Is your agent really looking after you?
When you’re selling your home in the Vancouver area, you need someone who specialises in selling homes. Why?
Because an agent who’s an expert in home sales will provide extra services that will help you get the most money out of your home. Here’s what to ask when you interview prospective agents:
Do You Conduct Pre-Market Home Inspections for Your Clients?
Many real estate agents advise clients to hire an inspector before they put their home on the market. But don’t perform the inspection themselves.
As a result, many clients shy away from a pre-inspection. They may be worried they’ll uncover a money trap or they may not want to pay to inspect a home they won’t live in any longer.
At Residencity, we provide a better solution. We pay for our clients’ home inspection even before their home goes on the market.
We think that your real estate agent should do so, too. After all, knowing your home’s best points, as well as its flaws, can help your agent sell your home more effectively.
Do You Give Clients Tips to Maximise Their Home’s Selling Price?
After the pre-listing inspection, your real estate agent should provide several suggestions to help you get the most out of your home. For example, if the inspector found your gutters clogged, you can make your home more attractive to buyers by paying a few dollars to have them cleaned.
If a few floorboards are loose, tighten them so prospective buyers won’t be turned off by the squeak. You get the idea.
You may not want to pour a lot of money into your home but you can do several things to entice buyers to consider your home over the one down the street. Your real estate agent should give you a list of home improvement tips that can maximise your home’s selling price before it goes on the market.
Do You Stage and Photograph Your Clients’ Homes?
Buyers are more willing to plunk down a good chunk of change when they can imagine their own furniture fitting well into the home. That’s why a staging a home can make or break a sale.
A professional real estate agent should be able to advise you on how to best stage your home, using your existing furniture. They’ll tell you how to position your furniture in a more inviting way, and suggest you store your personal items (like your Canucks banner and your wedding picture).
This way prospective buyers can picture their own photographs and belongings in the home.
After staging, a quality real estate agent will bring a professional photographer to your home to show your home’s best face to the world. Since you’re paying the commission the real estate agent should include these services.
Do You Provide Floor Plans and Specification Sheets to Prospective Buyers?
You wouldn’t buy a car that didn’t have an owner’s manual would you? It’s the same with real estate.
You need to know where to find various amenities, how large the place is, and what condition it’s in. A great real estate agent will provide those things so potential buyers will know everything they need to before they buy.
Yours agent should, too.
Here at Residencity, we provide three things to our clients before we put their homes on the market: a floor plan, a manual, and a specification sheet.
When buyers know that the former owners have taken care of every detail for them, they will be more likely to purchase the home with no worries. Less to stress about, more reasons to buy.
After you find a few real estate agents who will go the extra mile to sell your home, it’s time to narrow down your choices to find the very best one for your needs.
If you live in the Vancouver area and want an agent who will look after you and do what’s necessary to maximise the selling price for your home, contact Residencity today.
