How to Sell Your Home for a Good Price in a Tough Market

In an ideal world, you would always be able to sell your home for the price you want. But sadly,home sellers don’t always have the benefit of a hot market. While you can’t do much about a slow market, you can take steps to help your home sell faster and for a better asking price. Working with a great real estate agent, setting a realistic asking price, preparing your house to attract potential buyers, and marketing your home aggressively will help you shift the odds in
your favor and increase your chances of a smooth sale.

Clean and Declutter

Cleaning your home is an important part of preparing it for sale. In a slow market, buyers can afford to have high standards, so your home needs to be flawless. A top-to-bottom deep clean is essential. Take the time to sort through your belongings and declutter your home as well. According to Professional Staging, removing clutter will make your home appear larger and! ...

Some Highlights:
Buyer demand continues to outpace the supply of homes for sale. This means that buyers are often competing with one another for the few listings that are available.
Housing inventory is still under the 6-month supply needed to sustain a normal housing market.
Now may be the time for you and your family to move on and start living the life you desire!

Here are 5 compelling reasons listing your home for sale this summer makes sense.
1. Demand Is Strong
The latest Buyer Traffic Index from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) shows that buyer demand remains strong throughout the vast majority of the country. These buyers are ready, willing, and able to purchase… and are in the market right now! More often than not, multiple buyers are competing with each other for the same home.
Take advantage of the buyer activity currently in the market.
2. There Is Less Competition Now
Housing inventory is still under the 6-month supply needed for a normal housing market. This means that, in most of the country, there are not enough homes for sale to satisfy the number of buyers.
Historically, the average number of years a homeowner stayed in his or her home was six, but that number has hovered between nine and ten years since 2011. Many homeowners have a pent-up desire to move, as they we. ...

Top Days to List Your Home for Sale [INFOGRAPHIC]

Some Highlights:
ATTOM Data Solutions conducted an analysis of more than 29 million single family home and condo sales over the past eight years to determine the top days to list your home for sale.
The top five days to list your home brought in a 10% premium over market value and are all in either May or June!
“Families start their home search when they know their kids will be out of school and when the weather is ideal for home viewing and moving, giving home sellers an upper hand in price negotiations.”
There is still time to list your home before these dates pass you by!

Schools can have a big impact on property value and quality of life. If you're buying a home, here are a few reasons local school ratings matter – even if you don't have kids.
1.The next buyer will consider school ratings, too
According to a recent National Association of REALTORS Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, 25 percent of homebuyers listed school quality and 20 percent listed proximity to schools as deciding factors in their home purchase. Another survey conducted by Realtor.com showed that 91 percent of the people surveyed included school district boundaries in their decision-making process. You may be surprised to learn that not all of the shoppers involved in the studies had kids.
2.More money spent on schools means more money spent on homes
There's a correlation between school expenditures and home values in any given neighborhood, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. Their report, "School Spending Raises Property Values," found tha" ...