Charlotte NC Seller Tips | Charlotte NC Homes for Sale By The Maxwell House Group, Realtor

Charlotte Luxury Home Seller Tips | The Importance of Professional Photography

Charlotte Luxury Home Seller Tips | The Importance of Professional Photography Are Your Photos Hurting the Sale of Your Charlotte Luxury Home? “A picture is worth a thousand words.” – Frederick R. Barnard One photograph can have a greater impact on the sale of the home than the entire presentation. Actually, one photo won’t stand alone, and never does but, remember that with the sheer volume of potential buyers searching for Charlotte luxury homes for sale online (93+%), vivid photographs simply must be included in your marketing. In fact, good photography alone can make the difference … Continue reading...

4 Quick Tips To Closet Cleanout – Charlotte Home Seller Tips

4 Quick Tips To Closet Cleanout - Charlotte Home Seller Tips Having met with a moving company this week to obtain an estimate on our local move early next year, reminded me that the more ‘clutter’ we have, the more costly our move will be! Not only will Charlotte home buyers judge our home as being too cluttered but, the increased moving expense is simply not worth it to me to move belongings that have been stored in the backs of closets, accumulating over the years! Your living spaces are the most important rooms in your home. They’re where you read bedtime stories, have family dinners … Continue reading...

Charlotte Home Seller Tips | Deferred Maintenance and Home Inspections

Charlotte Home Seller Tips | Deferred Maintenance and Home Inspections What If You Were Staying In Your Charlotte Home for Another Year? Charlotte home inspections always bring about more anxiety than the actual price negotiations from both buyer and seller perspectives. It’s often the worst part of the entire transaction for home buyers AND sellers! I ask myself if it’s because, as agents, we don’t adequately prepare our buyers and sellers for this portion of the transaction? Do we focus too much on the bottom line negotiations for the purchase and once that aspect of the transaction is … Continue reading...

Should You Lower Your Price On Your Charlotte Home for Sale?

Charlotte home seller tips - Here's 5 more for you!

Should You Lower Your List Price on Your Charlotte Home for Sale? Are you trying to sell your Charlotte home and finding that it is just not selling? In fact, showings have dwindled to a random few? This may be due to a number of reasons beyond your control, such as its location or the fact that the home layout is somewhat unusual. These are issues that you CANNOT CHANGE! If you are struggling to sell your home, there is one factor that you CAN change that may alter your results – the price. Most homeowners are reluctant to lower the price of their home, because it feels somewhat like … Continue reading...

Cultivation Meets Foundation | Unintended Consquences

Unintended Consequences - Cultivation Meets Foundation Ahh, the joys of gardening! If you enjoy the serenity of working in your gardens and you’re a landscape enthusiast, take note. All of those carefully cultivated bushes, flowers and landscaping that you (or your landscaper) work so hard to perfect, may have unintended consequences. Not only do plants contain moisture, they also transmit it to the surfaces that they touch. If shrubbery or mulch are too close to the house, they not only block sunlight but, air circulation which causes dampen ing of the exterior and even the crawl space. … Continue reading...

4 BIG Mistakes that Can Prevent the Sale of Your Charlotte Home

Danger | Seller Mistakes Charlotte home sellers make

4 BIG Mistakes that Can Prevent the Sale of Your Charlotte Home Selling a house in any market can be tricky but, there are certain mistakes an owner can make that will cause a Charlotte home to sit still without a decent Offer and cause the listing to go stale. In order to prevent that from happening, make sure you are not making one of the following mistakes when putting your Charlotte property on the market. 1. Overpricing While your Charlotte home may hold sentimental value, that value does not translate into dollars. Be realistic about your asking price and know the market. Look at the … Continue reading...

Charlotte Vendor of the Week | STAGED FOR SUCCESS

Charlotte Real Estate's Preferred Vendor of the Week

Vendor of the Week | STAGED FOR SUCCESS iCharlotte’s vendor of the week has got to be one of the easiest people in the world to work with! We have thoroughly enjoyed working with Maria Tobin over the years as our preferred home stager. Maria is not only talented but, she is quite flexible and works diligently to accommodate her clients’ schedule as well as their budget. Home staging has been proven time and time again to sell homes faster and for more money. Maria is an Accredited Staging Professional and has got the success stories to prove her talent! Maria stages vacant homes, … Continue reading...

Charlotte NC Real Estate eNews | Week Ending 3/30/2013

Charlotte NC Real Estate eNews | Week Ending 3/30/2013 What’s happening in the Charlotte NC real estate market this week? The Charlotte NC real estate market continues to be hot, hot, HOT--especially in our inner-city areas. Savvy buyers looking to get a jump on new listings are finding homes now, PRE-market! Great news for our buyers because we do have our ears to the ground to find that new listing all over town. SELLERS BEWARE! We are NOT encouraging our sellers to participate in the before-market sale! Why? Even though we know our Charlotte home sellers are thrilled to be in the midst … Continue reading...

Setting the Stage for Selling Your Charlotte Home

Selling your Charlotte home - tips to stage it to sell

Setting the Stage for Selling Your Charlotte Home - Charlotte Real Estate Charlotte NC Home Seller Tips - 4 Simple Steps for Setting the Stage Selling your Charlotte home is not as easy as it once was! Buyers seem to be a bit more persnickety than ever before--as I wrote earlier in the week, they either want to do a full rehab or they want move-in ready with NO modifications to be made. Yes, that means no, “Let’s let the buyers select the appliances.” or “I’m sure they’d want different granite countertops than we would!” Just DO the modifications BEFORE you list your Charlotte home for … Continue reading...

Charlotte Home Seller Tips | Staging Tips – Less is MORE!

Charlotte NC Home Seller Tips - Staging - Less is more

Charlotte Home Seller Tips | Staging Tips - Less is MORE! Staging is the art of preparing your Charlotte home for sale before showing it to prospective buyers. The point of staging is to highlight the house’s strengths, downplay its weaknesses and make it more appealing. Remember that you want your home to show like a model--not like it's being lived in! Take staging tips from home builders--remember less is MORE! With proper staging, you can win buyers over the moment they step through the door. Below are a few staging tips to help make your Charlotte home for sale absolutely … Continue reading...