Many prospective sellers want to know the fastest way to sell a house. While home selling never happens overnight, there are ways you can speed up the process while still getting a fair market value. Here are some things to consider if you intend to sell a house fast:
Are you interested in closing fast but want optimum profits on the house sale? A professional listing agency is the most effective choice. It is their job to accurately price and promote your house by staging stunning photos, writing the best listing summary and helping you evaluate and negotiate your offer.
Real estate agents can be expensive to work with because commission rates can be very different from one seller to another. However, the investment might be worth it. An experienced real estate agent can help you get a higher sale price and more quickly than if you were to handle the home-selling process on your own.
The biggest bottleneck in an average traditional home closing is usually the mortgage process. Ideally, a lender will be able to get a loan application completed quickly and efficiently and prepare the financing documents for closing paperwork in just a few days.
However, offers by all-cash buyers are not based upon securing the loan, and can therefore close much more quickly. It's common for real estate investors to offer cash when seeking a quick sale.
Wanting to sell your house quickly can lead to stress and impatience. It's important to stay focused on your goal to avoid making rash decisions, like accepting too low a price or accepting risky concessions. Finding the right balance between selling a house fast and selling a house for the right price can be tricky, but it's always simpler with a real estate agent on your team.
Even the simplest home sale process can feel long and complicated. When you want to sell quickly, it's especially easy to get overwhelmed. However, keeping these tips in mind and discussing your strategy with a real estate professional will help you meet your timeline goals.
I'm John Mahan, Sales Associate with William Raveis Real Estate, Harwich Port Office.
Throughout his childhood, John Mahan spent summers on Cape Cod at his parents’ home in Dennis Port. His intro to the Cape was, as he puts it, when his parents “carried me down the stairs at Sea Street Beach when I was a week old.” With a lifelong connection to Cape Cod, it seemed only natural for John and his wife, Mary, to move to Harwich – where they still reside – with their two young children in 1996.
Prior to moving to Cape Cod, John lived in the Worcester-Auburn area where he worked for Mass Electric for 10 years and was a member of the International Brotherhood of Utility Workers. When John and his family moved to the Cape, he worked at NSTAR for six years.
John began his career in real estate in 2002 when he joined Team Waystack Realty in Harwich Port. He has been a consistent top producing realtor in the Harwich area for the past 20 years. John’s approachable demeanor, combined with an integral understanding of the Cape Cod residential real estate market, have allowed him to build trusting, long-term relationships with his clients – both sellers and buyers.
