Make a “Great Things” List

Make a “Great Things” List

Mar 5, 2021 | Real Estate 101

What’s great about your home? Is it the spacious foyer and generous main floor closet space? Is it the beautiful washroom? Is it the playground that is only a short walking distance away?

 

Although some properties may look similar at first glance, every home is unique – with features and characteristics that make it special. If you’re considering putting your home on the market, make a list of all the great things about your property that potential buyers will want to know.

Start by thinking about the most desirable features of your home. Write down what you really love about the house and the surrounding area.

Next, think about what comments friends and other visitors to your home have made. Have you ever heard anyone say something like, “I really love your kitchen!” or, “This is such a quiet street”? Those are indications that potential buyers will like those features and characteristics too.

Once you have your list, let’s talk. Together, we’ll review all the great things about your home and area, and decide how to market them effectively.

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Helping You with Your Home Sale: Closing

Helping You with Your Home Sale: Closing

Mar 2, 2021 | Real Estate 101

Your home sale is completed on closing day when ownership is officially transferred to the buyer. As closing day approaches, there are a number of tasks to complete.

 

Your chosen real estate professional should guide you through the closing process to help you: 

✔ Hire a legal professional to represent your interests and manage closing documentation.

✔ Satisfy any conditions you may be subject to in the offer.

✔ Arrange and schedule your move requirements or obtain estimates from reputable moving companies and book as far in advance as possible.

✔ Contact utilities to have meters read on closing day and coordinate cancellations, transfers and change-of-address notification for medical, financial and contracted services, licenses, subscriptions, memberships, and personal mail.

✔ Organize the connection of services and utilities at your new home.

✔ Coordinate with your lawyer the receipt of compensation for prepaid utility expenses and the payment of real estate and legal fees from the proceeds of the sale.

✔ Meet with your lawyer to sign required closing documentation to discharge any mortgages, transfer the deed, and to provide the keys for the buyer.

Need help?

 

I can help you understand the closing process and its associated tasks. Put my expertise to work for you and learn more about these steps in your home sale:

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Helping You with Your Home Sale: Negotiating Offers

Helping You with Your Home Sale: Negotiating Offers

Feb 23, 2021 | Real Estate 101

Upon receipt of a valid offer to purchase, there are several considerations and negotiating nuances to understand before you provide acceptance.

 

Your chosen real estate professional should guide you through the negotiating process to help you: 

✔ Clarify all elements of the offer including price, deposit, financial terms, inclusions and exclusions, the closing or possession date and any conditions that apply.

✔ Help determine an appropriate response within the timeframe required, either accepting or rejecting the offer, or developing a counter-offer.

✔ Set a course of action for any counter-offer terms such as adjusting the offer price, inclusions and exclusions, the closing date, or removing conditions.

✔ Manage all offers and any counter-offers, negotiating to get you the best possible deal.

✔ Ensure you understand and agree to all of the offer terms before you provide acceptance.

Need help?

 

I can help you understand the offers you receive and can negotiate to get you the best deal possible. Put my expertise to work for you and learn more about these steps in your home sale:

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Helping with Your Home Sale: Marketing

Helping with Your Home Sale: Marketing

Feb 16, 2021 | Real Estate 101

A comprehensive marketing plan, customized to your home, will give it maximum exposure and the attention it deserves. 

 

Your chosen real estate professional should guide you through the process to help you: 

✔ Prepare a personalized marketing plan containing all activities intended to market your property to prospective buyers and their real estate representatives.

✔ Place your home on MLS®, making it accessible to all real estate professionals and their clients.

✔ Provide national and international exposure for your home by placing it on both royallepage.ca and realtor.ca – two of the most visited real estate websites in Canada.

✔ Provide local exposure for your home with a lawn sign, virtual open houses/showings, print and online promotions.

✔ Showcase your property through print and digital marketing, which includes property feature sheets and brochures, “Just Listed” postcards, single property websites, landing pages and social media marketing.

✔ Network with other real estate professionals and my database of clients where applicable, to provide incremental exposure to your home.

Need help?

 

I can help you market your home to reach the greatest amount of prospective buyers. Put my expertise to work for you and learn more about these steps in your home sale:

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Helping with your Home Sale: Listing

Helping with your Home Sale: Listing

Feb 9, 2021 | Real Estate 101

Entering into a Listing Agreement is the first formal step in marketing your home to prospective buyers.. 

 

Your chosen real estate professional should guide you through the preparation process to help you: 

✔ Explain the Listing Agreement, a contract that commits Royal LePage to market your home for a specified period of time in exchange for a marketing fee or commission, paid upon successful closing of your home sale.

✔ Discuss the marketing fee and the specific value you will receive in exchange for that fee.

✔ Outline the details of the agreement including the asking price, a description of the property, inclusions and exclusions, annual property taxes, and any rights of way, easements, liens, or charges against the property.

✔ Request any required supporting documents such as a property survey, property tax receipts, deed or title search documentation.

✔ Ask you to authorize your mortgage lender to verify your current mortgage details, where applicable.

✔ Request other documentation such as expenses related to heating, electrical and water consumption as well as receipts for any home improvements to assist your home sale.

Need help?

 

I can help navigate through the required documentation for listing your home. Put my expertise to work for you and learn more about these steps in your home sale:

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Helping You With Your Home Sale: Pricing

Helping You With Your Home Sale: Pricing

Feb 2, 2021 | Real Estate 101

Determining the right asking price is the most critical factor to the success of your home sale. 

 

Your chosen real estate professional should guide you through the preparation process to help you: 

✔ Help you understand current market conditions and how they will impact your home’s asking price.

✔ Prepare a market analysis to give you an appreciation of what comparable homes in your area have recently sold for.

✔ Assist you in understanding the marketability of your home’s location, size, style and condition.

✔ Explain how pricing appropriate to market value will help make your home more marketable, exposing it to more qualified buyers while generating the best offers.

✔ Clarify the importance of capitalizing on the early activity associated with new listings by pricing your home appropriately when it first goes on the market.

✔ Help to create value and future negotiating power through chattel inclusions and exclusions.

✔ Work with you to develop a pricing strategy and determine an asking price that will sell your home in the shortest amount of time at the best possible price.

Need help?

 

I can help you determine an asking price designed to deliver results.  Put my expertise to work for you and learn more about these steps in your home sale:

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