on the way most buyers viewed a home. • 38% of sellers’ agents said they stage all homes prior to listing them for sale. The rooms most commonly staged include the living room (83%), kitchen (76%), master bedroom (69%), and dining room (66%). Buyers’ agents cited the guest bedroom as the least important room to stage. Making repairs small and large go a long way toward attracting a buyer. Real estate professionals know that getting your home into shipshape condition achieves these goals. • A well-maintained house receives more and higher offers. • A house in good shape will fly through inspections. • Showing a house in good shape allows you to point out your home’s great features, rather than apologize for the mess. • Most buyers will grab onto any flaw as a bargaining chip to reduce the price. If all repairs are made prior to showings, a buyer won’t have imperfections to use as bargaining tools.
CONSIDER UPGRADES
This is one of the trickiest parts of preparing your house for sale. Remodeling and upgrading your home might bring you a better price and reduce the number of days your home sits on the market. Or not. Sometimes people spend a lot of money remodeling a kitchen or adding a bath and still have trouble selling their house; only now they’ve poured more money into their home and need to get a higher price to recoup remodeling costs.
Some remodels add more value to a home than others.
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