Ultimate Checklist for Selling Your Home

At Mortgages by Erin, we understand that selling your home can be an uphill task and quite a challenge, which can make the process stressful. However, you can handle your property sale quickly and easily with a little preparation. Follow our checklist to sell your home quickly so that you can get back to the other essential things in your life.

1. Get familiar with the paperwork
Potential home buyers will be interested in the house’s history, so ensure that you’ve got all the information handy. It includes paperwork on renovations, property tax receipts, deeds, and transferable warranties.

2. Get the price right
It can help to do some market research on what homes in your area are selling for and then shave fifteen to twenty percent off that. This way, you will attract multiple buyers who can outbid each other and bring up the price. While it may seem like a risky strategy, it could work in Canadian cities with competitive markets.

3. Depersonalize and declutter
You want potential buyers to see themselves in your space, which is challenging to do if you have family photos on the wall or personal items around. So, start to put these items in storage or try to keep them out of sight. It will also ensure that you maintain a tidy house, which is a must if you want to make your home sellable. Therefore, look around the house for dirt, stains, or small cracks you might be able to fix, and if you have pets, make sure that their litter boxes and play areas are also clean and odor-free.

4. Find a qualified realtor
Realtors can help take some of the hard work off your plate, including marketing your home and arranging open houses. Therefore, you should search their name on the Real Estate Institute of Canada to ensure that they’re qualified, and then set up a meeting with them to see if you can build a rapport and understand how they price your property.

We hope our checklist has made you more confident to sell your home and if you have any financing questions along the way, feel free to reach out to us at Mortgages by Erin in Toronto, ON. 

With over ten years of experience, we’ve successfully helped hundreds of people realize their homeownership dream. Our services include mortgage pre-approvals, home purchase mortgages, 2nd mortgages, mortgage refinancing, home equity lines of credit and bridge financing, to name just a few. We serve clients across North York, Scarborough, Etobicoke, Toronto, Mississauga, Markham, Vaughan, and Richmond Hill, ON.

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