3 Common Charlotte Home Seller Mistakes | Thoughts from the Buyers’ Perspective Showing homes this beautiful Charlotte weekend, I had the wonderful opportunity to pick the brains of savvy buyers with regards to home SELLING!  Yes, because both sets of buyers are also sellers, we discussed seller strategies that just didn’t seem to be working for some of the homes that we viewed. Charlotte Home Seller Tips:  Here are our thoughts on three of the biggest seller mistakes that we saw: 1.  Pricing:  Why do sellers continue to price homes as though they were on sale at WalMart?  Here’s an example of … Continue reading...

Charlotte Home Seller Tips | 7 Painful Consequences of Overpricing Your Home With the recent change in the Charlotte real estate market, many sellers are finding themselves feeling quite confident that they are soon going to sell their home.  One of the main problems that we are seeing with some sellers are that with this added confidence in the real estate market, they feel even more confident about their higher list price. When you overprice your Charlotte home for sale, you may well suffer from 1 or even all of these 7 overpricing consequences: 1.  You may actually help sell similar homes … Continue reading...

Charlotte Home Seller Tips | 4 Things That Will Turn Buyers Away in a Heartbeat You’ve decided to list your Charlotte home for sale, you’ve de-cluttered, rearranged furniture, removed all unnecessary furniture and you’ve cleaned it from top to bottom. Even though you have a good start, maintaining a clean household may just not be enough; you also need to be prepared to cater to discriminating buyers. By updating just a few features, you’ll immediately increase your property’s appeal to buyers looking at Charlotte homes for sale. Selling a house is stressful enough without having to worry … Continue reading...

The Perils of Overpricing Your Charlotte Home for Sale In the past, I was inclined to accept listings from sellers who I knew were unrealistic in their expectations as far as pricing was concerned.  I always felt that I could show them that after 30 days, with no Offer, they could reduce the price and VOILA! the home would sell! Sellers have an inherent ‘attachment’ to their home--they want to move but, won’t consider reducing the price to the point at which it will actually SELL.  “My home is worth $___ and I have done $___ amount of work to the home so, I’m not just going to give it … Continue reading...

Charlotte Home Seller Tips | Extend Your Selling Season Spring is and has always been the best time to find the largest pool of buyers and sellers know this.  Because parents don't want to uproot their children in the middle of the school year, many buyers begin their home search and target an end-of-school Closing date so that they can be settled into a new neighborhood by the beginning of the next school year.  As well, many sellers believe that buyers aren’t out in force during the winter months so, they pull their homes off of the market.  This is also partially due to the holiday season … Continue reading...