This list of frequent sellers’ mistakes regarding house listing pricing can help you avoid the pitfalls involved in selling your home. If setting a price was simple and straightforward, you wouldn’t need assistance in pricing your home correctly. Save yourself time and money by avoiding these costly mistakes.

Instead of …
…basing your home price on what the neighbor down the street listed his home.
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…utilize the Comparative Market Analysis + the advice of a real estate professional

Instead of…
…choosing a real estate agent simply because he promises to sell your home for a higher price.
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…pick an agent who can provide you with real numbers and solid marketing plans for your home. Ideally, this person is knowledgeable in the local area, trustworthy, and quick to answer questions and communicate with you.

Instead of…
…letting emotional attachments to your home affect how you price it, including increasing the price due to “memorable moments” you’ve had there or adding dollars to the price because of the labor you spent making the house into our home.
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…be objective and having a strictly business attitude while you price based on your CMA + real estate agent guidance.

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…pricing you home at a high price to “see how it goes.”
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…rather than have your home sit on the market for a long time because it’s overpriced, price you home based on the current market values so that you can sell your home more quickly and for more money.

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…becoming too personal with the buyer and oversharing about the house or neighborhood.
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…be friendly, but don’t discuss items related to the house and neighborhood that could squash their excitement about moving into your home.

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letting emotions take over during the selling process.
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…do your best to stay calm and practical and presume that issues will arise.

Instead of…
…not taking the first quick bid and thinking that there must be a bigger, juicier offer to be had.
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…take a fair offer, even if it’s the first one.

Instead of…
…wasting time on unqualified buyers.
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…work with a real estate agent who will vet out unqualified home shoppers to save time and money.
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