For Home Sellers

Your Plan

1. Find the right representative
The experience and knowledge of a dedicated real estate professional can be priceless. A good Realtor® forms a powerful team with his or her clients that makes it possible for them to have a smooth, successful, stress-free sale.

2. Determine your needs/wants for the sale and for your new home
Selling your primary residence can be tricky because you have to simultaneously be thinking about where you would like to buy. First weigh your priorities – selling price is certainly important, but having a quick and efficient sale can often be worth accepting a slightly lower offer. Talk to your agent and make sure you’re comfortable with where your priorities are.

At the same time, you should be compiling a needs/wants list for the home you will buy. You will probably have to act fairly quickly when your house sells, so any amount of preparation you can do will serve you well.

3. Prepare your house for showing
Underprepared homes can be sales disasters. Your home will never get as much attention from potential buyers as when it is first listed, so clearing clutter, cleaning, making repairs, and putting your home’s best foot forward is essential. Don’t “open for business” until your home is ready to be seen as favorably as possible.

4. Find out what your local market looks like
Being realistic about your market is the key to a smooth sale. There is no substitute for a professional real estate representative when it comes to local market knowledge.

5. List away!
Lots of photos and online exposure are the key to getting a good response for your listing. Working with an agent who uses Point2 Agent software is a great step in the right direction. Now just “open” the house and sit back and wait for the flood of eager buyers!

_____________________________________________________

*WORKING WITH REAL ESTATE AGENTS IN NC*

*WORKING WITH REAL ESTATE AGENTS IN SC*

Selling your home shouldn't be a stressful ordeal. Making the smart move of choosing a REALTOR® is your first step to ensuring that your investment in your home pays off. Our services and experience allow you to focus on your move while We manage your home sale from our initial consultation to the closing deal, and beyond. We pride ourselves on repeat business and hope you'll come to understand why.

What We will do for you
Recent Home Sales
Getting the highest price
Closing Costs

As Your Agent, We Will:

Complete a comparative market analysis that will compare your home's value to that of your neighbors.
Compile a comprehensive plan detailing all the efforts we will employ to sell your home, including Internet and local media.
Present your home to as many qualified buyers as possible getting your home maximum exposure.
Help you stage your home and generate curb appeal to ensure you get the highest price.
Assist with obtaining offers and help you in negotiating the best deal as smoothly as possible.
Help you find your next home and answer all of your questions about the local market area, including schools, neighborhoods, the local economy, and more.

Recent Home Sales

What are homes selling for on your street? Use HomeRadar.com to find out what neighborhood homes are selling for, free of charge, or choose a more detailed analysis of the value of your home.

Getting the Highest Price for Your Home

Curb appeal is key and could make a difference whether people stop and take a flyer, or drive right by. Here are a few tips to increase the curb appeal of your home. Staging your home is important. Many buyers will stay in your home longer if it's staged appropriately. We have compiled some ideas to present your home in the most effective manner.

Closing Costs to Expect:

Title insurance fees depend on the sales price of the home.
Broker's commission is a full-service fee and will cost anywhere between 5% to 7%.
Local property transfer tax, country transfer tax, state transfer tax, and state capital gains tax are the charges that you'll pay for the privilege of selling your home. Credit to the buyer of unpaid real estate taxes for the prior or current year are variable and depend on when you close and when your taxes are due.
FHA fees and costs are all fees are now negotiable between an FHA buyer and seller.
Home inspections fees are in some circumstances paid for by the seller and include pest, radon and other inspections.
Miscellaneous fees can accrue from correcting problems noticed during the home inspection.

Find out how much your closing costs could be.

INSTANT HOME VALUATION Click here

WHY DOES A LISTING EXPIRE? Click here

REAL ESTATE GLOSSARY Click here

OUR MARKETING PLAN Click here

Why Does A Listing Expire?

Expired Listings...what does that mean? When you sign a listing agreement

with a Realtor^®, the agreement is for a specific length of time, typically 6 months. When that time is up without being under contract, the listing is "expired". Due to market conditions we’ve been seeing more and more “expireds” lately making it even more critically to know the market and optimize the offering.

Why does a listing expire? We all know the market is slow right now,

but homes are still selling. The homes that are selling, and not expiring, are

the ones that are most appealing to the buyer with regard to curb appeal,

condition of the house, upgrades, location and ultimately price. If you have

a house that is less than desirable in any of these first 4 key areas, and are

thinking of selling, consider making improvements and know that your price

will have to reflect any shortfalls.

Why does a listing not sell my home? There are many reasons why a listing
fails to sell a home. The primary reason is that it's not designed to do so.
Marketing (not listings) sells homes and the mls listing is only a small piece of
a much bigger puzzle. There are many agents that rely solely on the mls to sell
their listings, opting to make up for the marketing deficiency by listing a high
volume of homes and padding the odds at the expense of a seller's "days on market".
When a seller opts for a discount broker this is often the case; agent marketing dollars
saved and passed on to the consumer (through a discount) who thinks that they're
saving money when in fact they're sealing their fate, often finding themselves
looking for an answer 6 months later.

From a "marketing" perspective here are some other variables you may want
to take a serious look at:
External (street) Showing Condition
Priced Above What The Market Will Allow
Internal Showing Condition (dated, cluttered, colors too bold)
Lack Of Internet Saturation
Poor Marketing Presentation (Photos, verbiage, etc.)
Lack Of Target Marketing
Poor Agent Networking
When you're ready to sell your home we'd like the opportunity to show you
how our unorthodox style of marketing on a global level, combined with the
tools provided by Keller Williams, can market your property like no other.
You might also want to check out our Listing Presentation.