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Home Sellers Quick Tips on Last-Minute Showings

Quick Tips on Last-Minute Showings

Monday, 01 December 2008 19:19 Christopher Graham
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Preparing Your House on a Moment’s Notice

Follow these quick tips to ready your home for its best showing when you have 30 or fewer minutes’ notice.

Start where the potential buyers will start:

  • Make sure that the front door presents well. Sweep steps,   if needed.
  • Pick up any out-of-place objects and store them away quickly.

Head inside:

  • Open window treatments and turn on lights.
  • Put any dirty dishes into the dishwasher.
  • Make the beds.
  • Put any dirty laundry inside the washing machine.
  • If you still have time:
  • Run a quick vacuum and/or sweeper to give carpets and floors a fresh look.
  • Wipe down counters and tabletops.
  • Warm some vanilla on the stove to give the house a welcoming scent.

While we would all like to have our houses in showroom condition 24 hours a day, we also acknowledge that we live in them. Do your best to present your house in its best light AND make sure that every potential buyer has an opportunity to view it—accommodate all showings possible.

Last Updated on Monday, 01 December 2008 21:12  

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Newsflash

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - CRRA reports on the residential real estate market in this region. The number of closings for August 2008 was 2,469, which is a 34.5 percent decrease from August 2007. The average sales price for August 2008 was $230,472 which is a 4.5 percent decrease from the average sales price in August 2007. The average listing price for solds for August 2008 was $247,323, a decrease (1.5 percent) over August 2007’s average list price of $251,164, but a slight increase over July 2008.

Residential contracts reported in August 2008 (2,655) decreased 20.3 percent from August 2007 (3,331). New residential listings reported for August 2008 totaled 5,558. The average days-on-market for August 2008 was 136.1 days, which is an increase (5.4 days) over the previous month.

“The gradual downward trend in closings and contracts show that the Charlotte housing market is not immune to what has been happening in other housing markets across the country,“ said Dot Munson, president of CRRA and Carolina Multiple Listing Services, Inc. (CMLS). “However, we should be encouraged because the average sales price of homes has steadily increased since January 2008 and the average sales price is somewhat unchanged since last month. We are optimistic that based on the overall strength of the Charlotte market and the federal government’s recent takeover of secondary mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, we will see interest rates continue to fall, which should spur activity in the region.”