Four Pricing Tricks to Help Sell Your Home Faster

Price is everything when it comes to selling your home. If you are not priced correctly from the beginning, you miss a large amount of potential buyers that will not see your home within their price range. With the majority of your traffic taking place within the first two weeks, exposure to the right buyers during the right time is key. But pricing your home correctly could even come down to the single dollar. HOW does your price LOOK?

In a Down Market, Just Add Color

What will make your home stand out amongst the competition? I recently sold a wonderful older home in the Fairwood community of Renton, WA. Although needing some additional updating on the interior, this home sold faster and for more than any other home in the neighborhood since the slowdown in the market. There were three key ingredients at play here: first, of course God, second, Mike Rozell was the Realtor :-), and third, curb appeal. This home is beautiful from the street yet it is just your typical 1967 rambler. Curb appeal is one of this home’s greatest selling points and it showed in all of the pictures and marketing. Remember, in order to get a buyer to purchase your home, you first have to get them through the front door.

Four Pricing Tricks to Help Sell Your Home Faster

Price is everything when it comes to selling your home. If you are not priced correctly from the beginning, you miss a large amount of potential buyers that will not see your home within their price range. With the majority of your traffic taking place within the first two weeks, exposure to the right buyers during the right time is key. But pricing your home correctly could even come down to the single dollar. HOW does your price LOOK?

In a Down Market, Just Add Color

What will make your home stand out amongst the competition? I recently sold a wonderful older home in the Fairwood community of Renton, WA. Although needing some additional updating on the interior, this home sold faster and for more than any other home in the neighborhood since the slowdown in the market. There were three key ingredients at play here: first, of course God, second, Mike Rozell was the Realtor :-), and third, curb appeal. This home is beautiful from the street yet it is just your typical 1967 rambler. Curb appeal is one of this home’s greatest selling points and it showed in all of the pictures and marketing. Remember, in order to get a buyer to purchase your home, you first have to get them through the front door.

The 80/20 Rule Of Foreclosures in America January 2008

Listen to the national media none of the time, listen to the local media part of the time and listen to your neighborhood realtor all of the time.  I continue to tell all of my clients in the Fairwood, Renton, Kent, Bellevue and Greater Eastside areas that our real estate is in a different game.  We are not in the same market as the rest of the nation.  80% of the foreclosures came from 20% of the states in January.  Our foreclosure rates, although up, are lower than most of the nation.

Foreclosures rise in Seattle area

“…overall this area has a strong economy; therefore we will not see any skyrocketing foreclosure rates like other parts of the country that are trapped in the foreclosure crisis.”

Stocks rise on hope for housing finally hitting bottom

Wall Street Moves Higher as Investors Hope Housing Slump Might be Nearing Bottom

Sell, Rent Out or Improve? Tough Real-Estate Questions

You may fit into one of these scenarios.

Online Cost Estimator for Remodeling Jobs

How much will it take to update your home?  Here is a great first step for getting your home remodel project started. This tool could also work for those of you looking for investment properties and wanting to know how much it could take to bring it up-to-date.  Check it out.

Realtors endorse school district bond in Bellevue

“Å“’For many homebuyers, the quality of schools is a top priority. The caliber of schools tends to be one of the first things potential buyers ask about,’ said Keith Nelson, the president-elect of the association and father of three sons, including two current students in the Bellevue district.”

The Smartest Cities In America

According to Forbes and Realtor Mike Rozell, smart people buy real estate in Renton, Fairwood, Seattle, Bellevue, Kirkland, Kent, Everett…

The One-Day Change To Your Closing Date That Will Save You Money

If you are about to buy a home and using a mortgage to do it, this is important to know.