Improve Your House For A Quicker Sale In The Southern Indiana and Northern Kentucky Real Estate Mark

With thousands of houses for sale in Southern Indiana and Northern Kentucky, home buyers have their choice of the most move-in-ready houses and condos. In other words, it means home buyers can be picky in choosing only the most up to date properties, where all the renovating has been done for them, and they can just bring in their furniture. The good news for home sellers is that most quick fixes can be done fairly inexpensively, and will most times reward the seller with a much higher number for the sales price than if the seller just put the house on the market without updating it. When a purchaser sees a house or condo as-is with no updates, they most often say "I don't want to do this much work" and will offer a low price. Most times they will look at the house and then buy another house. They will pick another house that looks a little newer. The property will be for sale longer because home buyers will instead select homes that are already updated. The longer a house sits, the less likely it is to sell for top dollar. Houses sell faster and for more money if they are updated and staged correctly from day one.

For a house to sell for the highest possible price in this real estate market, the home seller should take the time to update the house with this year's hottest shades of neutral colors, and the latest style of kitchen faucets and handles, and the most up to date light fixtures in all rooms, especially the dining room, kitchen and bathrooms, new carpet in a light color. Even if the home is only twelve years old, like some of the newer houses in Florence Kentucky and Jeffersonville IN, trends change so quickly that you really owe it to yourself to take a ride to the nearest Lowes and ask what is the most chosen style that people are putting in homes now.

Here are some other tips for older homes, such as the beautiful older homes of New Albany Indiana and Fort Mitchell Kentucky. On the outside a home seller should repaint the trim on the street side of the property and plant colorful landscaping to catch the attention of a home enthusiast passing by. It is also a good idea to spray for weeds in the cracks of the sidewalk and driveway.

No matter if you have an older house in Ft Mitchell Kentucky or a new house in New Albany IN, experts suggest calling a staging expert to decide how the furniture should be arranged, and which items to box up and which items remain for showings. Houses look larger with less hanging on the walls, and rooms look more spacious when there is less rugs on the floor. Houses show better with the lights on and soft music playing. If possible, turn on all the lights before each showing and have light jazz music playing. If time permits, try to have the house smelling like baked goods such as birthday cake.

Taking the time to do this will pay off. In Southern Indiana only around 8.5% of the over 2000 houses for sale will sell each month. The rest will still be for sale the next month. To make sure your home is one of the ones that sell, talk to a real estate agent about updates and staging. The same advice applies to Northern Kentucky where only around 10% of the over 3000 homes for sale will sell in an avereage month. The average price of a house for sale in the Kenton County- Boone County-Campbell County area of Northern Kentucky was approximately $200,000 at the end of 2011. The price varies by individual neighborhoods and areas such as the Triple Crown neighborhood or the Villa Hills area. In summary, it is important to stand out in the crowd of homes for sale in the Florence Ky real estate market, and houses for sale New Albany IN. The best way to sell faster is to do some inexpensive updates that your real estate advisor recommends and talk to a staging professional.


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Heidi Fore is a real estate agent who helps people find homes for sale in northern Kentucky and southern Indiana. Heidi Fore is licensed with Keller Williams Realty Louisville East 5025549500 and Keller Williams Realty Southern Indiana 8129447024. http://www.rivervalleygroup.com is an information site for Northern Kentucky and Southern Indiana real estate.