Why Should You Be Loyal to Your Realtor?

Loyalty fosters better relationships.  A buyer can expect the maximum level of service from a Realtor who knows the byer is loyal.  A loyal buyer would be more inclined to hear about the “great deal” as soon as, or before, it hits the marketplace.  An aggressive Realtor will even do “targeted marketing” to individual homes in neighborhoods you are interested in to identify homes that may be going on the market.  Why?  Because there is much more motivation from the Realtor who knows that their efforts in finding you a home will result in a successful sale.  Additionally, it makes sense to work with only one Realtor because it saves you time and there is less chance for duplicated efforts.

Call the Jennie Manders Home Team and find out why they have earned the loyalty of their many clients.

WHY FIX IT UP IF YOU’RE JUST GOING TO SELL IT?

Would you put your car up for sale without a thorough wash and detail? Most homeowners mistakenly think buyers will be able to visualize themselves living in their home with their stuff. WRONG! 90% of buyers cannot see beyond what is there.

A move in condition home has a greater value to buyers and will sell at a higher price. “Today’s Market” and “HomeGain” (real estate research companies) say that homes that have been cleaned up, painted and updated allow the seller to realize a 100% or more return on the cost of any of those improvements. Guess which improvement is one of the tops in returning 586% of your investment?  STAGING

Today buyers are reluctant to purchase a neglected property because they must do costly repairs immediately.  Also, they do not have financial resources like equity lines any more to use to do this.

So if 94% of prepped/staged homes sell on average in 29 days or less when the average days on market for a home to sell is 90 and these homes sell on average for 7% more, what should you do?

Call the Jennie Manders Home Team to hear about the comprehensive program we have in place to make repairs, improvements and do staging cost effectively and without stress.

Top Markets for Real Estate Agents

The state of the housing market may seem glum to some out there.  However, there actually are real estate professionals working hard and doing a lot of real estate business.  On a national level, some real estate markets are seeing rising prices and strong local economies which have brought a high dollar volume in home sales in these areas according to Andrea V. Brambila of Inman News.   Brambila and Inman News studied many factors including total sales, median sales price, and real estate licensee data in metro areas across the U.S and came up with a  “top 10” list of areas where real estate professionals are succeeding in the highest number of sales and in some cases rising home values.  Of the top cities, nearly half are in the West and 9 of 10 are projected to see double digit population growth through the next 9 years.

So where is the real estate market taking off?  The top metro areas according to Inman News from number one area to 10 are: Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash.; Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas; Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colo.; Salt Lake City; San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas; Pittsburgh; Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas; Kansas City Mo.-Kan.; Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas; and Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tenn.