Proper support and early planning are the keys to making your Massachusetts home sale easier and more successful.
A home sale is a complex undertaking even in the best of circumstances. And the home selling process is often loaded with emotions, sometimes as much as you’ll experience during other of life’s milestone events including marriage, the birth of a child and the loss of a loved one.
There will be people looking at your home, papers to sign and countless issues to be settled, all while you prepare to leave the familiar and engage life in your new surroundings.
Because the process of marketing and selling a home sale can be deceivingly difficult and typically comes at a time of great emotion and change, it’s important to get things done correctly – the first time!
Home sellers need to undertake proper pre-sale planning. You should aim to carefully prepare both yourself and your home for the most advantageous sale possible. Your goal should be to identify what alternatives are realistically available to you that will advance both you and your home towards a more successful transaction.
The best way to do all this is to start your pre-sale planning early and engage the assistance of a caring and knowledgeable Realtor®. A good Realtor® who offers you state-of-the-art systems and top-notch support will make home selling easier and more profitable for you.
The following posts are presented to help introduce you to home seller tips and advice – some of the keys to a successful home sale.
Feel free to contact us with any home selling questions - no matter how far in the future your sale might be.
The earlier you start your pre-sale planning, the better your chances for a truly successful home sale!
From the category archives:
Franklin MA’s real estate activity in February gave conflicting signals about where the Spring 2010 market may be headed.
Single family home sales in Franklin during February were lackluster. Yet the “feel” of the Franklin market during the month was upbeat and active. Open houses were heavily attended and buyers were actively scheduling showings, looking for [...]
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Inventory levels of condominiums for sale in Franklin, MA showed a marked improvement in February 2010. This continued the trend towards absorption of standing condo inventory noted in January.
Franklin condo sale volume recovers
Sales of Franklin condos recovered strongly in the second half of 2009.
Sale volume had cratered during the first half of 2009, reaching a [...]
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The top four and bottom four single family home sales in Franklin, MA for January 2010 mark a fairly unusual month for property sales in the Franklin community.
Low home sale prices
January’s transactions reflect some remarkably low home sale prices for Franklin, Massachusetts.
$82,000 home sale
At just $82,000, 60 Alpine Place was by far the lowest-selling single [...]
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Two reports issued separately last week paint a relatively upbeat picture of Massachusetts real estate as we get ready for the Spring 2010 prime home selling season.
2009 MA home sale volume up
The Warren Group, publisher of the influential real estate trade publication Banker & Tradesman, released annual home sale figures Tuesday showing a three percent [...]
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Freddie Mac announced late last week that the average rate for 30 year fixed rate mortgage loans fell to 4.99%, marking the third week in a row that rates declined in the US. As tracked by Freddie Mac, 30 year fixed mortgage rates have fluctuated in a very narrow range since last September, hovering around 5%.
After [...]
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A very early reading of the 2010 Massachusetts real estate market taken in mid-January confirms the continuation of the trend towards stabilization and improved conditions that so strongly characterized the latter half of 2009.
Inventory levels of homes for sale in MA showed improvement in January 2010, as homebuyers took advantage of low interest rates and [...]
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Massachusetts real estate turned in a pretty good performance in 2009, given how dire national economic conditions were at the start of the year. Greater Boston single family homes prices are up 6% from their March 2009 lows. MA single family home sale volume rose 4.2% in 2009 compared to 2008 levels, while the inventory [...]
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Here are some tips that will help prospective home sellers decide how best to sell their homes in the next few years. The data comes from the 2009 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers recently released by the National Association of Realtors.
Importance of first time buyers
Nearly half (47 percent) of all recent home buyers were [...]
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There was an early Christmas present delivered today for Massachusetts homeowners: an influential real estate trade publication reported that MA home sale volume jumped over 50 percent in November 2009 compared to year-ago levels. This is very bullish news for the MA housing market as we get ready for 2010.
Home sales near boom levels
The report [...]
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I was very happy this weekend to take advantage of the big snow storm to create some nice childhood memories for my two young sons. We let hardworking Mom sleep in and made Christmas cookies from scratch early in the morning.
No real estate today!
One of the big downsides to being a Realtor® is the demanding, [...]
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