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March 17, 2010
How To Sell Your Denver House Fast
In today's competitive market you need to do the following three things to sell your house fast:
1. Correctly Price Your Denver Home For Sale
Pricing is the most important factor to sell your Denver house fast. To determine the correct listing price, you need to have a Denver Realtor provide a free Denver home value report. Your Denver Realtor will prepare a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) that compares your home to recent sales in your neighborhood. They will then make adjustments for the condition of your home, the location, and other factors. To get the most accurate CMA report, you should have your Denver Realtor visit your home first so they can see the condition and unique features of your home. Your Denver Realtor should then meet with you to explain the CMA report. Your Realtor should also provide you with a Staging Recommendation Report and a Return On Investment (ROI) report at this time. The ROI report will detail any recommended repairs that should be made to your home and the amount of money that each repair would increase the asking price for your home.
Get your free Denver home value report now.
2. Stage Your Denver Home For Sale
Use the Staging Recommendation Report provided by your Denver Realtor to help you stage your home for buyers. You should do as many of the following as possible:
•De-clutter your house by removing all knickknacks, magazines, and anything else on surface areas. Remove all small appliances and other clutter from the kitchen counters. Remove all items such as magnets and photos from your refrigerator. Remove all family photos from your walls and all personal items.
•Remove extra furniture to make your rooms look bigger.
•Clean everything and everywhere inside and outside of your home.
•Make sure your house looks inviting from the street and as you approach the front door. First impressions are the most important when it comes to selling your house.Get a list of additional staging recommendations to sell your house fast.
3. Hire a Web Savvy Denver Realtor to Market Your Denver Home
In today's competitive market, you need a Web Savvy Denver Realtor to sell your Denver house fast. Your Denver Realtor should market your Denver home extensively online by doing the following:
•Take professional photos for your MLS listing and other marketing purposes.
•Create a Web site exclusively for your home to market your Denver home online.
•Create a virtual tour of your Denver home.
•Film a video tour of your Denver home and post in on your home's Web site and on YouTube.
•Print color flyers for inside your home and outside on the sign.
Advertise your Denver home for sale weekly on Craigslist and Backpage.
•Promote your home on real estate Web sites including Realtor.com, Zillow.com, Trulia.com, Twitter.com, Facebook.com and ActiveRain.com.
•Feature your Denver home for sale on your Denver Realtor's Web site.
•Print "just listed" postcards and distribute them to your Denver home's neighborhood.
•Hold open houses at your Denver home as necessary and promote the open houses online.Get a list of additional marketing recommendations to sell your house fast.
Denver home selling tips Provided By:
J. David Lampe, REALTOR®
Broker Associate
Denver Real Estate Group303.550.8563
websavvyrealestate.comLook for regular postings of Denver area market reports and buyer and seller tips on my real estate blog - Web Savvy Real Estate Blog.
In today's competitive market, you need a Web Savvy REALTOR®. I utilize the Web to help sellers get top dollar and buyers to efficiently find their dream home.
I serve the entire Metro Denver area including Denver, Boulder, Westminster, Broomfield, Arvada, Golden, Cherry Creek, Capitol Hill, Highlands, LoDo, Washington Park, Park Hill, Lakewood, Evergreen and Conifer. Search all homes for sale in the Metro Denver area on my Web site for free. Search for Denver Real Estate now.
Originally posted at: Denver Real Estate: How To Sell Your Denver House Fast
November 7, 2009
It’s a great time to buy, rates are at historic lows, prices are down, and the homebuyer credit has been extended and expanded
Right now is a great time to be a buyer in the Denver area! Interest rates have never been better and Colorado real estate prices are down from their peak in October 2007. There is a good inventory of houses for sale in the Denver metro area so it’s easy to find your dream home.On November 6, 2009, the tax credit was extended and expanded. First-time homebuyers in the Denver metro area get an $8,000 tax credit and homeowners who have lived in their home for at least five years and purchase a new home get a $6,500 tax credit.
You must act fast to get your tax credit. The tax credit is only available for buyers who sign a purchase contract by the end of April 2010. Complete detail on the tax credit can be found at http://www.federalhousingtaxcredit.com.
Contact Web Savvy Real Estate now to get stared on finding your Denver or Boulder dream home.
October 10, 2009
How to select a broker to sell your home – Web expertise is extremely important
When selecting a Colorado real estate broker to sell your home would you want to hire one who takes a couple of pictures of your house, posts it for sale on the MLS and then sits back and waits for an offer? A large percentage of Denver area real estate agents do exactly that. At WebSavvyRealEstate.com, we do things differently. When we list your Colorado property we use every available Web marketing opportunity to market your house, we post it on the MLS and create your own Web site that includes a photo tour and video tour. We will post your property on Google base and weekly to craigslist.org. Your property will also be marketed on our Web site and at DenverRealEstateGroup.com. We want to expose your property to as many people as possible by utilizing the Web to it’s fullest potential. According to the National Association of REALTORS®, 87 percent of buyers used the Internet when searching for their new home. If your property is not represented well on the Web, you will not attract nearly as many interested buyers. Contact WebSavvyRealEstate.com to sell your home for top dollar in the shortes amount of time.
September 1, 2009
Finding your dream home – using my Web based tools
If you’ve ever looked for real estate before, you know how hard it can be to keep track of all of the houses you’ve looked at. It’s hard to remember the unique features of each house and what you liked and disliked about each one. Wouldn’t it be great if your real estate agent had a system to keep track of everything for you? WebSavvyRealEstate.com has done exactly that. Every house you look at is saved on your private online tracking page where you can keep notes on each property. Detailed information is also available about each property including maps and neighborhood information.Do you have family and friends who would like to see what properties you are interested in purchasing during your search? With tools developed exclusively by WebSavvyRealEstate.com, you can now share all or some of the properties you have looked at with your family and friends. Your family and friends can even make comments about each house that you will see on your private tracking page.
If you’re looking for property in the Denver metro area, contact WebSavvyRealEstate.com now to take advantage of these free buyer tools.
