Detroit Real Estate

Why isn't your Metro Detroit Home selling?

Whether it is a Canton Home, a Detroit home, or a Novi home the tips for selling your home are the same.

In this buyers Metro Detroit buyer real estate market price is the overall consideration. But I will cover that in another blog. What I will cover now is getting your Metro Detroit home ready for sale.

Have your seen the latest Wayne county home sales statistics, or Oakland County Home median sales prices or Livingston County condos sales statistics? Check them out it is alarming on how much the number of home sales dropped in January and February 2008. Even the median sales prices dropped.

The better your prepared you house is, the more likely it will recieve an offer. A nice home priced well will sell!

1.) Paint the home nuetral colored. Light beiges, yellows, or lite greys will work best. Vibrant colors are in, but each color is suited to an individuals taste. You may like that green, but somebody else might call it "puke green". You are trying to make your Metro Detroit home appeal to the greatest number of Metro Detroit buyers. The more buyers that your home appeals to the greater the chance it may sell. A fresh coat of paint never hurts the house. At the same time any bright colored carpets should be replaced with a nuetral colored carpet. Small expenditures will save you thousands in reduced prices.

2.) Reduce the clutter and de-personalize. Take down your animal heads, your southwest collection, your clown collection. Take down family photos. Remove the junk and knic-knacs from tops of shelves, counter tops, and table tops. Take the notes and pictures off the refridgerator.

3.) Remove excess furniture. Open up the rooms. Store the extra chair or large furniture at a friends or in a storage unit. Try to only have approxiamately 4 pieces of furniture in a room. You want all your rooms in your Metro Detroit home to appear spacious, and inviting. Especially if the rooms are small. If you have a tiny bedroom. Get rid of one of the dressers or the night stands. Put in a smaller bed. People need to be able to walk around the room. Remember there will be two or more people crowding in to see a room at one time.

4.) Your Metro Detroit area home should be move in ready. Michigan home buyers do not want to paint, take down wall paper, change carpeting, or fix things. Michigan home buyers want to unload the moving truck, plug in the refrigerator and TV, and put their feet up.

Today's Michigan home buyers want Metro Detroit real estate that is maintenance free and ready to move in. For more buyers tips and sellers tips keep watching this blog for great Metro Detroit real estate information