Home Seller Advice: Charlotte Home Sellers - Cash In By Making an Old Home, New Again Back in the 80's, you bought your move-up home! You took a tour of the home with your agent and simply fell in love! The beautiful new linoleum floors,the most gorgeous Formica countertops in the kitchen you had ever seen and the brand-new, shiny white appliances in the kitchen were just the cat's meow and certainly far too much to resist. You bought your home, you made it your own and have lived in it for years - comfortable as comfortable can be! You've maintained the home like a baby! Your … Continue reading...
Attention Charlotte Homeowners! WANTED Homes to Sell NOW!
Attention Charlotte Homeowners! WANTED Homes to Sell NOW! Thinking of Selling Your Charlotte Home in the Fal? Attention Charlotte Homeowners! Home Sellers WANTED NOW! We’ve got buyers but, we are desperately in need of homes for sale in the Charlotte area! It may not appear to be a low inventory to those searching for ‘all’ homes for sale in the Charlotte (proper) market, but, 2,489 is an incredibly low inventory for our metro area. 13,041 homes were sold in the city of Charlotte in 2014, reducing our inventory significantly. Because of the greatly reduced supply, many buyers are simply … Continue reading...
Top 5 Charlotte Home Seller Tips in 2015
Top 5 Charlotte Home Seller Tips in 2015 Most Charlotte home buyers expect move-in-ready homes these days. Buyers have recently been known to overlook a positively perfect home for them because they find a very minor flaw and do not want to have to do anything when they move in. So, before your first showing, consider these five Charlotte home seller tips so that your home will truly shine when you first put it on the market. 1. $300 for a Pre-Inspection is a MUST! By being proactive and hiring an inspector do perform a pre-inspection, you’ll find out what potential issues need addressing … Continue reading...
Top 10 Charlotte Home Seller Tips for 2015
Top 10 Charlotte Home Seller Tips for 2015 If you’re considering selling your Charlotte home then you may want to take inventory and identify what needs to be addressed before placing your home on the market. First Impressions are Critical Put yourself in your buyers’ shoes. Enter your home starting at the front door and ‘tour’ your home as though you were a buyer. When a buyer is viewing your home, they have every right to be critical of every single aspect of your home - remember, this may very well be their new home! Does your home ‘flow’ nicely? Are your colors coordinating? Are … Continue reading...
Thinking of Selling Your Charlotte Home? Let’s Talk!
Thinking of Selling Your Charlotte Home? Let's Talk! Hiring the RIGHT Charlotte Realtor® As a soon-to-be Charlotte home seller, I am keenly aware of the preparation that it takes to get your home SOLD! Just like every other home seller in the world - my mission is to sell our home for the most money and get it done as quickly as possible. When I interview Charlotte home sellers who are thinking of listing their Charlotte home, I ask them what their goals are. Inevitably, the top two responses are: 1. I just want to get my home sold as quickly as possible and... 2. For the most … Continue reading...
Realty Listing Errors are NO JOKE
Listing Your Charlotte Home for Sale? You may want to be sure that you have double-checked how your listing is viewed online! I was recently speaking with a couple who have been on the market for quite sometime and wanted to know why they were getting very few showings. It took about 5 seconds to spot 2 major flaws: The photos were terrible The ranch home was listed as a 2-story! Ranch homes are typically hot sellers in the area and especially in their community. The fact that buyers and their agents were viewing the property as a 2-story in the data, we're certain has caused a … Continue reading...
Spectacular vs. Blah – Guess Which One Sells?
Selling your Charlotte home? Consider the importance of presentation. I represent a good number of Charlotte home sellers and absolutely love that aspect of my job. I also enjoy showing homes to buyers in the areas and price ranges in which I serve sellers. Some tours can be eye-opening as buyers are wonderful at expressing what they love and don't like about properties. Those tips are helpful in sharing with my sellers how to better procure a buyer for their home. Recently showing homes to Charlotte relocation clients, I listened intently to the buyers' comments about properties in … Continue reading...
Charlotte Home Seller Tips | Five Updates to Help Your Charlotte Home Sell
What Charlotte Home Buyers Want | Five Updates to Help Your Charlotte Home Sell If you’re planning to list your Charlotte home for sale, you will definitely want to make it irresistible to buyers. We’re seeing repeatedly in our showing feedback from buyers touring our listings that they want move-in READY! Most buyers don’t want to have to lift a finger with the exception of writing that check to the moving company! They WANT you to have an updated home and if the home is priced within market range, they will PAY for those updates. However, they want to tour your home with these updates … Continue reading...
Three Newly Official Words Regarding Charlotte Real Estate
Three Newly Official Words Regarding Charlotte Real Estate They say that language reflects culture, and certainly, the difficulties in the real estate market are showing up in the list of new words for this year. If you’re buying or selling Charlotte real estate, you may already have taken note of some of these new words. Here are three for your consideration: Water: Not Just For Swimming Anymore According to the keepers of the language flame at Merriam Webster, “underwater” has a new definition. “Underwater” now officially also means "having, relating to, or being a mortgage loan for which … Continue reading...
South Charlotte Area Luxury Neighborhoods | Deerfield Creek
Charlotte & Matthews Area Luxury Neighborhoods | Deerfield Creek Luxury Homes for Sale in Deerfield Creek If you’re in search of a Charlotte area luxury neighborhood, look no farther than Deerfield Creek. Located in Mecklenburg County but, with a Matthews address, Deerfield Creek is a gorgeous John Wieland & Hampshire Homes luxury home community that boasts fabulous neighborhood amenities. ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD There are approximately 200 homes this Charlotte area luxury neighborhood, Deerfield Creek. The homes are predominantly transitional/traditional full brick and are … Continue reading...