Information for Home Sellers

Thinking of selling your home, get the answers to the most commonly asked questions. How do I determine the best price? When is the best time? What are the costs? Before you begin the selling process, really evaluate why you're moving, follow these guidelines. Give us a call when you are ready to list your home for sale or you have some questions.

We will help you every step of the way, when it comes to prepare your home for the real estate market. Curb appeal is an influential asset of your home - not to be overlooked! Sprucing up your gardens and fresh paint on your front door go a long way!
We use professional photographers to capture the beauty of your home, and use these photos and virtual tours for marketing purposes.

• We have professional contacts who specialize in freshening gardens.
• Carla is an Accredited Staging Professional, showcasing what you have.
• We call upon other Stagers for whole home staging.

Consumers respond positively to smartly staged home, as it enables them to view the home as a “blank slate” in which they can visualize their own belongings.

The National Association of Realtors sums it up very well: https://www.nar.realtor/reports/profile-of-home-staging

Get them in the door where they can grow emotionally attached to your home!

Whether to have an open house or not is a personal decision. We find them to be a helpful tool, which we like to utilize when marketing homes. Yes, often your neighbours will poke around your home during an open house, but let’s face it - many homes are sold to friends of neighbours! Through word of mouth, neighbours are an essential tool in the marketing process.

In addition to neighbours, we advertise your home on Openhouses.ca, our website, the MLS, as well as the local newspaper. We use all the tools!

Other than the public open house, we hold an Agent Only open house, wherein we invite local agents to view your property. We also hold an in-house agent open house for the agents in our Burlington offices.

With full-colour feature sheets to distribute, we arm ourselves with the knowledge of your home, focussing on all the positives for our visitors.

www.openhouses.ca

Whether we are in a buyer's market or a seller's market, we are negotiating for our clients, attaining the highest price that the market is willing to pay. Being educated on the current comparable sales is key! We are always abreast of the market trends and use this knowledge in our sales strategy.

• What is our competition?
• How do we compare to other homes?
• What are the most recent sales in our area and how do we compare to these?
• How do current interest rates affect our sale?

Once we are on the market, we track all viewings and request feedback from every agent that has shown the property. This also keeps us educated with respect to our product and pricing.

Many factors are taken into consideration when putting a price tag on your home. We perform a thorough comparative market analysis, drawing from the most recent sales of comparable properties in your neighbourhood, to come up with a price that reflects market trends.

We will:

• Price to current market
• Focus on the positive aspects of your home
• Showcase your home - what is your “wow” feature?

We will be prepared for offers with knowledge of the current market, and knowledge of your home. Education is key!

Thinking of selling

There are a million different reasons why people sell their homes but before you begin the selling process, really evaluate why you're moving. learn more

Getting ready

Take control of the selling process - choosing the right RE/MAX agent, the listing, understanding the market conditions and determining the correct selling price. It's all easy when you're informed. learn more

Marketing your home

Learn how to objectively evaluate your home. Work with your RE/MAX agent to position your home on the market to sell quickly and hassle-free. learn more

Negotiating offers

Know what to expect and take stress out of the transaction by getting some insight here. When it comes to bargaining and persuasion your RE/MAX agent is one of the top in this field. learn more

Closing

You've accepted the offer but just because your house has sold, that isn't the end. Learn what's left to do before you move. learn more