Sunday, 7 June 2015

Top mistakes home owners make when selling their homes, as per The Ozone group

Over-pricing/Under-pricing the home on sale: Ozonegroup says that pricing the home for selling is an art and one needs to learn it.  It is imperative that sellers do the right pricing of the house in order to attract potential buyers. It is a basic thumb rule. Ozonegroup says that if the house is overpriced then buyers won’t show any interest in purchasing and if the house is under-priced, the seller ends up losing money. Hence, the sellers should do the pricing based on the factors such as the property rates in the area, current market situation/demand, condition of the property for sale etc.

In poor condition, but put up for sale anyway: This is inevitably a very bad mistake. Imagine a potential buyer walking inside the seller’s home only getting to view a home in poor condition. This does not end there but leads to several aspects such as: bad impression of the seller, second thoughts on the pricing of the home, buyer now understands that poor condition means additional expenses to be incurred even after purchasing the home etc. To make matters worse, these buyers might end up doing a bad word of mouth which would be an absolute disaster for the seller.

Ineffective marketing of the home: How do you attract potential buyers is of absolute significance, says Ozonegroup.Sellers have to be careful that they do not end up overselling or underselling the property. Communicating the right message is as important as closing the deal. It is important to build an impression in the market as an ideal seller and that’s where sellers fail to understand that homes cannot be sold just by putting up a board as house on sale or by putting up unrealistic fancy ad lines to attract potential buyers.

Poor choice of a Broker: This is your middleman who is responsible to find you a potential buyer and close the deal. This means it is of utmost importance that a right broker is chosen. Many sellers end up working with unlicensed brokers who in their own malicious way just handle the deals to get to the closure as soon as possible.