| New signed purchase agreements are down 17.7 | | | | should automatically follow. Here you can use |
| per cent from this time last year in | | | | your discretion a little. If they casually |
| Minneapolis, Minnesota. There is always an | | | | ask if something is included in the house, |
| annual pause in realty at this time of the | | | | think before you answer! Do you really need |
| year, so it is not surprising that buyer | | | | it? Might it clinch a deal? |
| activity is reported as slow at the moment. | | | | |
| If you are living there, or in one of the | | | | If it is such a thing as the perfect drapes |
| many other places suffering a slow-down, you | | | | for the living room, or the kiddies swing |
| may like a few down-to-earth tips for beating | | | | set, you could just answer in a positive way, |
| the competition and selling your home. | | | | so that nothing is ruled out. For instance, |
| | | | "It could be included." |
| However, there are several steps you can take | | | | |
| to make sure that your home gets a fair | | | | Remember to try and view your home the way a |
| chance. The very first chance you have at | | | | stranger would and remove all clutter to keep |
| getting a buyer is to ensure that they SEE | | | | it looking spacious. Invest in a plug in air |
| your home, the second chance is to ensure | | | | freshener right near the front door. Put on |
| that they will be IN your home and the third | | | | all your lamps and try a pink bulb in one of |
| chance is in offering an INCENTIVE to close | | | | the living room lamps to give added ambiance. |
| the deal. | | | | |
| | | | If an offer comes in, cherish it and try and |
| With regard to the first chance of 'seeing | | | | nurture it. Obviously it will be less than |
| your house'; over 80% of all buyers browse | | | | you want in these days of the buyer's market, |
| the Internet first when choosing a home. Make | | | | but these buyers have chosen your house, so |
| sure your real estate agent has a great | | | | work with this. What incentives can you offer |
| spread of your house on line on his web page. | | | | to them, while you push up the price? Perhaps |
| | | | the swing set or perhaps some other financial |
| The main picture is the one that will attract | | | | help. Money talks, as they say. |
| viewers into the virtual tour. If your home | | | | |
| has beautiful trees in the garden, get him or | | | | If their lender offered less financing on |
| her to step back and get some greenery in the | | | | your home than the buyer expected, they may |
| photo. Wait for a sunny day; it makes a lot | | | | be short of cash; many sellers before you |
| of difference. | | | | have clinched a firm deal by offering to pay |
| | | | the closing costs. |
| If you have not chosen your real estate agent | | | | |
| yet, go on line to the realty sites, and see | | | | This saves their actual personal cash, as the |
| which one is most user-friendly. Can you just | | | | mortgage will cover most of the house |
| click on the houses you want to look at? Do | | | | purchase, so it is good incentive. Do not |
| they access the virtual tour very easily? Or | | | | offer this without your real estate agent's |
| did you have to fill in lots of details about | | | | agreement as it must be part of a firm and |
| yourself first? If so, forget this site, | | | | legally binding deal for you. |
| people loose interest too easily! | | | | |
| | | | Why would you help someone to buy your house? |
| There are still people who drive by, so | | | | Only you can decide if it is worth 'giving |
| display your agent's board, and make sure the | | | | away' maybe three or four thousand of your |
| clutter is kept in the back yard and not the | | | | own cash to actually sell your home. |
| front yard. Remember to put on your lights at | | | | |
| night, so the house looks warm and welcoming. | | | | Lowering the price will just delay the |
| Park your own car in the garage so that the | | | | paperwork, allowing for changes of minds and |
| driveway is clear, to show the house at its | | | | also it will not solve the problem of the |
| best. | | | | buyer's immediate cash flow. Life needs |
| | | | strange solutions for strange times - but it |
| If the first step is completed, then the | | | | will be your final decision to make. |
| second chance of buyers 'being in your home' | | | | |