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Selling Your House - Step by Step

Correctly managing the sale of your house so it coordinates with your purchase or rental of your new home is only one of the concerns we’ll help you consider. Here are the steps you will take in selling your house wisely:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.	Make it easy and safe to move to your next home. Get pre-approved for a home loan, even if you don’t think you’ll need it. We’ll show you how. Know your current mortgage payoff amount and schedule We’ll show you what to ask your mortgage holder. If you own the house free and clear, there still may be surprises. How much is your house really worth? We'll help you arrange an appraisal and set your house’s fair market value. This is not the selling price of your house. Know your costs to sell your house. We’ll lay it all out for you. Know your costs to buy a new home. We’ll show you all of that as well.		6. 7. 8. 9.	Deduct your mortgage payoff and your costs to sell from your home’s fair market value. Then add the amount you will be paid by the buyer. Determine if this will cover your costs to buy a new home. And look at all your funding options to make up the difference. We’ll help you do all of this well ahead of time. Make all essential repairs, not just the cosmetics. This can cost you less now, and more later. We’ll help you do the right repairs at the right price. Make your house ready to show. We have the checklist. Your enthusiasm about your house may be the key to selling it. We’ll help you build and keep your excitement about buyers, having it always ready to show.

Correctly managing the sale of your house so it coordinates with your purchase or rental of your new home is only one of the concerns we’ll help you consider. Here are the steps you will take in selling your house wisely:

Make it easy and safe to move to your next home. Get pre-approved for a home loan, even if you don’t think you’ll need it. We’ll show you how.

Know your current mortgage payoff amount and schedule We’ll show you what to ask your mortgage holder. If you own the house free and clear, there still may be surprises.

How much is your house really worth? We'll help you arrange an appraisal and set your house’s fair market value. This is not the selling price of your house.

Know your costs to sell your house. We’ll lay it all out for you.

Know your costs to buy a new home. We’ll show you all of that as well.

Deduct your mortgage payoff and your costs to sell from your home’s fair market value. Then add the amount you will be paid by the buyer. Determine if this will cover your costs to buy a new home. And look at all your funding options to make up the difference. We’ll help you do all of this well ahead of time.

Make all essential repairs, not just the cosmetics. This can cost you less now, and more later. We’ll help you do the right repairs at the right price.

Make your house ready to show. We have the checklist.

Your enthusiasm about your house may be the key to selling it. We’ll help you build and keep your excitement about buyers, having it always ready to show.