You can get started by contacting me confidentially for a free, no-obligation Listing Presentation. A Listing Presentation is my promise to you that explains my efforts as a Professional Realtor to get your home sold and build a trusting relationship with you to earn your business.  I will visit your home and walk through it with you as we point out the positives and negatives together. I will make suggestions of what you can do to remedy the negatives and turn them into positives. I will also inform you of my marketing plan. This will explain where your home will be advertised locally and natiowide through print ads and through the most powerful tool of all, the internet. It is vital to have a Realtor knows how to effectively market your home online as this is the number one source buyers use when they begin their search for a home. 

After I have conducted a walk through of your home with you I will provide you with a Comparitive Market Analysis. A CMA report compares your home to homes like yours that recently sold as well as homes that are active on the market. This is an important tool when determining the fair value market price of your home.

I would enjoy the opportunity to earn your business and this service is of course, free and of no obligation to you. Contact me anytime and I will listen to what you have to say!

Part of my professional service as a Realtor is also finding a real estate agent in your next destination area to assist you as your Realtor.


WHEN TO SELL?

Every locality in the country has its own real estate marketing calendar. For example, areas that specialize in second homes, vacation retreats and/or weekend residences generally experience a strong market from late Spring through early Fall.

The Charlottesville, Albemarle areas tend to follow a more traditional marketing calendar. For these regions the real estate market usually tends to move into high gear sometime in March. The trend continues through July 4th with the remainder of July and August being fairly quite. We enjoy another burst of activity after Labor Day and up through to Thanksgiving. After this point we are relatively slow until the Spring season is once again upon us.

What does this all mean to you? Well, I believe there are few times during the year where I would counsel Sellers to refrain from Listing their house. Why? Because when the market is traditionally “slow” there are usually fewer homes on the market. This means that your property has less competition. This is a good thing. There are always qualified Buyers looking in the area. Take advantage of those “down times” and make sure your property “shines”. For a more detailed conversation about Listing your Charlottesville, Albemarle property please feel free to give me a call. Our consultations are always without obligation and there is no cost involved.

AT WHAT PRICE?

This is a much more difficult question to answer and I would recommend consulting with a Realtor to establish the correct “Asking Price” for your property. In the meantime you should know that………………

Establishing a recommended “Asking Price” and predicting the “Sold Price” for your property is not an exact science. A professional Realtor has many tools at their disposal and can provide you with a well investigated estimate of value or perhaps a range of value. The determining factor is YOU! You are the owner of your home and YOU are the Realtor’s Client. Together you should be working as partners in setting the Price for your property and there are many factors to be considered.

1. What competition does your house have in the current market?

If there are many Listings available in your area within a certain price range then you might possibly have quite a number of houses competing for buyers. Your Realtor should provide you with information on these Listings. You might actually want to drive by or preview some of these houses to give you a more specific idea of what the competition has to offer.

2. What other homes in your area and price range have sold in the past six months to a year? How many days were they on market before they sold? What was the price per square foot at which they sold?

3. What other homes in your area were on the market, but the Listing expired? This is always a good indication that these homes were overpriced for current market conditions. There is really only one reason that a house does not sell, and that’s the price.

Who is the mostly likely Buyer for your property? Young, old, single, married, married with children, first time homebuyers or maybe all of the above? As your Charlottesville, Albemarle Realtor, I will work with you on a marketing plan that will attract as many buyers as possible.

If you are pondering whether or not this might be the right time to sell your home I can provide you with the information you need to make this important decision. My consultations are always free and without obligation. 

I service clients in Charlottesville, Albemarle area as well the counties of Madison, Fluvanna, Louisa, Green and Nelson. Give me a call.