Local Buying Tips

Your home is more than an architectural structure. Often, it’s an extension of who you are – your personality, style, and values. That’s why selling it can be an emotional experience. But it can also be exciting and rewarding. 

Once you’ve made up your mind to sell your home, you need to do your “homework” – and century21.com is a great place to start! Getting a signed contract is a great accomplishment, but that's only half the journey. The typical home sale today involves more than 20 steps after the initial contract is accepted to complete the transaction.1

A real estate professional can provide the experience and local knowledge to guide you through the entire process, and selling your home within the ideal time frame and at the most effective price point. As the representative of your best interests, your CENTURY 21® Agent has state-of-the-art marketing resources to showcase your home’s best assets and help you determine what improvements will make the biggest difference.

Much of what needs to be done before the closing is the responsibility of appraisers, loan processors, attorneys, and inspectors. Your CENTURY 21 Agent’s role also includes coordinating those responsibilities and helping to ensure that others do their jobs promptly and correctly.

Many steps between contract ratification and closing involve the cooperation of both buyer and seller and attentive real estate professionals on both sides of the transaction will troubleshoot and keep everyone on track.

1 Source: National Association of REALTORS®

Real estate marketing involves so much more than a sign in the yard or a web posting.  Successful brokers and agents use a variety of methods to attract and qualify prospects, including the latest Internet and communication advances.

Your CENTURY 21® Agent will help you create a marketing plan that will make it easier to sell your home at the best price possible in the shortest amount of time.

Setting the right price for your home is key to the home-selling process. 

Staging your home is an important part of the sales process.  Potential buyers will feel “at home” – and more likely to buy – as soon as they walk through the door.