Tips to Sell Your Home Quickly This Spring

Many home buyers begin their search for a property as soon as the weather warms up. This means that spring can be a great time to sell a house, but competition can be fierce.

Selling your home quickly requires smart, strategic thinking, good staging and professional help.

Boost Curb Appeal

You only have one chance to make a good first impression. Boosting your home’s curb appeal can make your property more attractive to potential buyers. Sellers hoping for a fast sale may not have time to completely re-landscape the front yard and make major repairs - still, there are a variety of small projects that can be done quickly to make your home look attractive and respectable.

• Keep Your Grass Trimmed: Cut your lawn regularly (but not too much) to ensure that your grass is always trim. Remember that buyers can drive by your house any time, so your home needs to look its best.
• Clean Your Siding and Windows: Use a garden hose to clean the siding and windows of your home. To prevent water stains from marring your window glass, use a squeegee to sweep away the excess moisture.
• Plant Easy to Maintain Annuals: Annuals are abundant at the start of the spring. They’re also easy to plant and only require regular watering to look their best. Plant annuals at the first opportunity and keep them moist to ensure they look fresh and healthy while you’re trying to sell.
• Paint Your Front Door: Giving your door a fresh coat of paint will attract attention to your entry way, making your house seem more inviting to buyers. This is an easy DIY project that can make a big difference in your home’s curb appeal.
• Install Address Numbers That are Easy to Read: Making your house numbers easy to read is another way that you can make your home more inviting for buyers. The easier it is to identify your house, the less stressful and more pleasant it will be for buyers who come to your property.

Set the Stage

Successful staging can lead to bigger offers and a faster sale. Staging is a multi-step process that involves making your home look more spacious and easy to maintain.

Follow these tips to stage your home in a hurry:

• Remove Clutter: Removing that clutter will make rooms of your house seem cleaner, bigger and more pleasant to buyers. When de-cluttering, avoid stuffing your closets, as this can create the illusion of inadequate storage space.
• Bring in More Light: Repainting dark rooms in a lighter color is one of the best ways to make a room seem brighter. You can also take down dark curtains and open the blinds. Adding one or two lamps can help as well.
• Clean Everything Until it Shines: Cleanliness is next to godliness—and for buyers, cleanliness signals that your home is well-maintained. Clean everything in your home from top to bottom, and then keep it that way at all times while trying to sell.

Pick the Right Price

Do research and price your property appropriately. There are a variety of strategies that you can use to price your home competitively and attract offers quickly.

For example:

• Price Your Home Competitively to Attract More Attention: Sometimes this can lead to a bidding war. It can be tempting to price your home high and negotiate later, but this can often lead to some buyers passing your home up in favor of others that are more reasonable cost.
• Price Your Home Relative to Other Homes in Your Neighborhood: Look at other homes in your neighborhood and set the price based on comparable properties. Your real estate agent will be able to help with this.

When working with an agent, follow their advice about the right price for your property. Real estate agents have inside knowledge that can help you find the right price for the market your home is in.

Make Basic Repairs

Knowing that your home will be up for sale soon, make basic repairs to your property as soon as possible. Everything in your home should be in proper working order for the buyers who will come see your property in spring.

Broken doors or windows and other maintenance problems will leave buyers feeling skeptical of your home’s worth. The more problems in your home that buyers can identify, the more likely it is that buyers will decide that your home is poorly maintained. This can lead to a slower sale and lower offers.

Work with a Professional

Real estate agents know how to sell homes quickly and efficiently. If you’re planning to sell your house in a hurry this spring, work with a professional in your area who has experience helping sellers make fast sales in your area. He or she can give you advice that will help make your upcoming real estate transaction smooth and efficient.