Selling your home is a big decision. Likely one of your biggest, but there are things you can do to ease the stress and make your home more sellable. It’s a fact not all homes sell but you can improve your odds.
Start outside your house. Stand at the street and look at your house like it was the first time. Is the paint peeling? Is there something loose and hanging there that you have not gotten around to fixing? Is the lawn cut? What about flowers beds, are they weed free and cared for? Could the driveway use a coat of sealer?
Street presence or curb appeal some times can be the deciding factor. If a potential buyer pulls up and hates the looks outside, they might even leave without going inside. So it doesn’t matter how gorgeous the inside is if you can’t get them in the house to see it.
Now step inside the front door and close your eyes and take a deep breath. Smell anything funny? You can bet potential clients will. Look every ones home has a smell to it just be sure your home has a pleasant one.
Look at your rooms with a critical eye. Face a fact that orange and brown shag carpet is not coming back into style anytime, ever. Those lime green walls got to go. Neutral sells. Buyers are happy with a home they may want to paint, but don’t want a home they have to paint.
Speaking of walls, can they even be seen? A few years ago I was in a home that had likely a 100 pictures on the wall. It was overwhelming. All I could think of was the 100 holes I had to fill and paint before I moved in.
Now it is still your home, enjoy it, but if you want to sell it some of these things will need to be done. It may be best to invite over that friend that is always a little too blunt. Theirs is the opinion you may need.
Jamie Woodend
Sales Representative
Remax a-b Realty Ltd Brokerage
88 Wellington Street
Stratford, Ontario, N5A 2L2
519-273-2821 ext 229 Office
519-949-0345 Cell
Real Estate Humour
The dream of the older generation was to pay off a mortgage. The dream of today's young families is to get one.
If you think no one cares you're alive, miss a couple of house payments.
My buyers went through debt consolidation. Now they have only one bill they won't pay.
If you want to know exactly where the property line is, just watch the neighbor cut the grass.
This country is great. It's the only place where you can borrow money for a down payment, get a 1st and 2nd mortgage and call yourself a homeowner.
The trouble with owning a home is that no matter where you sit, you're looking at something you should be doing.
Jamie Woodend
Sales Representative
Remax a-b Realty Ltd Brokerage
88 Wellington Street
Stratford, Ontario, N5A 2L2
519-273-2821 ext 229 Office
519-949-0345 Cell
If you think no one cares you're alive, miss a couple of house payments.
My buyers went through debt consolidation. Now they have only one bill they won't pay.
If you want to know exactly where the property line is, just watch the neighbor cut the grass.
This country is great. It's the only place where you can borrow money for a down payment, get a 1st and 2nd mortgage and call yourself a homeowner.
The trouble with owning a home is that no matter where you sit, you're looking at something you should be doing.
Jamie Woodend
Sales Representative
Remax a-b Realty Ltd Brokerage
88 Wellington Street
Stratford, Ontario, N5A 2L2
519-273-2821 ext 229 Office
519-949-0345 Cell
Markets Picking Up
Check out this news release from Remax
Recovery underway in key Canadian markets ends buyer dominance in resale housing, says RE/MAX
Mississauga, ON. (July 13, 2009) - Pent-up demand for residential housing has bolstered sales in Canada's major markets-a clear signal that the housing sector has shifted into recovery mode, says RE/MAX.
More balanced market conditions have emerged, effectively ending the stronghold that buyers had on the market over the past six to eight months. Canada's largest markets, Toronto and Vancouver, led the charge-with June sales among the highest in history for both local real estate boards. Close to 11,000 properties changed hands in Toronto, up 27 per cent over one year ago, setting a new record for sales in the month of June. The figure was just slightly off the all-time peak of 11,146 units. Residential sales in Greater Vancouver increased 75.6 per cent over one year ago, to 4,259 units, just short of the record breaking 4,333 sales, which occurred in June 2005. Overall, major markets began to recover in March, posting escalating sales in April, May and June. The impetus is expected to continue throughout the remainder of 2009, with most centres now forecasting year-end sales on par or ahead of 2008 levels.
"The strength of the market, amid the most significant global recession in recent history once again underscores its relevance to the nation's economic engine," says Michael Polzler, Executive Vice President, RE/MAX Ontario-Atlantic Canada. Canadians believe in homeownership -- a fact best illustrated by the purchasers who ventured forward in recent months and snapped up some of the best real estate deals this market has seen in years. Those who chose to sit it out on the sidelines are now facing a market in transition, characterized by the threat of rising interest rates, low inventory levels, and upward pressure on housing values."
Sales Representative
Remax a-b Realty Ltd Brokerage
88 Wellington Street
Stratford, Ontario, N5A 2L2
519-273-2821 ext 229 Office
519-949-0345 Cell
Recovery underway in key Canadian markets ends buyer dominance in resale housing, says RE/MAX
Mississauga, ON. (July 13, 2009) - Pent-up demand for residential housing has bolstered sales in Canada's major markets-a clear signal that the housing sector has shifted into recovery mode, says RE/MAX.
More balanced market conditions have emerged, effectively ending the stronghold that buyers had on the market over the past six to eight months. Canada's largest markets, Toronto and Vancouver, led the charge-with June sales among the highest in history for both local real estate boards. Close to 11,000 properties changed hands in Toronto, up 27 per cent over one year ago, setting a new record for sales in the month of June. The figure was just slightly off the all-time peak of 11,146 units. Residential sales in Greater Vancouver increased 75.6 per cent over one year ago, to 4,259 units, just short of the record breaking 4,333 sales, which occurred in June 2005. Overall, major markets began to recover in March, posting escalating sales in April, May and June. The impetus is expected to continue throughout the remainder of 2009, with most centres now forecasting year-end sales on par or ahead of 2008 levels.
"The strength of the market, amid the most significant global recession in recent history once again underscores its relevance to the nation's economic engine," says Michael Polzler, Executive Vice President, RE/MAX Ontario-Atlantic Canada. Canadians believe in homeownership -- a fact best illustrated by the purchasers who ventured forward in recent months and snapped up some of the best real estate deals this market has seen in years. Those who chose to sit it out on the sidelines are now facing a market in transition, characterized by the threat of rising interest rates, low inventory levels, and upward pressure on housing values."
Sales Representative
Remax a-b Realty Ltd Brokerage
88 Wellington Street
Stratford, Ontario, N5A 2L2
519-273-2821 ext 229 Office
519-949-0345 Cell
Check out the new Open Houses Site!
Looking for the latest information on upcoming Open Houses? Check out our newly lauched site:
http://www.stratfordopenhouses.ca/
For the lates information on Woodstock and Oxford County check out:
http://www.woodstockopenhouses.com/
Jamie Woodend
Sales Representative
Remax a-b Realty Ltd Brokerage
88 Wellington Street
Stratford, Ontario, N5A 2L2
519-273-2821 ext 229 Office
519-949-0345 Cell
http://www.stratfordopenhouses.ca/
For the lates information on Woodstock and Oxford County check out:
http://www.woodstockopenhouses.com/
Jamie Woodend
Sales Representative
Remax a-b Realty Ltd Brokerage
88 Wellington Street
Stratford, Ontario, N5A 2L2
519-273-2821 ext 229 Office
519-949-0345 Cell
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