Why Can't You Always Trust a CMA When Selling Your Wexford Home?

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Today, I want to warn you about a mistake many sellers have made recently. If you're not careful, the CMA can cause you to lose money when selling your home!

The evolution of the internet has caused the way we price homes to change. If an agent is coming in and doing a CMA, you have to wonder whether you're leaving money on the table. It used to be that an agent would go to the MLS, pull up comparables, and come back and give an estimate of how much the home might be worth. This way of doing things is no more!

Today, a good agent is an expert advisor, and someone you want to work closely with to find the value of your home. Your expert advisor will do the counseling interview to make sure that they have all the information about your home, your time frame, and other important aspects so that they know how to price the home. We will then make sure you get the top ten selling tips to help you make the most money.

An expert advisor is priceless because they will also go over the steps to selling your home. They will break the process down piece by piece so you know exactly what to expect when selling. The marketing analysis we do goes back 3-4 years, instead of just 6-12 months, so we can determine what current trends mean for the pricing of your home! It's an in-depth process that we have mastered over the years.

If you have any questions about how we can make the selling process go as smoothly and successfully as possible, don't hesitate to reach out to us. We would love to show you what we can do!

Five Home Seller Mistakes You Need to Avoid

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This is a good time to be on the market selling your home, so I thought I'd give you some tips and guidance on how to sell your home without too many headaches. I'll be going over some common mistakes that are made in the selling process and why they need to be avoided. 

1. Getting too emotional: You need to remember that this is a business transaction and that the goal is to sell your home for the most amount of money to the most qualified buyer. Take a few steps back and think about what you're doing before you act.
2. Not negotiating: Negotiation is crucial in real estate. You have to play the game if you want to win.
3. Putting too many restrictions on your home: You need to let buyers view your home, so you need to be available and willing to let them in if you're serious about selling.
4. Pricing your home on what you need to net: You need to price your home according to the market value. Otherwise you're just pricing yourself out of the market.
5. Not keeping your home current: Your home needs to be priced to sell, and with changing market conditions this can sometimes take a little bit of work. You'll have to adjust your price if you're serious about selling quickly and for top dollar.

Hopefully this information can be useful to you if you're planning on buying or selling this year.

If you have questions about anything that I've covered, please be sure to contact me. I am always here to help you with your Wexford real estate needs!

How Can this Tool Help Sellers Make More Money?

There are many great Pittsburgh area homes for sale. Click here to search Homes for Sale, or if you're thinking of selling your home, click here for a FREE Home Price Evaluation so you know what buyers will pay for your home in today's market. You may also call me at (412) 303-3600 for a FREE home buying or selling consultation to answer any of your real estate questions.

The Sayhay Team is excited to introduce a new tool we're implementing called Market Snapshot. It will provide our seller clients with a real-time, bi-weekly snapshot of what's going on in the market around their home once it's listed. There are three very unique features that will help our clients have a successful home sale:

1. Keeps homeowners aware of market conditions: Is the market slowing down? Are homes sitting on the market for a long time? Are sellers taking their homes off the market? What's the inventory like? Market Snapshot will answer all of these questions and more, so our sellers can stay ahead of the market and make the most money.
2. Tells homeowners when to reduce their price: When is the right time to reduce your asking price and how much lower should you go? Market Snapshot will keep you updated with the number of showings, tell whether that number is lower than usual, and will provide buyer feedback. This will help our sellers determine what price reduction they need to take in order to sell their home quickly and for more money.
3. Supplies more information to make more money: The information you'll get from Market Snapshot is invaluable, but if you want to put a value on it, we have been able to make our sellers between 8% and 12% more money than the typical seller in the same market.

As you can see, there are many benefits afforded by our latest tool. If have any questions about what it has to offer and how we can help you get more money in less time, give us a call or shoot us an email. We would love to help make your selling experience a success!