Home Selling Information

You can hire the best agent, you can do all your research on pricing, you can even take great photos and make a nice real estate blog about your house but you may have overlooked something very important.

You love your home, and you should, but when it comes time to sell you need to share that love. In other words you need to showcase your home in such a way that the buyer can see themselves living there. Let's explore some options that may help get buyers standing in line to place their bid.

The tax credit is ending this week, the market and certainly changed and the bubble did indeed burst but that does not mean homes are not or will not sell. In fact, 35,600 homes sold in January, 39,200 in February and 41,700 in March for the Minneapolis area. Guess you cant always believe the gossip that nothing is selling.

Now, that being said sale prices are not as strong as they may have been several years ago but we can not change that, markets go up and they go down but keep in mind if you're buying the other home is down as well.

Thinking of selling and don't know where to start? That's OK, selling a home in any market, especially this one can be a scary proposition but with the right preparation can still be successful when all the pieces are put together int he right order.

I have read so many blogs and "how to" articles on selling real estate that did nothing more than tout the agent writing it I could be sick. Yeah yeah, you're the best, here is my 5 page bio and now call me because I have 20 designations behind my name - big deal!

New Years Day is here and 2009 is going to be a great year of changes for us all. One thing I was looking forward to doing this week was starting off with some great tips for sellers in 2009 to keep more equity and help the process stay as smooth as possible.

I have compiled 9 tips for property sellers in 2009 and if you have any others that have worked well for you please feel free to post them to the comment board below and we will share them with everyone.

1. PRICE IT RIGHT FROM THE START

I have been thinking about this blog post for a while. It’s about price, it's about money and it's about equity. Sometimes price and money is like talking about religion or politics, it can be a touchy subject. Touchy subject or not I talk about it all the time with my clients and co-workers and somebody needs to make mention of the inadequate price evaluations that appear to be going on.

Winter is officially upon us and whether you love or hate it you must understand as a seller there are things you should do.

Selling your home in the winter is different for obvious reasons in cold climates with snow, its cold and the foliage is not the same. Your once canopy tree covered home now is open enough for everyone to see, your windows are closed 24/7 to keep the cold out and the heat in, the differences are enough that we need to concentrate on "winter curb appeal" and staging the interior as well.

Well it better in today’s challenging real estate market...

More than ever selling real estate today requires something different, something that jumps out at a buyer. When you decide to place your property on the market especially if you live in a neighborhood where many of the homes are built in the same era and often the same builder you must differentiate your property form the others for sale.

You're considering a move but want to know how long this is going to take so you call 3 agents over to give their angle on the market, what they can do and the biggie; how long will this take?

The question in itself seems simple enough right? Unfortunately wrong. The fact is days on market can be skewed many ways and perhaps put in the wrong light and end up being nothing more than smoke and mirrors like the picture to the right shows.

So you're an "empty nester" now. Is it time to consider a downsize and find that gorgeous home for the best years of your life?

Like many others who come to this time you may be finding yourself in a home to large now that the kids and high traffic has moved on. The once filled rooms are now just storage space and more than you need to heat, clean and maintain. The years ahead are exciting and its time to move.