Selling Process
A little apprehensive about the selling process? Find out the basics in the list below, or get the detailed version in our sellers handbook, which you can pick up from Judy.
If you want to know more about financing, be sure to visit the Financing section of this site.
- In-home presentation and establishing a working relationship. This presentation includes a CMA (Comparative Market Analysis) and will answers questions you have about selling your home.
- Preparing your home for sale. Judy will provide tips on how to make your home more marketable and ready for sale.
- Marketing and showing your home.
- Offer presentation.
- Financing process. After the offer is accepted, there will be inspections, mortgage applications, underwriting, loan approval, and working with the title company.
- Closing. Now you get to transfer the title of your home!
- Moving day!
What you can expect from Judy
Before you put your home on the market, she will…
- Provide you with a written Comparative Market Analysis.
- Provide you with tips on putting your home in “show condition”. Some improvements are worth it, and some are not! Be careful.
- Give you market information that will assist you in selecting the best price at which to market your home.
- Answer your questions about the process of marketing a home in this area.
- Provide you with a “Seller’s Cost Sheet” based on the CMA value.
While your home is on the market, she will…
- Keep you informed on market conditions. She will provide you with an update on a monthly basis as to number of sales, new listings, and total listings in the area, as well as weekly reports on the progress of your listing.
- Advertise in the most effective media.
- Provide meaningful information to buyers.
- Make sure agents are informed about the property.
- Provide a flier box at your home for drive-by buyers, as well as a flier in the Coldwell Banker office.
- Notify all the buyers that she is working with about your home, as well as REALTORS® in this area that she works with, who quickly tell their homebuyers.
After an offer has been made on your home, she will…
- Offer assistance in insuring that deadlines are met in a timely fashion.
- Monitoring the inspection process.
- Make sure paperwork is handled in a professional manner.
- Check with the loan officer, closing agent and inspectors on a regular basis.
- Check with the selling agent on a weekly basis.
- Keep you informed of progress weekly.
- Schedule signing appointment.
- Attend closing.
