For Sellers
Introduction
Below are resources to help you through the processes of transferring ownership of your home as smooth as possible.
Seller Resources
How To Guide: Selling Your House
Move.Com provides a comprehensive 4-step process in effectively selling your home covering the preparation, Sale, and move from a home.
10 Ways to Make Your House More Attractive to Sell
1. Get rid of clutter. Throw out or file stacks of newspapers and magazines. Pack away most of your small decorative items. Store out-of-season clothing to make closets seem roomier. Clean out the garage.
2. Wash your windows and screens to let more light into the interior.
3. Keep everything extra clean. Wash fingerprints from light switch plates. Mop and wax floors. Clean the stove and refrigerator. A clean house makes a better first impression and convinces buyers that the home has been well cared for.
4. Get rid of smells. Clean carpeting and drapes to eliminate cooking odors, smoke, and pet smells. Open the windows.
5. Put higher wattage bulbs in light sockets to make rooms seem brighter, especially basements and other dark rooms. Replace any burnt-out bulbs.
6. Make minor repairs that can create a bad impression. Small problems, such as sticky doors, torn screens, cracked caulking, or a dripping faucet, may seem trivial, but they’ll give buyers the impression that the house isn’t well maintained.
7. Tidy your yard. Cut the grass, rake the leaves, trim the bushes, and edge the walks. Put a pot or two of bright flowers near the entryway.
8. Patch holes in your driveway and reapply sealant, if applicable.
9. Clean your gutters.
10. Polish your front doorknob and door numbers.
Remodeling Cost vs Value
Remodel.Com's Cost vs. Value annual report listings for the Raleigh, NC region. Provides median job cost, resale value, and cost recoup information for a wide range of various home remodeling projects.
How to Avoid Foreclosure
The National Association of Realtors PDF resource page on information and contacts to assist in avoiding a home foreclosure.
