Is Fall the Right Time to Make a Home Sale?

Right now is a great time to sell your home. Not only is there less competition for you to face, but buyers are far more serious this time of year.

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During this time of year, homeowners who are thinking about selling their home often face the same question: should they list now or wait until spring?

If you find yourself in the same situation, we think you should try to sell now. The number one reason is the lack of competition you’d face. By comparison, many more people are planning to list their homes come springtime.

Another reason is that many people expect interest rates to increase next year. If they do, that will make it harder for potential buyers to buy your home, thus shrinking your buying pool. A number of job changes also occur at the end of the year, and the people who are affected by this will need to move quickly. This means you’ll deal with serious buyers only instead of any looky-loos like you would in spring.

With that in mind, what’s the fall/winter season going to look like for the Charlotte market? We think it’s going to be strong, and we base this on four statistical indicators measured over the past year:

• Pending sales are up 18%  
• The average days on market before homes go under contract is down 28%  
• Supply is down 28%
• The number of showings per listing is up 28%

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The Charlotte market is strong right now.

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If any of this sounds interesting and you’re considering jumping into the market, give us a call. We would love to help you out!

Don’t Trust Zillow For Your Home Valuation

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Why can’t you trust Zillow? Not to just pick on Zillow, but also Trulia, or Realtor.com, or any automated valuation websites. The reality is, they just can’t come up with an accurate price of your house without physically seeing it. We’ve seen them off by as much as 30% or more. There are lots of reasons why it just doesn’t work.

For example, it can’t account for where you are in the neighborhood. Are you on a main street, or a cut-through street? Or are you in the back of a cul-de-sac? That makes a difference. So does how much you’ve remodeled or updated, or haven’t updated. Automated sites can’t tell you that. More importantly, they don’t know what the most sought-after school districts are in Charlotte. There are big disparities between some of them. You want to make sure you’re in a highly sought-after school district if that’s something that is important to you.

So, how do you get around this? It’s pretty simple - just get a real estate professional to get out there and take a look. We can do that, and so can other people. The other thing you can get when someone comes out is advice on what to do and what not to do to get the most for your money itself. Don’t do more than you need to.

Thanks for joining us, if you have any questions feel free to call us or send us an email.

How Does Professional Photography Help Sell Your Home?

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As you probably know from looking at homes, most everybody starts their home search online. That’s why it’s so important to have professional photographs taken of your home.

We always use professional photographers to make your listing shine online. We work with them until we get a number of “Wow” shots - these pictures are so beautiful that they really entice people to keep clicking.

There is a whole science behind it, and we specialize in making sure that we get more people to look at your photographs. If necessary, we will even come back to your property and have a twilight photoshoot, especially if the location and setting call for it.

We also include wording with each photo that entices the viewer to keep clicking through each picture on the MLS. This way, they don’t have to go back to the description each time. The wording also helps them visualize themselves in this home, which helps you get a lot more clicks and helps us get a lot more sales.

If you have any questions about professional photography, give me a call or send me an email. I would be happy to help you!