Sell Quickly

Staging To Sell Quickly

Selling your house quickly is more than just placing a sign in the yard. Selling a house quickly is the result of proper planning and staging. Here are 4 points that you need to implement if you want to sell your house quickly:

1. Try looking at your property objectively while parked in front of your home. Remember to use a buyer’s point-of-view to make your analysis. Is the street appeal of your home among the best in the neighborhood? If not, what changes would need to be made in order for your home to honestly become one of the most desirable in the neighborhood? Buyers readily notice overgrown trees and bushes, deteriorating or dated paint colors, or any other feature of the home which is undesirable. The next owner of your home will need to feel good about the street appeal of your property before a purchase decision can be made.
2. Upon entering your home, be sure buyers are treated to a brighter, cleaner and more organized home than the competition is offering. Open draperies, leave lights on in darker areas of the home and eliminate non-essential items from all counter tops, cupboards, and closets. You might want to actually look through a few of the nicer listed properties in your neighborhood to become fully knowledgeable of how your competition shows compared to your home!
3. Walk through the property looking for any furniture which even slightly obstructs the traffic flow. Be very sensitive to rooms with large furniture or too much furniture. Regardless of the actual size of your home, if your furniture or decorating makes rooms appear cramped your home will be perceived to be too small or, perhaps, non-functional to many buyers.
4. Dated colors will make your home virtually impossible to sell in a slow or declining marketplace. In a good market, dated colors in a home will generally ensure a slow sale at a lower price per square foot than other homes within your area. Taking down old wall paper, repainting where needed, changing carpets, counter tops, and draperies, etc., may be expensive, but the return on your investment can be as high as hundreds of pounds  spent correctly modernizing your home. The benefit of properly “staging” your home will be a quick sale at the high priced end of your marketplace.

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