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 real estate continued to strengthen in May 2010 in terms of what’s called its “absorption rate”. At 7.5 months of standing inventory, the supply of Franklin homes for sale this month is 33% lower than the 11.5 months of housing inventory in Franklin one year ago.
Broader markets in Massachusetts also showed a similar [...]
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Back at the start of the year, there was widespread alarm in the media that mortgage interest rates were poised to rise steeply in early 2010. Despite the dire predictions from many financial experts, rates today remain near record lows.
Don’t rely on the experts for your near-term plans
That goes to show that it’s risky to [...]
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With the recent news that the Obama Administration’s Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) is failing to help the overwhelming majority of distressed homeowners in the country (see Money.com’s article “10 foreclosures for every home saved”), we may see more short sales and foreclosure auctions in coming months.
New short sale program designed to help
The new Home [...]
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There was so much heavy rainfall recently in MA that many homeowners are dealing with water in basements that otherwise have been dry for decades.
“RIB” read the recent post on what to do with wet basements in Massachusetts and asked for advice on how to diagnose a malfunctioning perimeter drain in his basement.
Perimeter drain not [...]
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Massachusetts real estate turned in a pretty good showing during the first three months of the year, despite the record rains and widespread flooding that plagued the Commonwealth in March.
Bad weather, flooded basements slow sales and delay closings?
A series of massive storms during March 2010 created record rainfall in Massachusetts. All the bad weather made [...]
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Extraordinarily heavy rains throughout March 2010 left great numbers of homes in eastern Massachusetts with wet basements. March saw unprecedented rainfall totaling over 13 inches in Massachusetts from three massive storms; this was the wettest March on record in Boston.
Pumping out basements
Many basements in Massachusetts got so much water in March that they had to be [...]
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“Massachusetts will be seeing job gains pretty consistently from here on out,’’ according to an economist quoted in an article published last week in The Boston Globe. The article announced very good news for the Massachusetts real estate market: the recession has ended in Massachusetts!
New jobs in technology, health care and education
The Globe interviewed Gus [...]
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Every spring, the inventory of homes for sale across Massachusetts rises as home sellers put their properties on the market to catch the prime spring home selling season.
Each spring, Franklin, MA also sees a rise in the supply of homes for sale.
But for the last 2 spring home selling seasons, the supply of single family homes for [...]
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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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