Barbara Wigginton
Barbara Wigginton
Integrity + Excellence


Your Plan


1. Find the right representative
The experience and knowledge of a dedicated real estate professional can be priceless. A good Realtor® forms a powerful team with his or her clients that makes it possible for them to have a smooth, successful, stress-free sale.

2. Determine your needs/wants for the sale and for your new home
Selling your primary residence can be tricky because you have to simultaneously be thinking about where you would like to buy. First weigh your priorities – selling price is certainly important, but having a quick and efficient sale can often be worth accepting a slightly lower offer. Talk to your agent and make sure you’re comfortable with where your priorities are.

At the same time, you should be compiling a needs/wants list for the home you will buy. You will probably have to act fairly quickly when your house sells, so any amount of preparation you can do will serve you well.

3. Prepare your house for showing
Underprepared homes can be sales disasters. Your home will never get as much attention from potential buyers as when it is first listed, so clearing clutter, cleaning, making repairs, and putting your home’s best foot forward is essential. Don’t “open for business” until your home is ready to be seen as favorably as possible.

4. Find out what your local market looks like
Being realistic about your market is the key to a smooth sale. There is no substitute for a professional real estate representative when it comes to local market knowledge.

5. List away!
Lots of photos and online exposure are the key to getting a good response for your listing. Working with an agent who uses Point2 Agent software is a great step in the right direction. Now just “open” the house and sit back and wait for the flood of eager buyers! 

 


Your Comparative Market Analysis


I can give you an educated idea of what your home’s value is based on experience, local knowledge, and comparable actual sales in your area! I am happy to be able to provide this service free of charge.

   
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Your Industry News


Yahoo! News Search Results for real estate
Commercial real estate forecast uncertain (The Record and Herald News)11/26/2009 12:27 AM
The recent deep economic downturn has had a pronounced impact on commercial real estate sectors, but credit availability is the big unknown that will determine how soon commercial markets recover, according to the National Association of Realtors.
Real estate still reeling (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin)11/26/2009 12:23 AM
The new realities of the Inland Empire's commercial real estate market are still sinking in.
First American Flips Real Estate Stocks to Beat Fund Rivals (Bloomberg)11/25/2009 3:39 AM
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- John Wenker and Jay Rosenberg , managers of First American Real Estate Fund , buy and sell stocks more often than their peers, a strategy that helped them outperform 98 percent of rivals in the past decade.
Real Estate Executive Returns to Morgan Stanley (New York Times)11/24/2009 4:11 PM
Devin Murphy has returned to Morgan Stanley ’s real estate division five years after he left to run Deutsche Bank ’s real estate investment banking division. Mr. Murphy will serve as a managing director and vice chairman in the investment banking division of the firm.
Real estate firm opens second office in Monroe (East Brunswick Sentinel)11/25/2009 8:50 PM
MONROE — With the real estate market of the past few years, it may seem like an unusual time to start up a realty, and perhaps even more unusual to expand it. Charles DiPierro, a lifelong Monroe resident, has done just that.
Harvard economist Edward Glaeser on real estate markets (Money via Yahoo! Finance)11/25/2009 3:14 AM
Since the crash, we've gotten used to thinking of real estate as a market shaped by national forces: Interest rates went down, Wall Street and homebuyers went nuts, regulators fell asleep at the switch, and -- voilà -- we had ourselves a bubble.
Real estate broker sees future in making soap (Cebu Daily News)11/25/2009 7:33 PM
He had tried different career paths. He was a real estate broker, a casual employee of Customs, and distributor of Lacto Pafi products. Now, Norman N. Saluntao has decided to try his luck in the soap-making business.
Clean slate for dodgy real estate agents (Stuff)11/25/2009 1:11 PM
Real estate agents fined for dodgy dealings have had their slates wiped clean on a register designed to name and shame land sharks.
IDX Broker Enables Andreassen to Supply his Clients with the Most Comprehensive Real Estate Search on the Web (dBusinessNews.com)11/25/2009 2:29 PM
EUGENE, ORE. – IDX, Inc, is more than excited to announce its newest client addition, Kurt Andreassen with Keller Williams realty, to the rapidly expanding network of real estate agents and brokers opting to improve and advance the search functions of their website by incorporating a custom IDX solution.
Miami Commercial Real Estate Industrial Property Things to Find Out (Turks.US)11/25/2009 4:40 PM
Real-estate investing is a rather difficult water to test. Like other commercial ventures, the road to success is laden with pitfalls, financial swamps and business roadblocks you should be sure to avoid.

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