There are many great Anchorage area homes for sale. Click here to perform a full home search, 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 (907) 865-6404 for a FREE home buying or selling consultation to answer any of your real estate questions.
Some homeowners wait for June or July to put their home on the market. However, February, March, and April are actually busier months for the real estate market. Things slow down in the summer due to the fishing and hunting season. That said, now is the perfect time to prepare your home for the market. There have been many times where I talk to a homeowner about preparing their home to sell, and the owner tells me they’ll be ready in a week. Next thing you know, one week turns into four, and the home still isn’t quite ready. Get started now with these four simple tips!
1. Clean up outside. Curb appeal gets people in the door. Put trash cans in the back of the house and consider painting your front door. 2. Use quality photography. The pictures you put online have to make it look like your home belongs on HGTV. Make your home look as clean and spacious as possible, and consider hiring a professional photographer. 3. Focus on the kitchen. Take everything off the counters that you don’t use every day. Get everything down from the top of cabinets. You want people to focus on the house and the floor plan, not your clutter. 4. Clean up the master bedroom. Clean off the dresser and have a nice comforter set for the bed. Keep the curtains open to make the room light and inviting. We recommend focusing on the kitchen and the master bedroom because these are the two rooms buyers pay the most attention to. We have many more tips for sellers, so if you have any questions, give us a call or send us an email. We would be happy to help you!
There are many great Anchorage area homes for sale. Click here to perform a full home search, 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 (907) 865-6404 for a FREE home buying or selling consultation to answer any of your real estate questions.
Today, we're here with part two of "What makes a home sell?" The first thing you want to do is captivate your buyers from the driveway. If they don't like the outside of the house, you won't get them to look at the inside of your house. Do what it takes to make the outside of the house appealing. Repaint, re-stain the decks - as soon as weather permits, of course! For now, keep walkways and driveways clear, and take the trash cans around to the back of the house. Next, walk into your home. Does the house smell good? If you have animals in the home, you need to air out the house very well. It may feel a little boring, but neutral colors are the best way to go. As for carpet, you might be able to get away with deep-cleaning it. However, if you can still see a lot of wear and tear it may be best to replace them. Carpet has a lifespan of about five to seven years, and buyers expect fresh carpet.
Finally, focus on the areas that will impact the buyer the most: your kitchen, master bedroom, and master bathroom. Deep-clean the kitchen: scrub baseboards, take the magnets off the refrigerator, and get rid of anything sitting on top of cabinets. If you don't have a nice bedspread, purchase one. Clear extra items off your dresser. Clean the master bathroom and get rid of laundry hampers. If you have any questions about today's video, give us a call or send us an email. We would be happy to help you!
There are many great Anchorage area homes for sale. Click here to perform a full home search, 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 (907) 865-6404 for a FREE home buying or selling consultation to answer any of your real estate questions.
Today I am going to answer the most asked question of the year in Anchorage. The question I’ve been getting is, “What do you expect to happen to the housing market in the next few years?” Unfortunately this is not a question that I, or anyone else for that matter, can answer. However, I can tell you that our inventory is extremely low right now. There are 543 single-family homes and 279 condos currently on the market. We expect these numbers to pick up in February.
If you’re contemplating selling your Anchorage home this year, now is the time to get it ready for the market. It takes some preparation, and a lot of work, so our advice would be to start the process as early as possible. In reality, the early spring market has been when sellers sell the fastest and get the most money for their home. If you’re thinking about getting your home on the market, feel free to give me a call. I would be happy to do a walkthrough with you and let you know what you need to do to get prepared to sell. Next time, we are going to give you some great tips to prepare your home for the market. In the meantime, if you have any questions for us, just give us a call or send us an email. We would love to hear from you!
