Selling your home...beating the odds in a buyer's market: Curb Appeal

If you're thinking of listing your home, bookmark our blog and don't miss this series.  Over the next few weeks, we'll introduce you to some statistics and tips to help you view your house not as your home, but as the future home of the buyer you need to attract.  Our first topic was Pricing to Sell Your Home...this week, it's all about Curb Appeal.  So here's the skinny!

KW Research shows that approximately 47% of sellers enhance their curb appeal.  Most spend between $150-1000 to make those first few seconds count for buyers who may be driving by or checking out photos  online.  What do they do?

• 73% trim trees and bushes
• 54% mulch
• 51% bring in new plants
• 44% wash windows
• 40% power wash
• 23% add a fresh coat of exterior paint
• 11% add new door hardware

For those sellers that DID enhance their curb appeal...

• Had excellent results compared to only 68% of home without enhancements
• Received their first offer 6 days faster
• Sold 7 days faster...
• ...for 1.23 percentage points higher in the list-to-sell percent

In other words, first impressions really DO count!  :)

Selling Your House? See What Home Buyers Really Look For

Watch this short :33 second video to see what recent studies show home buyers look for in their next home:

Pricing Your Home to Sell in Today's Market

When it comes time to list your home, pricing is critical.  Especially in today's market, pricing can either bring you many showings but no offers, send you multiple offers from multiple buyers (which is ideal!), or it can put your home out of consideration all together (bad!!). 

In simple terms, houses that are priced well and in good condition sell.  Houses that aren't sit...and sit...and sit.

Before I take a listing, I make sure my clients understand this.  Every once in awhile though, I will have a client that wants to price their home at a number higher than I would recommend and I have to stop and have a very honest conversation with them.  Click on the link below to watch a video that explains exactly how a successful pricing strategy will make your house stand out from the crowd:

Why Some Houses Sit While Other Houses Sell

Still have questions?  Feel free to email, text, or give us a call...Pickett Property Group.