3 Reasons You May Be Having Trouble Selling Your Home

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You activated your listing, put a For Sale sign in the yard, and hosted a few showings, but your home still hasn’t sold. You’re becoming frustrated and wondering if you should lower your listing price, start repainting the walls, hire a new realtor, or all of the above. Slow down and take a breath! It’s common to have trouble selling your home, especially if you can relate to any of the following three reasons. Just take our advice and you’ll be sitting at the closing table in no time.

Your Listing Needs a Facelift

This is the digital world, and a potential buyer’s very first impression of your home comes from its online listing. If your online listing is missing pictures, showing unflattering photographs, missing critical information, or poorly written, buyers will pass right over your property for the listings that appeal to them. This is true even if your home is truly beautiful and fairly priced. Take a close look at your listing and make a few of the following changes to encourage buyers:

  • Shoot wide angles with plenty of light
  • Showcase your home’s best features in the first few pictures
  • Don’t include yourself or others in listing pictures
  • Stage tables and countertops before photographing
  • Rearrange furniture to help rooms look bigger
  • Include backyard, gardens, or any other outdoor views that make your property more valuable

Your Interior is Outdated

It’s understandable if you haven’t spent $30,000 to renovate your kitchen in the past five years, but trying to sell a home with a blatantly outdated interior design is challenging. If you’re on a budget, you can make a big visual impact by simply removing wallpaper and painting your walls a neutral color. Pack away questionable decor like the throw shag carpet or wild red curtains to achieve a simple and appealing interior. If you have a larger budget, you can hire an interior designer or contractor to make updates that will make your home easier to sell.

You Haven’t Advertised Your Home Properly

Your listing can’t do all the work! You need to market and advertise your home in many different ways to reach as many buyers as possible. Pick at least three of the following ideas to get your house sold:

  • Create a virtual tour of your home and upload videos to social media sites
  • Hold Open House events every weekend and on some weekday evenings
  • Create color flyers of your home to distribute around your neighborhood and community
  • Place “For Sale” signs on main roads that lead to your home

For more help selling your home and achieving a smooth closing process, call (800) 237-9190 to speak to an expert at Benefit Title Services, LLC in Tampa, Florida.