Are Your Listings Ready for the Spring Buying Season?
By Melissa Dittmann Tracey, REALTOR® Magazine
It’s time to get those listings ready for the spring! A recent article in U.S. News & World Report by Luke Mullins, 10 Cheap Ways to Boost Your Home’s Sales Price by Spring, offers up some affordable ideas for getting a property in selling-ready shape in time for the spring sale season. Among the ideas in the article:
1.) Touch up the paint on the front door—it’s one of the first places buyers will look!
2.) Paint the interior a light yellow or cream color that creates a nice constrast with white woodwork.
3.) Update the light fixtures, particularly in the entrance and the foyer.
4.) Buy a stove to jazz up your kitchen. There’s no need for an expensive kitchen remodeling job: An updated kitchen stove for about $700-$800 may be enough.
5.) Remove mildew from the caulking and replace stained sinks in the bathrooms.
One thing I’ve learned is touching up paint hardly ever works out, getting a good match to the paint is too challenging. Painting the front door is a simple project that won’t take too long and will go a long way in presenting a fresh home right from the start.
Thank you for these helpful hints. Sellers may respond better to a paid stage that the agent!! We all like to listen to the expert. Margaret C.