Why Selling Your Home By Owner May Not Be the Best Idea.
Selling your home “by owner” has many risks and downsides. Often a for sale by owner (FSBO) home will take a much longer time to sell, and often sells for a much lower price. There are many details that factor into pricing a home correctly, and marketing your home to sell it in a timely manner. If you're trying to sell your home on your own it can be difficult and time-consuming, especially when you aren't familiar with the details of selling a home, or the housing market. The Mike MacGuire team would be glad to assist you, and help you discover why your FSBO home hasn't sold yet. Here are a few reasons why you may be having difficulty finding buyers for your FSBO home and how the Mike MacGuire team can help you.
In a study done by IMOTO, homes sold 50% faster and 39% closer to the list price if there were professional photos on the listing. They were also viewed 118% more than comparable listings without professional photography. In many cases, the first time your potential buyers will see your home is on the internet (Craig’s List or another FSBO website). You need to intrigue buyers with the photos of your home so that they want to come and see more. We can't stress enough how important professional photographs are and the MacGuire team will hire a professional photographer for your listing who can make it look amazing. We will build a beautiful listing that will help you sell at the best price possible.
You Could be overpricing (or underpricing) you home if you are selling FSBO
There are many factors that go into pricing your home. It's not only based on the value of your home but also the area it's located in and the condition of your home. If your home is not priced correctly you could be losing potential buyers before you even meet them. If you underprice your home, you could be losing thousands of dollars. You can rely on your Colorado Springs real estate agent to help you price your home at the best possible price. We will also help you market your home to ensure you get the highest sales price possible.
You May Not Be Showing Your Home Properly
If you are still living in your home while you are trying to sell FSBO, this can produce a few challenges. If your home is not "show ready" at a moment’s notice, your potential buyers may walk in on meal preparation, a crazy weekend with relatives, or laundry day. These obstacles will not make your home look its best, but this can be fixed through careful planning with a real estate agent. We will advise you on ways to keep clutter to a minimum at all times, and we even have storage available to remove items that are over cluttering your home. With the MacGuire team, we will give you proven tips to stage your home, and we will ensure that your potential buyers have an appointment to see the home.
If Your Home is Invisible It May Not Sell
As the best real estate agents in Colorado Springs, we know where to market your home to attract the best buyers. A common challenge when selling a home on your own is that you don't know where to list it to get the most amount of traffic. Our team specializes in not only marketing your home but helping you negotiate to close the deal. In today's Colorado Springs Real Estate market only 53% of real estate listings sell during their listing period. Over the last 10 years, 99% of our listings sold in their listing period.
Hire the Best REALTOR® in Colorado Springs
Our time tested knowledge and experience prove that we know how to sell your home. We offer many tools to you as the seller to make sure that your experience is the best. We will work with you from step one of the selling process to the closing and won't leave you until everything is completed. Give us a call today at 719-536-4324 to learn how we can help get your home off the market, and get you into the new home of your dreams!
Mike@BuyWithMike.com
If you are still living in your home while you are trying to sell FSBO, this can produce a few challenges. If your home is not "show ready" at a moment’s notice, your potential buyers may walk in on meal preparation, a crazy weekend with relatives, or laundry day. These obstacles will not make your home look its best, but this can be fixed through careful planning with a real estate agent. We will advise you on ways to keep clutter to a minimum at all times, and we even have storage available to remove items that are over cluttering your home. With the MacGuire team, we will give you proven tips to stage your home, and we will ensure that your potential buyers have an appointment to see the home.
If Your Home is Invisible It May Not Sell
As the best real estate agents in Colorado Springs, we know where to market your home to attract the best buyers. A common challenge when selling a home on your own is that you don't know where to list it to get the most amount of traffic. Our team specializes in not only marketing your home but helping you negotiate to close the deal. In today's Colorado Springs Real Estate market only 53% of real estate listings sell during their listing period. Over the last 10 years, 99% of our listings sold in their listing period.
Our time tested knowledge and experience prove that we know how to sell your home. We offer many tools to you as the seller to make sure that your experience is the best. We will work with you from step one of the selling process to the closing and won't leave you until everything is completed. Give us a call today at 719-536-4324 to learn how we can help get your home off the market, and get you into the new home of your dreams!
Mike MacGuire
Colorado Springs Real Estate Agent
The MacGuire Team
6760 Corporate Dr
Ste 300
Colorado Springs, CO 80919
719-536-4324 or 719-660-6793
Mike@BuyWithMike.com
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