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10 New Year’s Resolutions for Home Sellers

Homescape’s Duane Hopper offers up a real estate version of the perennial list of resolutions, this time for home sellers in a tough market. All ten are good ideas, but our two favorites are:

• Create the “wow” factor - Staging, staging, staging. You may think you have impeccable style, but potential buyers need to walk in a home and picture themselves living there, not you. That means sprucing things up, neutralizing personal touches, and making the very best use of space, and …
• Know your competition - Which translates to, “Set a realistic asking price.” You have to acknowledge the other properties for sale in your neighborhood and price tier. A home is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it, and if you can’t justify a higher price relative to the competition, you’ll sit on the market.