TOP HOME SELLING TIPS FOR WINTER

Selling your home during winter can be challenging. But a few simple home-selling tips can help you easily make your home more attractive to potential buyers. These simple home-selling tips can help buyers warm up to your property even on the coldest day.

When it’s cold outside, people will likely browse homes on the internet before coming to an open house. Make sure you have several flattering photos of your home available online. If possible, include photos of the outside of your home from the spring and summer as well as winter. This way, prospective buyers will be able to see how your home looks year-round.

It’s really important that every time it snows, you clear your parking areas, a path to the front door, and a path coming out from the back door. Be sure to throw down some ice melt on any areas that might freeze, and also toss some sand on the path so anyone who walks on it will have better traction. Out of all the home-selling tips here, this one is the most important for safety! You want potential buyers to get to and from your home without any trouble — this will give them a better impression even on a snowy day!

Winter makes for gray days. Don’t leave the blinds or curtains closed when you’re showing your home on winter days. Open the blinds and curtains to let in light. Turn on all the lights in and around the house, including outdoor lights around your front door and garage. Not only can this help prospective buyers see better on gloomy winter days, but the light makes your home look more inviting.

Bump up the heat on chilly days. You want to make potential buyers understand that your home is comfortable, and the best way to do that is by keeping them warm. Set the thermostat a degree or two higher than normal.

Make your house look inviting and homey to potential buyers. Drape a fluffy blanket over the back of the couch. Make your home look like somewhere the buyers could easily envision themselves living.

Some rooms of the house become more useful during winter. For example, a finished basement, a kids’ playroom, and indoor exercise areas are all appealing places for the family to hang out when the weather outside is frightful. Be sure to remove clutter from these rooms to really emphasize their purpose, and remind your selling agent to point out these rooms when showing prospective buyers around your home.

This is one of those home-selling tips that is important year-round, including winter. If you’re looking to sell your home quickly, instead of gradually making small price reductions, price it low for the market from the beginning.

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