Why Should You Consider Selling Now?

There are many great Metro area homes for sale. Click here to perform full home search, or if you're thinking of selling your home, click here to contact us for a FREE Home Price Evaluation so you know what buyers will pay for your home in today's market. You may also call us at (262) 797-6453 or (262) 798-1162 for a FREE home buying or selling consultation to answer any of your real estate questions.

Hey everyone, thanks for joining us once again. Today we want to discuss a question we get a lot from clients: Why should I sell my house now vs. waiting for the spring or summer to make a move?
 
There are a lot of reasons you should consider selling now instead of in a few months. Today we are going to give you our top 5, so you can make a decision before your grass gets green and the spring is in full swing.

1. The transfer market is extremely active
This is the time of year that people who were offered jobs at the end of 2014 are looking for homes to move into, and they won't want to wait until summer to buy your home. They are in the market for a home right now, and are desperate to get a good home.
 
2. You can change the closing date
When you sell your home in the early months of the year, you can delay your closing date until the summer. By the time your home goes through the entire closing process, it will be late spring or early summer, so you won't be rushed to find a new home right away.

3. Homes are selling every day
In the last 60 days alone, over 1,300 single-family homes have sold in the Metro Area. The Roth Team has sold over 55 of those homes by ourselves.

4. Buyers have fewer options
Inventory is very low right now, and buyers are gobbling up the best homes almost as soon as they come on the market. Right now, there is a 25% deficit in inventory from where we usually are at, and the demand has only increased so far.
 
5. Interest rates will rise soon
Right now is the perfect time to take advantage of our low interest rates. Instead of waiting until later in the year and having to deal with 5-6% interest rates, you can secure an interest rate right now between 3% and 4%, saving you tens of thousands in interest over the life of your loan.

If you are thinking about making a move and have any questions, we are always here to answer them. Give us a call or send us an email, and we will get back to you soon! We can't wait to hear from you!

6 Reasons Overpricing Your Home Will Get You Nowhere!

There are many great Milwaukee area homes for sale. Click here to perform full home search, or if you're thinking of selling your home, click here to contact us for a FREE Home Price Evaluation so you know what buyers will pay for your home in today's market. You may also call us at (262) 797-6453 or (262) 798-1162 for a FREE home buying or selling consultation to answer any of your real estate questions.

 In our current market, where prices are increasing a little bit each year, sellers want to get as much as they possibly can for their home. However, in order to get top dollar, you need to be strategic when putting a value on your property. Let's take a look at the 6 dangers of putting too high a price on your home:

1. Fewer showings: Buyers look in price brackets - if you price your home well above what it's worth, you are losing a lot of potential buyers who will simply pass it up.  
2. Help out your competitors: When buyers pass up your home, they look at other homes on the market. If homes similar to yours are priced much lower, buyers will have no problem making an offer on your competitor's home. 
3. Generate most interest within first 30 days: Starting high and coming down later may sound like a foolproof plan, but you are losing out on a lot of buyers by waiting to price your home fairly. The first 30 days are crucial for generating interest in your home - you don't want to miss that opportunity. 
4. Attract the wrong buyers: Because buyers search for homes according to their price bracket, your home will be compared to homes with more features and benefits. The people that will appreciate your home won't be looking at it. 
5. Your home takes longer to sell: When your home sits on the market for a long time, buyers and agents alike start to wonder if there is something wrong with it.  
6. Buyers negotiate a lower price: Since your home sat on the market for so long, buyers think they can submit a low offer and buy your home at a low price.

Consider these 6 points when putting a price on your home. It's a matter of balancing the desire to get a high price and the need to attract buyers to your home. If you have any questions about the pricing process, feel free to give us a call. We would be happy to assist you in any way possible!

How we helped Clayton sell a property with our professionalism

"The results were blindingly fast! I was amazed at how efficient the team worked together. I had no estimation of selling this property before winter and closing last week just took a huge load off my mind. I’m so delighted to have this process closed out! They really worked around my challenge of not having my brother be at the house during the showings and the important thing for me is that I felt comfortable. They understood my challenge and worked with me. I might have felt embarrassed about the situation, but I just wasn’t because of their professionalism."