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:
Looking for something fun for the kids to do for Thanksgiving besides just watching the Macy’s Parade and football on TV? Finding family Thanksgiving fun is not that easy to do: the Thanksgiving holiday is focused on reflection, appreciation for the good in your life, feasting, and family. So unlike Halloween, Christmas and Easter there [...]
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Greater Boston home sale prices drifted just a bit lower in August 2010, posting a mild 0.3% drop. The essentially steady performance of metro Boston home prices was announced earlier this week by Standard and Poors in its monthly release of the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index for the Boston metro area. Pronounced seasonal pattern of [...]
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Massachusetts’ unemployment rate plummeted in September to its lowest point in more than 12 months. The sharp drop in the jobless rate, which fell to 8.4 percent in September from 8.8 percent in August, was the greatest monthly decline since 1976 according to the state’s Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. The Bay State’s [...]
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A slowdown in MA home sales coupled with an increase in the number of homes for sale caused home inventories to rise in Massachusetts in October. The bulge in the inventory of homes on the market in MA reflects a drop off in the number of ready, willing and able home buyers. A general weakening [...]
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Home sales in Massachusetts fell 18.9% in September compared to sales in September 2009, according to data maintained by the MA MLS (MLSPIN). The decline in MA home sale volume came despite recent rises in Greater Boston home prices, record low mortgage rates, and improvements in important sectors of the MA economy. Third monthly decline [...]
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July saw yet another increase in Greater Boston home prices. This is the fourth consecutive month that single family residential home values in the metro Boston area have risen. Modest rise Standard and Poors released its Case-Shiller Index for metro Boston today showing a 0.6% uptick in Boston home prices during July. The Index publishes [...]
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Just in case you missed it last week, there were two upbeat economic news reports in the media worth noting. Taken together, these reports demonstrate why the outlook for real estate in Massachusetts may be better than some may currently think. MA economy adds jobs The jobs picture in Massachusetts is far from rosy. But [...]
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The inventory of single family homes for sale in Massachusetts climbed 8.6% this month compared to year ago levels. This marked the second month in a row that the supply of single family homes for sale in MA rose compared to 2009 figures. Trend developing? Housing analysts often cite a rising supply of homes for [...]
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In the face of exceptionally weak MA home sales in July and August, Massachusetts home sellers and buyers alike may be wondering what the fall 2010 real estate market will bring. While some of the recent market stats seem a bit daunting, there are plenty of reasons for optimism about home sales in Massachusetts as [...]
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In data released today, Standard and Poors reported that Greater Boston single family home prices rose 1.2% in June. This was the third month in row that the S&P Case-Shiller Index for metro Boston showed an increase in Boston home values. 4.2% rise from March’s lows The 157.83 June reading represents a 4.2% rise in [...]
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