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Home Selling Checklist- Show your Home In Its best Light

ome seller checklist to help prepare your home for sale.

  Preparing a home for sale can reap you thousands if not tens of thousands of dollars and can save you tons of aggravation.  This home selling checklist for preparing your house will help you get on the right track to make the most of each and every buyer showing. A home that presents well will increase buyer activity not only in showings but online as well.  Remember buyers are making big decisions based on your homes online image and whether they want to view your home in … Continue reading...

Posted in: Selling a House Tagged: home seller checklist, Home Seller Information, Home Seller Tips

Curb Appeal- How Important is it?

curb appeal sets the tone for a showing

  We hear about curb appeal from real estate agents all the time.  But as a potential home seller, have you ever taken the time to understand the impact the initial visual presentation of your home has on the sale? Ok, so we think about how attractive your home is to potential home buyers from the street.  But, goes much deeper than your home's visual impact. What Is Curb Appeal? Curb Appeal: the visual attractiveness of a house as seen from the street - from Merriam-Webster … Continue reading...

Posted in: Home Marketing, Selling a House Tagged: Curb appeal, first-impression, Home Seller Information, Preparing Your Home to Sell

Shattered!! Home Selling Myths That Just Aren’t True

Sell My House- 17 Home Selling Myths

The thought enters your head... "I want to sell my house".  You are going to have preconceived notions about much of the home selling process that may or may not be true. Often these thoughts are put into your head by people other than real estate professionals.  But are they true or are they home-selling myths not to be believed? Home sellers come to me with thoughts on certain aspects of selling a home that they think is the absolute truth.  But they couldn't be farther from the … Continue reading...

Posted in: Home Marketing, Home Preperation/ Staging, Home Pricing, Selling a House Tagged: Home Seller Information

Can a Buyer Back Out Of A Purchase Agreement On My Home?

Can a buyer back out of a purchase for my home.

The question often arises, "can a buyer back out of an accepted offer on a house?" after putting their home under contract.  Of course, it is great to be under contract but don't think you are on easy street. Simply put, it's not over till the fat lady sings!!  When it comes time to sell your home, there is always risk involved when a seller takes their home off the market for a buyer.  While you have done everything possible to put a good transaction together, things happen … Continue reading...

Posted in: Selling a House Tagged: Home Seller Information, Seller, Seller Information, Selling a House

Denying Home Showings. What is it costing you?

Denying home showings can cost you dearly.  It can cost you obtaining the highest selling price for your home or even worse... it can prevent the sale of your home.  Every listing I take,  I have a discussion with the home owner how important it is to allow as many showings as possible to occur.  Of course they always are on board and say no problem.  Well I recently had such a homeowner.  I won't go into personal details but he needed to get his house sold, … Continue reading...

Posted in: Selling a House Tagged: access your home, Home Seller Information, home showings, selling your home

Showing Your Home – Is your agent hindering showings?

Showing your home leads to offers.  I think that it goes without saying, that in most cases, the more showings you receive on your home the more likely you are to receive an offer. With that said, I write this post out of a little frustration.  Last Saturday, I tried to schedule 7 showings in Haverhill, Massachusetts.  It was like pulling teeth to schedule the showings.  I had to contact the listing agents directly on 5 of the homes and 2 I had to contact the agency.  … Continue reading...

Posted in: Selling a House Tagged: Home Seller Information, how to sell a home, How to Sell a House, Marketing, Showings

Show your home!!

It seems silly I have to say this, yet it happens all the time!!  Clients find a home they would like to view and the sellers do not accomodate showings.  You cannot sell your home if you do not allow home buyers to view it. I recently had a client, there house was underagreement, they were ready to close in 45 days.  My clients were out to buy a house!!  We looked at 32 houses and about 5 houses they were interested in, we did not gain entry into.  Agents did not call us back, sellers said … Continue reading...

Posted in: Home Marketing, Selling a House Tagged: Home Seller Information, Showings

Stop the Rumors!! 3.8% Transfer Tax on Sale of a Home- The whole truth

As a local real estate agent here in Tewksbury Massachusetts, I have been approached by many clients, friends and acquaintances about the 3.8% Transfer Tax on the sale of a home.  They are in a panic thinking they should sell thier home before the tax is enacted  Relax!!  This is not an across the board tax to everyone who sells their home. Fact: There is Health Care Legislation  that created a new tax that would only apply to a portion of a gain on the sale of any capital asset (this … Continue reading...

Posted in: Selling a House Tagged: Home Seller Information, Seller Information, Taxes

Control- Sellers What Can and Can’t You Control? Home Seller Advice

What can Massachusetts Home Sellers Control?

    Are you a home seller getting ready to put your home on the market?  It is important to know what you can and can't control during the home selling process.  There are plenty of aspects of the home selling process you can control.  But realize there are just as many that you can't. I recently had a home seller in Andover MA who had a hard time understanding that up to a certain point you have no control how a buyer perceives your home.  There are … Continue reading...

Posted in: Selling a House Tagged: Home Seller Information, Selling a House

Sellers Be Prepared to Close on Time!!

I recently was involved last minute in a real estate closing for an agent that works for our office.  Our agent called me at the closing table to say their was a problem with the closing.  The home seller was not moved out and house was not cleaned to meet  terms of the Massachusetts Purchase and Sale Agreement. This is an issue I run into once in awhile with home sellers, no matter how much I push, home sellers will occasionally leave junk behind, are still in the middle of moving or have … Continue reading...

Posted in: Selling a House Tagged: Home Seller Information, Real Estate Closing, Seller, Seller Information, Selling a House

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About Merrimack Valley MA Real Estate

Merrimack Valley MA Real Estate is a real estate website designed to help home buyers and home sellers with the purchase and sales of their home.

It is owned and run by Kevin Vitali.  Kevin is a Tewksbury MA REALTOR, based out of EXIT group One Real Estate.

You can use this site to find homes for sale anywhere in Massachusetts as well as find useful information on home buying, home selling mortgage, home improvement and more.  Kevin has written over 400 articles pertaining to real estate.

If you are thinking of buying or selling a home in Essex County or Northern Middlesex County Massachusetts, call kevin at 978-360-0422

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KEVIN VITALI


978-360-0422
kevin@kevinvitali.com
Kevin Vitali- Massachusetts REALTOR EXIT Realty Beatrice Associates
191 S. Main Street
Middleton, MA 01949 cell phone: (978) 360-0422 office phone: (781) 929-1010
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