buyer demand, the last few months of the year are looking like a prime time to list your home!
While the market is more active than usual, it’s still true that fall and winter signal a slow down in buying traffic. If you want to take advantage of favorable market conditions, here’s what you’ll need to do to sell your home before January.
Find the Right Price
Your listing price is going to set the tone for the sale, so it’s crucial to get it right. Price your home too low, and you’ll miss out on capitalizing on these lower mortgage rates and maximizing your investment.
If you price too high, your home is likely going to be competing with listings above its own bracket. While you might think you can just bring the price down if you aren’t getting any bites, buyers tend to be wary of homes with a price reduction. It’s best to nail the price right out of the gate, and to do that, you’re going to need a little help.
That’s where we come in! We’ll analyze both national and local market trends and take any upgrades or improvements you’ve made into account in order to find the most accurate and competitive price possible.
Get Your Space Ready to Impress
In the upcoming days and weeks, you’ll have buyers looking through every corner of your home—so you’ll want to ensure that it looks its best! We would be more than happy to walk through your home and do a “first look,” pointing out areas of improvement and offering design suggestions.
But before you start staging your home, you should take a deep dive into cleaning and organizing the space. After all, a new coat of paint isn’t going to hide any dust bunnies or clutter! To make the process a little easier, come up with a schedule for cleaning and decluttering tasks and spread it out over a few days or weeks. You might even consider renting a storage unit or boxing a few things up in order to maximize your space!
Take Advantage of Your Agent’s Resources
Home staging tips, professional photography, extensive marketing—your agents have a lot to offer (enough to be hired as a consultant on HGTV)! We’ll develop an aggressive selling strategy, make sure your home looks its best, and use our full marketing arsenal to ensure you get maximum exposure.
If you’d like, we could even discuss creating a marketing video or a social media ad campaign—whatever it takes to sell your home!
Get Ahead of the Inspection
You might think of the jammed window and dripping faucet as quirks, but a home inspector is going to bring all of those issues to a buyer’s attention. If there’s a major repair that you haven’t taken care of, it could mean losing out on big profits from your sale—or the whole deal falling through.
Luckily, pre-inspections give you some extra time to care of any problem areas, both big and small. Just ask us for a few suggestions on local inspectors, and we can get the ball rolling!
Ready to List Your Triangle Home?
While the home-selling season typically slows down over the next few months, it certainly doesn’t mean it’s impossible to sell—especially when you team up with local experts!
Take some time to browse our selling resources, including neighborhood sold reports and a home-selling timeline, and let us know when you’re ready to get started.
