Selling your home

Selling your home in today’s declining market is tough, that’s why you need to have an experienced team to facilitate the sale of your home. In 2008, The Sandgren Real Estate sold 67 homes in the Yuba and Sutter area. When selling your home in a declining market price is very important. Interest rates are still historically low and buyers are looking for “a good deal”. The majority of the properties on the market are bank owned properties or REO’s that are priced at or below market value in order to generate a quick sale. Pricing your home competitive with these REO’s is imperative. Condition also plays a large role in the sale of your home. Because many of the properties on the market are REO’s, buyers are used to viewing homes that need some work. A well taken care of home will often generate more interest and command a slightly higher price.

When looking for a Realtor to help sell your home, be sure to ask about their marketing strategies. While placing the home on the MLS is important, its only one facet of an experienced realtors marketing plan. Did you know that over 80% of home buyers look at the internet first for homes before doing anything else? This is why The Sandgren Real Estate group focuses our marketing effort online. All of our home listings get a professionally done Virtual Tour (Sample Virtual Tours). These virtual tours help you appreciate the beauty and important features about your home as well as move your home higher when buyers do search’s on sites such Google and Realtor.com. We also create a video of your home that’s placed on YouTube. Video provides another great medium for potential buyers to find and view your home. Here is a sample video that we have created:


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How many other Realtors do you know that include this service as part of their standard marketing plan? When selling your home it is not only important to market your home to potential buyers, but to other Real Estate Agents in the community as well. The majority of the time, the buyer for your home will already be working with a Realtor. This is why it is imperative that the agent selling your home has a good reputation and working relationship with the other top producing Realtors. The Sandgren Real Estate Team always attends the weekly association of realtors meeting. If your home is a new to the market, it will also be placed on the Brokers Tour. This tour occurs on Tuesdays and allows other agents to walk thru your home. It is typical to get between 15 and 30 agents viewing your property in a single day and a great way to generate extra exposure to the market. You would be surprised at how many of these broker tours result in Purchase Offers for your home.

If you’re thinking of selling your home and would like to get a good idea about the value of your home or to just looking to discuss your options, please fill out the form below and we will contact you as soon as possible. You can also call us anytime, Derek (530) 844-0505 or Brian (530) 300-2420. We look forward to hearing from you.