Attention South Jersey home sellers…Especially those in Atlantic County and Cumberland County...

"Ready to Get Serious and Sell Your House, Townhouse, or Condo?

What I can tell you is there are 3 things you can do to help market your house more effectively and to help it sell:

1. Look at what comparable homes are selling for in your neighborhood. Our home certainly is our castle but that doesn’t mean it’s going to sell for the same price as Buckingham Palace. A house should be priced competitively with similar properties in the area. The key words are "similiar properties". Don't consider the 2 story, 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath across the street as a comparable property if you own a 3 bedroom, 1 bath ranch home.

2. De-clutter your house. Over time we get used to seeing the overflowing closet shelves or walking around the pile of magazines on the floor. But when outsiders see that stuff it makes the house seem small and messy. Just before you put your home on the real estate market, clean out all those items you no longer need and hardly ever use. This is such an important item, and too often over looked by home owners.

3. Be willing to invest a little time and money to spruce your house up. I can appreciate you don’t want to invest a lot of money in a place you're going to sell; but, just as you want to buy a place that’s in “move-in condition” or as close to it as you can, so do other people. A fresh coat of paint and other tweaks definitely improve things. Walk in & out of each room in your home and look for things like cracked and/or chipped paint, and paint where necessary. Clean the dirty walls. Polish or refinish hardwood floors. Repair the broken ceramic floor tiles. Little items make a BIG difference.

Want some more tips to sell your single family home, condo, or townhouse in South Jersey? Here are my tips for getting your place ready for a showing.

Of course, there are other factors involved that help sell a home. There's pricing it right, which is an oh-so-very important consideration. In fact, price is the number one reason a home does or does not sell, or sell within a Seller's desired time frame. Pricing your home too high means that it sits on the market too long and becomes a "stale listing". Neither you nor I want that to happen. A lot of your time and my marketing money is spent convincing Buyers it's worth the asking price. It's really the current market that determines a home's worth. So, let's work together to price your home correctly the first time it goes on the market.

Then, there's the marketing that I'll do to get your home sold. I love this part of my job! Through college marketing courses and real estate sales training and experience, I have the tools available to put your home in the brightest and best light possible that there's no way your listing will go unnoticed! The marketing I've done for my listings has paid off, by getting them sold! In fact, even other Realtors have noticed the marketing jobs I've done. "You do a great job in marketing your properties", said Donna B. of Weichert, Realtors-Hoey Group. It's really nice to receive compliments from other real estate agents.

Ready to put your house on the market? Drop me a note and I’ll get back to you in 24 to 48 hours.

"Barbara is an upbeat, hardworking person who will listen to your housing needs and do her best to meet them."
Paula Haeffner -- Galloway, New Jersey




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