Bolstering your house's curb appeal is paramount if you want to achieve the best-possible results during the property selling journey. In fact, there are many reasons why you may want to dedicate time and energy to enhance your home's curb appeal, and these include:
1. You can differentiate your home from the competition.
Your home only gets one chance to make a great first impression on potential buyers. If your home stands out to buyers, it may lead to many property showings. Meanwhile, these showings ultimately may result in one or several offers to purchase your residence in the near future.
If you are searching for ways to promote your residence to buyers, it often is beneficial to upgrade your house's curb appeal. Because if your home has a pristine front lawn and other amazing home exterior features, it may stand out to many buyers. And as a result, you may be able to distinguish your residence from comparable properties in your area.
2. You can speed up the house selling process.
The home selling process may prove to be long and difficult, particularly for a seller who is unsure about how to showcase his or her residence to the right groups of buyers. Fortunately, a home that has outstanding curb appeal may make it easy for a seller to speed up the house selling cycle.
Remember, a home's curb appeal enables a seller to make his or her residence an attractive option for potential buyers. And if a buyer falls in love with a home as soon as he or she sees it, this individual soon may be ready to purchase this residence.
3. You can maximize your home sale earnings.
The goal of a home seller is to generate lots of interest in his or her residence. That way, a seller can boost the likelihood of receiving multiple offers to purchase that are at or above his or her initial home asking price.
If you spend some time enhancing your house's curb appeal, you could make your residence an appealing option for buyers. Therefore, as buyers compete for your home, you may be able to reap the benefits of a profitable house selling experience.
As you prepare to sell your home and explore ways to upgrade your house's curb appeal, you may want to hire a real estate agent. This housing market professional can help you list your home and promote it to prospective buyers. Plus, he or she will help you establish an aggressive initial asking price for your residence, set up home showings and open house events and much more.
Devote time and energy to upgrade your home's curb appeal – you will be glad you did. It generally won't take long to improve a residence's curb appeal. And if you focus on your home's curb appeal, you likely won't need to wait long to generate interest in your house and receive a competitive offer to purchase your residence.
About the Author
Judy Szablak
With over 30 years in the industry, Realtor Judy Szablak has been on national television for her real estate expertise on the HGTV Network, featured on Martha Stewart Living Radio "Morning Living” , NPR radio as an expert real estate panelist, It’s Relevant News channel, and quoted in the Wall Street Journal for her in depth knowledge of Fairfield County Connecticut real estate.
She was also on the local NPR radio station (WSHU) as a Fairfield County CT real estate expert. Judy has provided multiple online respected news sources with her real estate expertise including The Daily Easton, The Daily Weston, The Daily Fairfield, The Daily Stamford and The Daily Greenwich, as well as in print in the New York Post. She is a weekly Real Estate Columnist for WestportNow.com, another real estate column "Real Estate With Judy” is syndicated through Hearst CT Media Online and seen in The Connecticut Post, The Danbury News-Times, The Stamford Advocate, The Greenwich Time, The Hour, Fairfield Citizen, Westport News, Darien News, New Canaan News and the Wilton Villager.
Judy is also the author of the book, The Art of Buying or Selling a Home, available at all major book retailers. Additionally, Judy has been nationally recognized in a number of national real estate trade magazines, some with distribution to over 1 million members. She was featured in Real Estate Today as early as 1994 for her commitment to, and implementation of technology in real estate. Judy appeared in the Certified Residential Specialist Magazine, as she provided advice on marketing strategies and ethics in the article titled "Marketing Makeovers.”
Judy was also featured in REALTOR® Magazine, regarding image enhancement for Realtors. She was again featured in REALTOR® Magazine, in an article on "Achieving Flow” and operating at optimal peak performance. In another article in the same publication, Judy offered guidance to fellow real estate professionals as she explored the topic of implementing and maintaining personal websites. She has appeared in The Council of Residential Specialists Magazine, which featured her ideas regarding technology. Additionally, Judy authored an article on marketing and technology for the Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) Online Magazine. On two occasions, in 2015 and 2017, she appeared as a featured agent in Top Agent Magazine. I have a few other websites- www.TheCtrealtyBlog.com www.CtHomesAndRealEstate.com www.BestWestportHomes.com www.ThePetitePowerhouse.com www,SzablakConsulting.com
