Effectively Sell Your Home

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After years of the sellers being in control, the real estate market has swung like a pendulum in favor of buyers. Don't worry. You can still sell a house if you follow these tips.

1. When you are selling your home, allow it to be shown at a moment's notice. Qualified buyers aren't "a dime a dozen."

2. When you are selling your home, keep it clean and tidy ALL the time. Let it get out of hand and an otherwise serious buyer WILL show up. If you don't have time to clean, hire a cleaning service.

3. An attractive brochure can help you sell your home. A brochure that looks like a home featured in a magazine does the usual "memory jog" for people who have toured the house, but it also "adds value".

4. When selling your home, be realistic about your asking price. You can check public record at the courthouse, or in many cases on-line, for the amounts of recent sales in your neighborhood.

5. Some offers for your home are better than others. A contingent sale is a bad one. The potential buyer makes their offer contingent on selling their own home first. Avoid these like the plague.

6. You're a seller who really needs or wants to sell your home within the next three months and the market is slow in your area. Getting enough people to come and look at your house is the secret to achieving your goal. Make price reductions until you do get 1 to 3 showings per week, and your home will sell.

7. When showing your home, you need to have a friend watch your pet. You also need to go through the home and remove all pet odors, hair and so on. Once you sell the property, you can buy another one with a bigger yard for your little one.

8. If someone gives you their word they will do something, but doesn't put it in writing, you cannot force them to do it. Make sure you get everything in writing!

9. Whether buying or selling, it is important to recognize the type of market you are in. After years of a hot seller market, the beginning of 2007 introduces us to a distinct buyers market. Home prices are falling, which means we have a volatile market.

10. Many people work so hard to get an offer on their home that they do not know what to do once they get one. Your choices are to accept it, reject it or make a counter offer.

At the end of the day, the real estate market slows down and speeds up. It never comes to a stop. Put another way, you can always sell a home. You just need to pay attention to the details and now you can.

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