What are the fees when selling your house?

I am looking at selling my house. Do we pay the realtor before we sell it or do they get a % of the sale when the house sells? What other fees do you need to pay when you put your house up for sale?

The Realtor get’s paid at closing. What they are paid is negotiated up front and written into the listing agreement. While there is no set commission rate, fee’s range from 5% to 10% depending on the property and what it will cost the agent to market it for quick sale. 

Unclutter Your House

When you’re getting ready to sell your home, one of the most important things you can do is to stage it. You may love your collectibles and your family photos, but uncluttering is the best way to a quicker sale and bigger profit. 

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Home Staging: A Full-Service Renovation Process

In order to SELL a house for TOP DOLLAR and QUICKLY, the owners of this property contracted a home staging company. The video shows the renovation process to prepare for Staging. Visit http://www.AlldecorHS.com for info & to view before and after photos.

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What is the best way to quickly sell a house without lowering the price any more?

There are 3 major factors in a home sale, price, condition, and location. You can only control the first 2 obviously. If your house has been on the market a long time than you need to revisit the ones you control. It sounds like you have already reduced the price so you need to consider the condition. There is no “silver bullet” in real estate so it is hard to say more without knowing more. Check your pricing compared to SOLD comparable homes to yours, if you are working with an agent ask them to take you to see active comparable homes to yours so you know what the competetion is and how they are priced and staged. That way you can do what you can to be better than your competition and you will know you are priced well so an appraisal should support the value. If you have not had any showings then unfortunately it is probably price. If you have had a good number of showing then it is probably condition. The average is about 10 showings equals one offer. Remember too that value is ultimately determined by the sold comparables and WHAT A BUYER IS willing to pay. 

How can we make a quick sale for our home? Use a realtor or for sale by owner?

Our home has been on the market for 7 months now. At first we had an agent from Remax for six months and now we signed with an agent from Exit. We have had no luck what so ever. They don’t seem to be avertising very well so we are wondering if we should just go ahead and list for sale by owner and we can do all the advertising ourselves. Not to mention we could lower our asking price a good $10,000-$15,000. We bought our home through for sale by owner so we know a little bit about the process. We are not looking to make a huge profit off of our home with the way the market is, we want to move out of state and are only looking to get a price in which we can pay off our remaining balance on our loan. We did lots of remodelling already and always try to keep it nice and tidy but this house will not sell.

Try the FSBO route and see how it goes, you can always go back to a realtor. Buyers are often struggling to come up with the cash for a down payment, so consider creative ways to help them conserve cash. If they express needs during the showing, a remodel of a room, or redecorating, consider offering to prepay work with a contractor prior to closing in exchange for a full price offer, vs the normal %discount most people are accepting in your area off list price. Price the house 5 to 10k more than you are willing to take, and indicate willingness “to work with” a buyer who seems interested but wants something done to the house to make it just right for them. 

How Can I sell My HOUSE QUICK?

I understand the market is slow. Currently I reside in Maryland, and I DESPERATELY need to sell my house due to school districts before the beginning of the school year. My house has been on the market for 4 months and we have gone through fixing appliances, cleaning the house, throwing junk away , painting, planting…basically my house is in perfect condition. its better than when I bought it.

I have lowered the price to 310,00 - Its the lowest price in the neighborhood .

I DONT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO!! Its getting so stressful and I simply have to move!

You think that the TV show gets every house sold ? They ONLY show you the ones that make for good TV. Simply, there may be no buyers in your price range. People are absolutely fooled about the “value” of their house and their equity and paper profits. Unfortunately you have found this out the hard way. It’s all supply and demand. Try raising the commission offered to the selling agent.

What is the best way to sell my house as quick as possible?

I just refinanced after my husband’s death….I don’t want the house anymore - the loan is 93,000 and it is worth 100,000. I just want to walk away. I don’t have the time or energy to try to sell. I have another house waiting - owner will hold the mortgage and I can get 20% down out of an IRA - but he wants to sell ASAP and he has contingent offers. I don’t care if I lose on this house - I just want out!

It sounds to me like the stress of your husband’s death might make you make a big financial mistake. Don’t foreclose on the house, you’ll ruin your credit rating. Get yourself a good agent. A good agent can help you sell fast and help you deal with the owner for the other house. Otherwise, sell fast by making the house spotlessly clean. Make sure it looks new. Paint job, broken stuff fixed, etc. Pay someone to help with that. You’ll lose less money this way.

My home is in foreclosure - is there anyone to buy it as quick sale and can I still make any money?

My home is going into foreclosure. If there is anyone who can buy it as a quick sale, can I still make any money off of it? I have about 15,000.00 equity.

15k equity is not very much. So you want someone to buy your house and give you the money? I don’t think that’s going to happen with the way the market is. When they foreclose on a property the starting bid is whats owed to the bank. If the bidding goes higher (if your property is desirable to an investor) you will get what’s left over, minus liens.

Can Anyone tell me how to sell a house quickly without spending a ton of cash?

I’m planing to sell my house. What do I do to speed up this process without a lot of cash?

You need to market it on the internet. Go to http://www.Postlets.com and do an e-flyer. Then post it on the following web sites:

1. http://www.Zillow.com

2. http://www.BackPage.com

3. http://advertising.superpages.com

4. http://expo.live.com

5. http://www.craigslist.com

6. http://www.kijiji.com

7. http://www.classifiedads.com/real_estate

8. http://www.google.com/local/add

9. http://listings.local.yahoo.com/csubmit/

10. http://www.yellowpages.com

11. http://www.Zadzoo.com.

What things must you do to sell your house quickly ?

Be sure it is clean. Do not show it messy. When I was looking for my house, you wouldn’t believe the messy, disgusting places I went in. It just creeps you out and you want to leave. New paint will help too. Keep the outside looking good, mow the lawn, trim the shrubs, plant some flowers, etc. The kitchen and bathroom are what most people will want to be in good shape. Again, clean the stove and oven and any other appliances. Be sure there’s no leaks in the bathroom and the toilet works well.