Think Like a Charlotte Real Estate Agent Before putting your Charlotte home on the market, you will want to make certain that your home is in tip-top condition to ensure a quick sale. The key to listing your home is a competitive price and ascertaining you have what buyers are looking for. The trick to that is to think like a Charlotte real estate agent. To prepare your home to sell, here are five easy and inexpensive home improvements this Charlotte REALTOR® recommends: Layout – Take an objective look at your home and stage your home accordingly. Remove clutter and rearrange furniture … Continue reading...
5 Great Reasons to List Your Charlotte Home During the Holidays
5 Great Reasons to List Your Charlotte Home During the Holidays Every year, about this time, at least one of my sellers will ask, “Should we wait until after the holidays to list our home?” Some even ask, “Should we take our home off of the market for the holidays and put it back on the market on January 1?” My answer is always - you can list now with less competition than in the spring and know that the buyers who come through your home during the month of December are SERIOUS buyers! Here are five great reasons to list during the holidays: Relocation buyers are out there shopping and … Continue reading...
How to Remodel Your Bathroom on a Budget
How to Remodel Your Bathroom on a Budget When it comes to remodeling a bathroom, you want to plan appropriately. Things can get expensive quickly, so you want to keep your budget tight and ensure that you have the best ROI for the projects chosen. If you’re planning to redo your home’s bathrooms, here is what you need to know to get the most from your money. Think About ROI One of the big rooms to remodel before putting the house on the market is the bathroom. While building a new bathroom may not give the best return, adding additions and renovating can. Painting, especially a calming color … Continue reading...
Three Questions to Ask Before Selling Your Home By Owner
Three Questions to Ask Before Selling Your Home By Owner Real estate technology has made giant strides over the past few years, allowing home buyers to search for properties online. As well, this technology is giving home sellers the perception that they have the ability to research their home’s value and even accept offers to purchase their home conveniently online. Are you a homeowner who is thinking about selling your home on your own? Ask yourself these three questions before you follow the inclination to go it alone. What is my home worth? Your home is an investment and you should … Continue reading...
9 Open House Preparations That Sellers Can’t Afford to Overlook
9 Open House Preparations That Sellers Can’t Afford to Overlook A great open house calls for more than tidying and sweeping. Overlooking small details could leave buyers with a poor impression of your home and lead to low offers. If you’re hosting an open house to help sell your home, you can’t afford to skip these nine tasks. 1. Cleaning the Windows You might not give your windows much thought, but dirty, smudged glass distracts buyers and makes your home seem less clean. For sparkling clean, streak-free windows, follow cleaning tips from Cleanipedia. 2. Organizing Cabinets Don’t try to … Continue reading...
WANTED: Charlotte Homes to Sell NOW in 2018!
Attention Charlotte Homeowners! WANTED: Charlotte Homes to Sell NOW in 2018! Thinking of Selling Your Charlotte Home in the Coming Months? Why not consider listing your home NOW? We’ve got buyers but, unfortunately our inventory is so incredibly low right now, there is little from which our buyers can choose. We are seriously in need of homes for sale in the Charlotte area! WANTED: Charlotte Homes to Sell NOW! For those searching for ‘all’ homes for sale in the Charlotte (proper) market, you may not believe that our inventory is this low but, it is! 2,543 homes (single family, … Continue reading...
5 Reasons to SELL YOUR CHARLOTTE HOME NOW!
5 Reasons to SELL YOUR CHARLOTTE HOME NOW! Here are five great reasons listing your home for sale this winter makes perfect sense: #1 - Demand Is Strong The latest Buyer Traffic Report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) shows that buyer demand even remains very strong throughout the vast majority of the country. With Charlotte being one of the top 5 cities in the nation for relocation, it's no surprise that our traffic ranking is quite high - and has been for the past 4 years. These buyers are ready, willing and able to purchase… and are in the market right now! More often than … Continue reading...
If You’re Thinking of Selling Your Charlotte Home, CALL NOW!
If You're Thinking of Selling Your Charlotte Home, CALL NOW! As the final data on the 2017 Charlotte housing market files in, we can definitely say one thing: If you are considering selling, IT IS TIME TO LIST YOUR HOME! How did we finish 2017 1. New-home sales were at their highest level in a decade. In fact, in all Charlotte MLS, new construction sales were up 15.4% year-over-year. 2. Sales of previously owned homes were at their highest level in more than a decade. In all Charlotte MLS, resales were up 3.6% year-over-year. 3. Starts of single-family homes were their strongest in a … Continue reading...
Top 10 Charlotte Home Seller Tips for 2018
Top 10 Charlotte Home Seller Tips for 2018 If you’re considering selling your Charlotte home then you may want to take inventory and identify what needs to be addressed before placing your home on the market. First Impressions are Critical Put yourself in your buyers’ shoes. Enter your home starting at the front door and ‘tour’ your home as though you were a buyer. When a buyer is viewing your home, remember, they are going to be critical of every single aspect of your home. **Remember, this may very well be their new home! Does your home ‘flow’ … Continue reading...
Top 10 Charlotte Real Estate Articles for 2017
Top 10 Charlotte Real Estate Articles for 2017 As we do each day, week, month and year - analyzing the way that our information which we provide to the consumer, both near and far - we’ve once again researched the top 10 articles for the year. Our goal is to be certain that if you search for something related to Charlotte real estate in Google, Bing, MSN or any of the other search engines and find us, we are providing you the information that you need in an accurate, clear, concise and thorough manner. In fact, we go to great lengths to do so! Our staff works diligently to find exactly what … Continue reading...