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House Selling Tips
Posted on 8/1/25 at 10:09 am
Posted on 8/1/25 at 10:09 am
We currently have had our house listed for a few weeks without any action. I know right now isn’t a sellers market but we wanted to move on a different house. Our house is priced along similar built houses in the neighborhood, but just need ideas to make it more appealing. We currently had an open house with a few other houses and nobody saw any action
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Posted on 8/1/25 at 10:14 am to Tiger328
You wont like it, but if you want to sell it should be lower priced than all your neighbors similar houses. Most likely all the prices are inflated anyway depending on your area. Metry has houses listed that are half/full gut jobs for 200-215/sqft.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 10:22 am to Tiger328
When you say listed, I guess you mean with an agent on MLS?
Ask your agent what the "average days on the market" number is for that area.
Ask your agent what the "average days on the market" number is for that area.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 10:49 am to Tiger328
If you want to sell quickly in this market it has to be priced to move.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 11:26 am to Tiger328
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but just need ideas to make it more appealing
What updates/improvements have you done to the house?
Posted on 8/1/25 at 11:31 am to Tiger328
Price it lower than the neighbor houses.
Fix everything that’s visible that needs fixing.
Fresh paint anywhere that needs it.
Keep the yard and flower beds reasonably maintained during the process.
Lot of factors and plenty more goes into it… but that’s a bare minimum place to start.
Edit:
Also we’re August 1 now. People with kids and families don’t typically move once school year begins. And peak hurricane season is approaching (knock on wood). You might have a bit of wait at this point unless you’re priced to sell and have a stunning place that people don’t want to pass up.
Good luck
Fix everything that’s visible that needs fixing.
Fresh paint anywhere that needs it.
Keep the yard and flower beds reasonably maintained during the process.
Lot of factors and plenty more goes into it… but that’s a bare minimum place to start.
Edit:
Also we’re August 1 now. People with kids and families don’t typically move once school year begins. And peak hurricane season is approaching (knock on wood). You might have a bit of wait at this point unless you’re priced to sell and have a stunning place that people don’t want to pass up.
Good luck
This post was edited on 8/1/25 at 11:36 am
Posted on 8/1/25 at 11:32 am to Tiger328
Professional photos & stage it correctly (pack all your shite up).
Posted on 8/1/25 at 11:41 am to AaronDeTiger
This and throw the ZTR mower into the deal. People want to tell their friends and family that they got the mower too!
Posted on 8/1/25 at 11:43 am to Tmar1no
quote:
You wont like it, but if you want to sell it should be lower priced than all your neighbors similar houses. Most likely all the prices are inflated anyway depending on your area. Metry has houses listed that are half/full gut jobs for 200-215/sqft.
I sold my first house in OM for $289 a foot. It was perfectly livable but the new owner tore it down and built a huge house on the lot
Posted on 8/1/25 at 11:47 am to Koolazzkat
Stage it to make it non-personable (remove family photos, make it a neutral setting), price it right and then bury a St. Francis statue.
I'm not even Catholic (wife is) but it's worked twice. Both times home sitting on the market, bury the statue, next viewing sold.
I can't explain it. More than likely the staging and price are bigger factors but you never know.
I'm not even Catholic (wife is) but it's worked twice. Both times home sitting on the market, bury the statue, next viewing sold.
I can't explain it. More than likely the staging and price are bigger factors but you never know.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 11:51 am to Tiger328
I find that curb appeal is what sells. Get a landscape company to trim all hedges and heavily mulch the beds in front. Trim any trees up away from the roof. Paint the mailbox and edge everything. Take some good pictures on a sunny day.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 12:26 pm to Spankum
We fixed up the front flower beds and fresh mulch. Recently painted the entire house last fall. Extended and covered a 400 sq foot patio. Yards fully fenced in and have a double wide gate to fit a boat/trailer in side yard. House is wired up for a portable generator to power whole home. Got attic decked and garage storage with pegboards and shelves. So we have put in a lot of work but it’s a DSLD neighborhood so I feel like the front picture just screams cookie cutter (which it is) but that’s hurting me most likely. I think people are just waiting on the whispers of rate cuts
Posted on 8/1/25 at 12:39 pm to Tiger328
Judging solely from what you have said, check your price point. Regardless of what people say, the folks that pick out houses are mostly women…and women done give a crap about most of what you mentioned.
Also, as someone else mentioned, people don’t want to be trying to move right when school starts.
Also, as someone else mentioned, people don’t want to be trying to move right when school starts.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 3:23 pm to Tiger328
Rent a mini store and move out as much stuff as you can.
Make it look bigger, cleaner, and more organized.
Make it look bigger, cleaner, and more organized.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 4:02 pm to Tiger328
Get some feedback from your realtor of what the potential clients have been saying. It's invaluable. Plus, your realtor should've been doing that to begin with if its not moving.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 7:59 pm to idlewatcher
Damn, my hood selling for 310 - 330 sq ft.
Posted on 8/2/25 at 6:21 am to DreadDub
St. Francis statue?
I thought it was St. Joseph buried upside down near the realtor's sign.
I thought it was St. Joseph buried upside down near the realtor's sign.
Posted on 8/2/25 at 8:19 am to KajunLass
Just went through the same thing in Dallas. Houses here aren’t moving that are generically staged or empty. Have to make sure your good stuff stays in the house and it’s a little “homey” but obviously get rid of the sentimental stuff that doesn’t look great.
We turfed our back yard (expensive), did mulch and new plants and that set it apart from a lot of others. People loved the back yard.
We had 30 showings in 35 days and finally got an offer on Day 35. We priced $10/foot lower than May comps and it still took that long. We wound up selling for $40k under original list + credits. Buyers have insane leverage.
This is a house with brand new kitchen, 10k of turf, $10k of foundation work, $2500 minor plumbing work and new paint/updated everything. Oh and buyer is getting a new roof that the agents are splitting from their commission to get the deal done.
Market is brutal right now.
We turfed our back yard (expensive), did mulch and new plants and that set it apart from a lot of others. People loved the back yard.
We had 30 showings in 35 days and finally got an offer on Day 35. We priced $10/foot lower than May comps and it still took that long. We wound up selling for $40k under original list + credits. Buyers have insane leverage.
This is a house with brand new kitchen, 10k of turf, $10k of foundation work, $2500 minor plumbing work and new paint/updated everything. Oh and buyer is getting a new roof that the agents are splitting from their commission to get the deal done.
Market is brutal right now.
This post was edited on 8/2/25 at 8:21 am
Posted on 8/2/25 at 2:08 pm to Tiger328
The issue with DSLD is that it is, as you said, cookie cutter, and the company keeps developing new neighborhoods, which greatly increases your competition. Each development is only going to have a handful of floor plans, so it's not like any particular home is unique.
With that said, your biggest competition is actually new construction by DSLD. It's really hard to turn down choosing your own paint, counters, etc. for just a little more money and a brand spanking new house with warranties. Your improvements do sound nice, so make sure your house is immaculately clean inside and looks "new" to a buyer. Also, price accordingly.
With that said, your biggest competition is actually new construction by DSLD. It's really hard to turn down choosing your own paint, counters, etc. for just a little more money and a brand spanking new house with warranties. Your improvements do sound nice, so make sure your house is immaculately clean inside and looks "new" to a buyer. Also, price accordingly.
Posted on 8/2/25 at 3:20 pm to Tiger328
quote:lower your price to match a brand new paper mache’ house in a similar cookie cutter subdivision. Empty all of your closets. Throw in garden equipment. Best of luck
but it’s a DSLD neighborhood
the toughest sale on the market has to be a pre owned DSLD house
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