For Sellers

Home sellers really only have a couple of goals. Sell their house. At the best price. The end.

But, how do you get from “honey, it’s time to move” to your next place? You do it by thinking like a buyer and that’s where we can help.

Today’s home buyers are searching online for homes. Check…we’ve got that. Today’s buyers want to see as many photos as possible of listings. Check…we’ve got that too. Today’s buyers want to be able to get information without being pestered, whether to their laptop, email or smart phone. Yep, we’ve got those covered as well.

When you are ready to sell your New Orleans West Bank home, ask us how we can put our buyer glasses on and position you for success.

Top 5 Outdoor Features that Buyers Love

Have you created outdoor living spaces?  While the summers in New Orleans can make you want to disappear inside with the air conditioning, having outdoor features can add value to your home.

We preach curb appeal all of the time to anyone considering updating, renovating or selling, but that appeal for buyers has grown from just what can be seen from the street.  Now, outdoor areas have become a much bigger selling feature than they ever were.

The American Society of Landscape Architects conducts an annual Residential Trends Survey. Here are some of the findings from its 2011 survey, based on what landscape architects say are the most popular outdoor living feature trends:

  • 96.2% rated exterior lighting
  • 94.2% fire pits and fireplaces
  • 94.1% seating/dining areas
  • 93.8% grills
  • 89.5% installed seating, such as benches, seat walls, or ledges

See the rest of the list here

 

Who is to Blame If Your Home Didn’t Sell?

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The first quarter of each year is typically when everyone starts taking stock of where they are, where they want to be and how to get there.  Lists of resolutions have been made (and discarded) with promises of a year smoke free, 20 pounds lighter, devoid of clutter and perfectly perfect in every way.  It’s…

Trust, but Verify (That Your Listing Photos Are Good)

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I’ll be the first to admit that I’m picky about photos.  Now, I’m not quite a complete snob about how a home should be presented on the internet, but I ran across a home today on the New Orleans Multiple Listing Service (MLS) that had every single one of the following mistakes in the photo…

Top 5 Outdoor Features that Buyers Love

Have you created outdoor living spaces?  While the summers in New Orleans can make you want to disappear inside with the air conditioning, having outdoor features can add value to your home. We preac[more]

Who is to Blame If Your Home Didn’t Sell?

The first quarter of each year is typically when everyone starts taking stock of where they are, where they want to be and how to get there.  Lists of resolutions have been made (and discarded) with [more]

Trust, but Verify (That Your Listing Photos Are Good)

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m picky about photos.  Now, I’m not quite a complete snob about how a home should be presented on the internet, but I ran across a home today on th[more]

New Orleans Moving Tips: Donate or Recyle When Packing for Your Move

One of the most common complaints I hear when people have to start the packing process before moving is “I have so much STUFF”.   We all have a tendency to accumulate things/stuff/junk in[more]

Holiday Un-Decorating Can Double as Prepping Your Home for Sale

If your house is not already on the market, odds are you are waiting for the holidays to be over before doing so.  I remember when I sold my last house, there was no way I wanted to be “show re[more]

New 2012 FHA Loan Limits in New Orleans

With FHA being the most common form of financing across the New Orleans metro area, it’s good to see an increase in the loan limits for this type of financing.  If you need a referral to an app[more]

Finishing Touches For Investors Matter

While out touring new listings recently, there were a couple of flips on the list. (A flip is a home purchased by an investor, updated or renovated and then put back on the market for sale) Now, in th[more]

The Risks of a Counter Offer

While everyone assumes it is just a part of the negotiation process when buying or selling a house, what often gets lost in the back and forth is that technically, a counter offer is a rejection.  An[more]

Do I Have to Repay the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit If I Sell?

We’ve been running across some folks that took advantage of the $8,000 tax credit when they purchased the New Orleans home that they would now like to sell.  It brings up the question, what hap[more]