What do you need to know in order to sell your home?

You need to know…

• The initial list price you choose is crucial.  Testing the market or having the attitude that you can always drop the price later will result in missing buyers during the most critical stage in selling your home.  You cannot afford to miss any buyers in this real estate market.
• You have a lot of competition.  There are a lot of homes on the market in most areas of the country.  The competition is fierce.  Bank owned homes and short sales are offering low starting prices, new home builders are offering incredible incentives to entice buyers and regular sellers like you are working hard to attract buyers by offering to pay buyer closing costs and other price enhancements.
• Your home has to be ready to be seen.  Not only do you have to make sure your home is staged to impress, you also need to take the steps to make sure that when a buyer wants to view the home, the home will be available to them.  Hiring a professional stager and placing a lockbox on your door are keys to making sure your home is always ready for a potential buyer.

These are three of the things you should know if you are planning on selling your house in 2010.  Selling your house for the best price in the shortest amount of time requires that you use all of the tools and systems available to not only attract a buyer but also negotiate a successful contract that ends up at the closing table.

A real estate agent can help you sell your home in 2010

Selecting a professional real estate agent in your area to assist you with selling your home is also a key to accomplishing your goal.  Your local agent understands:

• The marketing and prospecting needed to sell your house
• The area market conditions including average sales prices and days on the market.
• How to successfully negotiate a closing from start to closing.
• Staging and how to help your home show its best.
• Buyer trends and enhancements that works in producing a sale.

Don’t leave selling your home to chance.  Take the steps outlined above including interviewing a real estate agent to help you with selling your home.  Having a solid, proven plan will result in you selling your home in 2010.