🎊 Selling Before The New Year

🎊 Selling Before The New Year

So you need to sell your house before the new year or within a specific short-term deadline, whether for tax benefits or job relocation or whatever reason. The new year is fast approaching so selling your house in Long Branch, New Jersey may seem like a daunting process at this point. The market at this time of year usually isn’t very hot but competition is less stiff and buyers are motivated so it will take some work- working on curb appeal, making improvements and hiring an agent. Hi I’m Michele Irizarry, CEO and Broker of Shore Prime Properties. Each week we post content about the home buying and selling process so please be sure to like and follow Shore Prime Properties on Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube to stay up to date. Here are our tips for selling your house in a short period of time in Long Branch, New Jersey.

Get an Inspection Now

Often you will be advised against spending any money on an inspection because a buyer will have to get one done prior to closing. But this advice misses a very important point and that is that you need to be aware of any problems ahead of time before they are discovered in the buyer’s inspection. That way you could be proactive and address any problems ahead of time and have the house in tip-top shape before the buyer’s inspection.

Take Care of the Appearance Early

On the same principle as having an inspection done early on, you should also take care of the home’s appearance early in the process. Selling your house at a good price depends on it. So here are some of the things you need to do to put your best foot forward: paint any dirty or strangely colored interior walls and touch up exterior paint where needed. Get the entryways in order by sweeping and cleaning possibly installing new entry doors and adding adornments like seasonal decorations. Take care of landscaping tasks like raking leaves, trimming shrubs and laying down new mulch.

Have a Marketing Plan

If you choose to go it alone and go for sale by owner instead of using an agent, you’ll have to devise a marketing strategy and do a lot of marketing work. You’ll need to use all the traditional marketing channels like listing sites, the MLS and even Facebook, along with other effective online marketing like creating virtual tours. If this all sounds too far out of your area of expertise or beyond the amount of time that you can invest, a qualified agent will be your best bet for selling your house.

Set the Price Judiciously

You can do the extensive research yourself including running a comparative analysis in order to figure the competitive market value for selling your house or you can let a trained agent do all of this for you. Whichever way you decide to go, you absolutely do not want the price to cause your house to sit too long on the market unsold becoming what is called “stale”. An agent can help you price strategically neither too high or too low but at the optimal spot on the possible range of prices. Getting the price right for the first time around can save you a lot of money, time and frustration. The trick is to getting the price as high as possible without crossing over the line where it will drive away buyers.

Choose a Good Local Real Estate Agent When Selling Your House

If selling your house before the new year in Long Branch is truly your goal then you need the services of a local agent. With her finger on the pulse of the local market and possibly a list of interested buyers already in hand, a local agent can help you sell more quickly. Just be sure to interview possible agents asking them about sales records and their recent listings.

Are you ready to sell a Long Branch, New Jersey house? We can help! Send us a message or give us a call here at Shore Prime Properties today. I’m Michele Irizarry selling prime real estate at the Jersey Shore.

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