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A Beautiful Home Is The Best Incentive To Buy
hen real estate sales that captures buyers at first
are slow, people start glance. Adding that sparkle is
talking about buyer neither as hard nor as expensive
incentives – a little something as you might suppose. Before you
extra to get people to buy your consider incentives that might
house. In the current market, attract buyers, take a hard look
with prices flat and sales slow, at your house. Here’s a five step
buyer incentives are getting a plan for making your home its own
lot of play in the local real buyer’s incentive.
estate news. We’ve seen stories
about sellers who are willing to 1. Enlist the help of your
throw in a big screen television, realtor.
luxury cruises – even a brand new
car. Before you rush out and buy No one has a better grasp of what
a boat to sweeten the deal on the is keeping your home from selling
home you’re trying to sell, check than the professional whose job
with your realtor. Chances are it is to sell it. Your realtor
that he’ll tell you what real has been walking people through
estate professionals all over the your house and is in the best
country already know – the best position to hear their comments
incentive to buy is a beautiful about it. Ask! Remember, your
home. realtor’s living depends on
getting the best price possible
If your home has been on the for your home. You can expect an
market for a few weeks without honest appraisal of what steps
attracting interest or offers, you can take to increase the
there could be any number of appeal of your home and get it on
reasons. One of the most common the fast track to sell. Some
is that the house just lacks questions you might ask your
sparkle – that special something realtor are:
way. Look at your rooms from
- What do people like least about angles that you normally don’t
our house? use. You might be surprised at
- What improvements can I make in the things you notice that you’ve
(name your price range) that will never seen before.
increase its appeal?
- What low cost steps can I take 3. Do a full-scale de-clutter and
to make my home more appealing to cleaning.
buyers?
- Is our asking price reasonable Your first step in preparing your
for this neighborhood? house to sell should be a
- What features have been most full-scale roof to basement
important to people who have cleaning. Get rid of all the
bought houses from you? personal belongings that make
your home “yours”. Rent a storage
2. Do a walkthrough of your unit for those things you don’t
property as if you were a buyer. want to discard – but get them
out of your house. Family
Look at your home through a pictures, knick-knacks on the
buyer’s eyes. Pull up out front mantelpiece, the knitting bag
and study your home from the tucked between the sofa and the
curb. Is the view appealing? Walk wall – they may seem neat, tidy
up to the house and keep your and homey to you. Their effect on
eyes moving around the property. prospective buyers, though, is
What do you see? Stand on the far different. Even if they don’t
front stoop or porch long enough recognize exactly WHY the home
for someone to open the door. doesn’t feel like it fits them,
What does that give you time to they’ll feel it.
notice? Proceed through your
house room by room in the same At the same time, take care of
any repairs around the house – that are close to the house.
especially visible ones. Replace They’ll make the front of your
cracked or stained floors, house look cleaner from the
repaint walls that show stains, outside – and let more light into
fix the caulking around the the house for brighter rooms.
bathtub. Do the same outside –
repair shutters, trim trees and - Define the borders of the yard
shrubs, give the driveway a new in some way. Brick or stone
coat of sealer. Your aim is to borders around gardens and along
make your house look as shiny and walks give a neat, uniform
new as possible. appearance.
4. Hire a landscaper or exterior - Add an outdoor patio space or
designer. spruce up the existing one.
Outdoor entertaining and play
The first impression your house space is a very big draw – as
makes will be the most important long as it’s neat, attractive and
incentive your house has to useful. If your home has a patio,
offer. It can be surprisingly make sure that it’s spotless.
inexpensive to turn your home Invest in new cushions and
from ho-hum to wow! Some outside umbrella for the patio set and if
improvements can even have a there is a grill, make it
positive effect on the interior sparkle.
of your house. Here are a few of
the most common low-cost - Flowering borders, hanging
improvements you can make baskets and container gardens can
outdoors to make your home more all add to the attraction factor
attractive. of the outdoors, but be careful
not to clutter. Make sure that
- Remove high bushes and shrubs any flowering areas are
well-maintained. Containers and
baskets are especially good for - Fresh paint/wall treatments in
this – you can always turn them either room
or replace them if flowers and - New floors in either room
plants start looking less than - New appliances in the kitchen
fresh. - Resurfacing or replacing the
counters and cabinets in the
5. Invest in small home kitchen
improvements that make a big - Replacing the tub enclosure in
difference. the bathroom
- New fixtures and sink in the
Outdated kitchens and bathrooms bathroom or kitchen
are the two biggest detractors in - New lighting in either room
the eyes of buyers. It’s not
surprising, then, that Before you start figuring out
improvements in the kitchen and what you can offer as an
the bathroom are the ones that incentive to buyers, think about
are most likely to be reflected how that money can be used to add
in the selling price of the value to your home. The more
house. Take the money that you’re attractive your home is, the more
considering using as a buyer likely it is to sell without any
incentive and invest it in your additional sweeteners in the mix.
kitchen and bathroom. Some of the Remember, a beautiful home is the
most effective kitchen and bath best incentive to buy.
improvements include:
About the Author:
Calum MacKenzie, owner of Real Living Southern Homes a residential brokerage serving the New Tampa and Land O’ Lakes market.
Read more articles by: Calum MacKenzie
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