Have you been thinking about selling your home?
It can be a little overwhelming on the thought of selling your home. Is your home ready to be sold? Are there issues with your Fort Lauderdale Home? What is the value of your South Florida Home? These are just some of the questions that you will ask yourself when you ponder the idea of putting your South Florida Home up for Sale. With the help of an experienced agent selling your home can be a breeze.
It is important to know what is on the market before you even put your home on the “market”, as funny as that may sound.
Like anything it is important to know what you are up against. You can see similar homes, what they have sold for, upgrades that have been done, how low these homes were on the market, and most of all how they compare to yours.
The South Florida Real Estate agent that you pick will bring you several comparables of homes that they feel are similar to yours and this is where they will derive their listing price recommendation to you. It is extremely important list your home appropriately. Listing to high can price you out of the market and make your home go “stale” due to the price. Pricing your home just right will get a flurry of buyers in the door and often lead to multiple offers.
Can you over improve your home?
You can certainly put too much money into a home that it won’t allow you to get all of your value back, that you have put into it. Many sellers often repair, fix, and even improve areas of their home before listing it. This is a great idea, but be sure you consult your agent. A Realtor will help guide you on what to do. Let you know that you won’t get any return in value on certain items, where as others could increase the desire of your home thus increasing the list price.
Prices are going up, should I wait?
Real Estate prices can be a gamble. There are times that you think that you should wait, and other times that you think it is the right time to sell. So which one is it? It comes down to the number that you need to sell your house for to make you happy. If it is time to move out of your house and you can achieve that magic number on your sales price then sell. If you think you need to wait a bit so you can see where prices are headed that isn’t a bad idea either. But remember, anything can change. Just because prices are rising now, doesn’t mean they won’t plateau in the future.
If you have been wondering if it is time to sell your Fort Lauderdale Home or any South Florida Home that you may have, please feel free to reach out to us. We work with both sellers and buyers of South Florida Homes, Fort Lauderdale Waterfront Homes, Wilton Manors Homes for Sale and all of the surrounding communities!