Pricing your home isn’t as easy as picking one!

Seller

When you decide to sell your St Augustine home, it is a natural process to deliberate the timing, develop a plan where to move after the sale, and eventually reach a point where you are finally ready to hire a Realtor to list it. When you arrive at this crucial point, consider the following facts before you decide to get involved, or allow the professional handle the details of the sale.

Overpricing is Futile

One of the biggest deceptions a seller will fall into is believing that the last appraisal they received during the re-financing of their home is what their house is worth. Mortgage representatives excel in their positions, and obtain necessary documents to take care of their clients needs. They often have an uncanny ability to deliver, with what is referred to in the business, a "high end appraisal.” Appraisers have the ability in their profession to appraise a home on the low end, mid-range (real), or high end.

“But look what the neighbor’s got”!

Believe me, your Saint Augustine Real Estate Agent will indeed study your neighbors, and the area as a whole. That is his or her job, and they are good at it! What your Realtor knows that you may not is the Jones’ house has a livable walkout basement, as well as upgrades and and remodeling which adds thousands to the home value. Similar homes are valid market comparables when they are truly exactly the same, and in the same location, combined with like geographical surroundings

Days on Market

Have you heard of that phrase? Hopefully your buyer hasn’t. Overpricing will almost guarantee your house is left on the market longer than necessary and often results in you selling for less than what you should have gotten initially. Insisting that you are going to list and get a price that you think you deserve can price you right out of the market, wasting your and your Realtor’s time.

Pricing your home carries with it a list of important factors and is vitally important to ensure it’s priced right to sell.

It’s in your experienced Realtor’s best interest to get you “top dollar” and it’s not likely they will under price it.

Trust them to have knowledge and experience to do so.

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