2-things-you-gotta-do-to-sell-your-house | Market Updates

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As I mentioned here on sellidaho.com, in "6 Easy Steps to Selling Your Home", there are six key factors and efforts you must make to get your Idaho home sold quickly and for top dollar.

Now... With as many homes that are on the market in Idaho, buyers have options; lots of options! There are more "deals" out there than ever before on Idaho Real Estate! With Idaho Short Sales and Idaho Foreclosures on the rise, it's imperative that you do two things right:

Whether you are selling homes in Nampa or if you have Boise homes for sale, you must

1) Price Your Home ahead of the Market...

Pricing Your Home to Sell

What do I mean by pricing "ahead of the market"? Our market has been in a decline for several months (in most price ranges). It's important that you price as high as possible with SOLD comparables, but BELOW average as compared to ACTIVE listings (your competition). Many sellers have "chased the market down", only to miss the earliest opportunity to sell, and for a higher dollar amount. Some of them now, have been on the market for more than a year and are still "chasing the market" down. If you want your home sold in this market, you must be aggressive with PRICE!

If you can't accept a lower price, maybe you should wait for the market to increase. It's important to know why you are selling.

This will inevitably change as we change to an appreciating market.

2) MAKE Your home SHINE!

Clean your House

Now to the SHINE part: It is simply unbelievable to me that sellers don't 'wash the car' before they try to sell it. It's that simple! With your home, take care of details, paint if necessary, by all means CLEAN IT! Home staging is very popular in this market and very effective for a lot of homes.

If you can spend $2,000 to gain a sales price of maybe $5,000 more, why wouldn't you do it? Even if you can't get $5,000 more, it may be necessary to spend the $2,000 now rather than to chase the market down $5,000 and sell it later.

I hope this makes sense. Please feel free to contact me about what it will take to get your home sold in this trying market. I'm here to help. Always looking out for your next move on Idaho Real Estate,

Don Wixom

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"Thank you Don for your considerate and professional help on selling our house. Your informative correspondance we recieved before deciding to list it, got you the house, and your continued contact to let us know what efforts were being made to advertise and show the house were greatly appreciated. Showing mutual respect, we feel like we have made a new friend!"
~ Bill and Sharrel Cash, satisfied sellers

"Thank you so much for all of your efforts, patience, perseverance and professional behavior through the ordeal of selling our house. The way you dedicated yourself to your work and to our needs truly showed your eagerness and ability to help. Thank you again."
~ Jan Byers, satisfied seller

"Just wanted you to know that we really appreciate how smoothly the sale of our home went. It really could not have worked out any better. The wide marketing of our home you initiated really paid off. Thank you for a terrific experience. You have our highest recommendations, and we'll be more than happy to pass it along. God Bless!"
~ John and Jeanie Mowery, satisfied sellers

"We cannot thank you enough for your time and patience in finding our new home. There's no way we could've done it without you! You made all our dreams come true and we will always hold you dear for that."
~ Meguel and Kris Escutia, satisfied buyers

"Thanks to Don Wixom, we have been enjoying our new home for six months now. Don as the realtor selling our house worked very hard for us. He helped us through all the complex paperwork involved in making offers, getting a loan, etc. Don paid attention to detail and kept us well informed about how things were going. When things needed to be done, Don was readily available, seeing us through a home inspection, even crawling under the house in the dirt and cobwebs when we asked him to. Don was always only a phone call away. We still remember his phone number, we called him so much! Don has a wealth of experience and resources to offer. We would definitely recommend him to anyone wanting to buy or sell real estate."
~Scott and Naomi Watson, satisfied buyers

"We were long distance buyers. We had been through some major life changes in 2005 and had first contacted Don Wixom in August of 2006. He stood by us 2 1/2 years showing us houses, driving out to houses and emailing us pictures when we were unable to go ourselves, never knowing if he actually would have gotten a sale from us and he never complained or pressured us once.
He always treated us with great respect as if we were his only customer. Don has done more for us than we would have done for ourselves. He gave us great advice. He was always learning what it was that we were looking for. As our needs changed midway through our searching he adjusted to them.
His website allowed us to search the multiple listing service without addresses and phone numbers needing to be given. He would always check into and answer our questions and requests.
When buying or selling in Idaho we would never consider anyone but Don Wixom. He stayed with us for the long haul and we will stay with him."
Steve and Jean McBee, Buyers Nampa

"Thanks Don, for the link to IDX app for iPhone. Works great! All the information I need right at my finger tips! Thanks for always leading from the front!"
Ernie Garza, Buyer

2 Things You Gotta Do to Sell Your House!

1) Price Your Home ahead of the Market...

2) MAKE Your home SHINE!