I’ve written two past posts “Marketing Your House For Sale” and “Lots of Pictures and a Virtual Tour Too Please”.  One of my pet peeves is when agents don’t put the room sizes or any descriptions into the listings (and no pictures or virtual tours either). 

The other day a listing came off the market because it didn’t sell after 286 days on the market.  Below’s a snapshot of the actual listing as it appeared in our RMLS® (only the room size portion is shown as there were other areas left undone plus no virtual tour). 

This is what the world will see when they view your listing/house on-line.  The buyer may be looking for a certain size bedroom with certain features but nothing is posted.  You wonder why this listing didn’t sell?  Of course, there are other reasons why a house doesn’t sell, but please showcase your properties to the max.   The market isn’t that “hot” that agents don’t have the time to do this.  Besides there is so much inventory on the market and too many sellers needing to sell.  Why would a buyer purchase this house without any information completed?

In searching properties for clients today, 99% of the listings I looked at for them had no room sizes, descriptions, small number of photos and most had no virtual tour.  Many of those were bank-owned homes and short sales.

It’s important that sellers take a look at their listing on line and get a copy of how the listing has been completed.  You want to sell don’t you?  Your on-line impact is just as important, or more so, as a buyer driving by to check out your house’s curb appeal.

 

Details are important.  You may be finding yourself in a difficult financial situation and “time is of the essence”, therefore, it’s really important to get the information correct – all of it.

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