The Three Things You Need to Understand to Sell Your Home Quickly

If you want to sell your home quickly and for a decent price you need to understand how today’s home buyers shop.  When you truly understand home buyer shopping habits and market trends, you can take proper actions to ensure a speedy sale.  You will want to consider how your home appears to buyers both online and in person, the timing of putting your home on the market, and proper pricing.

Presentation is Everything

Imagine you are swiping through tinder looking for an eligible candidate for a nice date.  You see hundreds of images.  Some of these are appealing, some of them are not, and then there are those people who have a photo that’s so blurry you can’t even tell what they look like or even worse, no picture at all.  Those profiles are almost always going to get an immediate swipe left.  You want to make sure prospective buyers swipe right on your listing! 

First and foremost, your home needs to put on its best dress and get a killer selfie to show the public what she’s got.  For a house, this means making sure the curb appeal is killer, adding flowers, power washing the driveway, and sprucing up the front door.  You also don’t want to make your home like one of those profiles where the first pic is amazing and then you start swiping through a few more images and then inevitably swipe left.  You need to make sure your killer presentation continues throughout the interior of the home.  Ensure that any signs of wear and tear like a dog scratched door or worn carpet is rectified prior to listing your home for sale.  Make sure all the clutter is eliminated, the beds are made, the furniture is an appealing configuration, and the house is clean. 

​Then, you are ready to call in the pros for a photo shoot that will have prospective home buyers knocking at your door in seconds.  Proper presentation isn’t only physical.  You also want to make sure you have some meat to your listing. A pretty profile with no details will still leave some people reluctant to swipe right. In addition to showing buyers the benefits of your home, you want to tell them what they can’t see.  Explain how you have a brand new HVAC system, the home is minutes away from a beautiful park, and the schools are superb.  The bottom line is that if your home doesn’t entice buyers online, most people will never even take it out on a date.  Professional photos and a stellar description will get prospective buyers in your door.

Timing is Key

Even if your home looks amazing!  You may not get as many people in the door if you don’t list at the best time.  Every neighborhood will have it’s own peak seasons, market trends, and unique nuances that determine when the best time to list your home will be.  It’s important to take these into consideration, and look at the historical sales data in order to determine when you should put your home on the market.  You will want to time it well on a weekly level too.  Listing your home on a Thursday has proven to lead to quicker and more profitable home sales across the nation. ​

Proper Pricing Solves All

Above all else, proper pricing solves all.  Even if you ignore my other two tips for selling your home quickly, if you price your home properly it will sell.  If a home is priced way lower than everything else for sale in the neighborhood and it down’t even have a single photo online, buyers will still make their way over to the home to take a look in person.  On the other hand, a home with gorgeous photos, the best marketing you’ve ever seen, and a description that moves everyone who reads it will not get any showings if the price is too high.  In order to sell your home quickly and for a decent profit, you need to incorporate all three of these items.  Your real estate agent will pull relevant comps, comparable properties to yours that have sold recently, in order to help you determine the best asking price for your home.  After comparing your home and it’s quality, size, and benefits to that of the recently sold homes in your area, the best asking price for your home will usually be quite clear.

If you live in the greater Austin area and would like help selling your home quickly, give me a call.  I’ll have buyers swiping right in no time!