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Selling Your House? Use These Tips To Encourage People To Buy

13 July 2016

Jesse Obrien

When it is finally time to sell your house, you might think that all you need to do to sell it right away is to make sure that you've done some spring cleaning. That is not necessarily so; there are some things you can do that will encourage prospective buyers to make an offer. If you want to do everything possible to sell your house as quickly as you can, use the following tips.

Do Some Front Lawn Landscaping

While you might be focused on fixing up the interior of your house, it is important to remember that the front lawn is the first thing that any buyer will see. If your lawn is not in good shape, they may already be a little disappointed before they even walk into the house.

Therefore, to give an excellent first impression, make sure that you have taken the time to cut the grass and trim bushes and trees. You might also consider having a professional landscaper come in and add beautiful flowers along the perimeter of your home or do other work so that your lawn looks beautiful and welcoming.

Repaint Colored Walls

You may think your red living room walls provide dramatic flair to the space, but before showing your home to buyers, you might want to repaint the room in a neutral color. Neutral colors may seem boring if you are used to a lot of bold colors on your walls, but people need to be able to see themselves in the space. If they don't like bold colors as you do, they may very well pass. To allow the house to speak for itself, make sure all the rooms in your home are painted in neutral shades of paint such as white or beige.

Bake Chocolate Chip Cookies on Open House Day

53% of adults prefer chocolate chip cookies to other kinds of cookies. You may wonder what that has to do with selling your house, but consider that studies that indicate that more money was spent gambling and buying shoes when there was an attractive aroma in the air. The scent of freshly-baked chocolate chip cookies throughout your house might just be the last bit of encouragement that a prospective buyer needs to place an offer during an open house event. Baked cookies might also remind them of their own childhood and time spent in their family kitchen; they may imagine themselves in your home baking their own cookies and making new memories.

Start using some of the information above to make your home more desirable to prospective buyers. Your real estate agent may have even more ideas about how you can best present your home so that it sells quickly.

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