New Hampshire and Maine Homes and Condos

      It's Showtime For Your Portsmouth NH Home or Condo!

One of the most important conversations we'll have after the correct pricing of your home, will be the showing instructions of your Portsmouth home for sale.  You're weighing a lot of factors like commission, marketing, and staging.  I want to talk about a couple of very important aspects of selling Portsmouth homes and condos.

Accessibility of your home for sale

More simply put, showing instructions. These instructions can make or break the showings of your Portsmouth NH home for sale. As an experienced New Hampshire REALTOR, I know that many times requests for showings happen at the last minute.   Many things can create that last minute urgency for a showing of your home for sale:

• --  A woman drops by an Open House that an agent is hosting; based on your conversation the REALTOR remember a particular home that might be perfect.  After a quick check with a pre-qualification, the woman's REALTOR attempts to book a last minute appointment for your home.
  
  
• --  Many times I decide on several homes for a client based on their criteria, yet in the second home they show the criteria changes. That is when a good agent adjusts course and tries to show homes within the new criteria.  And many times this causes a need to make appointments with short notice.
  
  
• --  A client gets an MLS listing automatically from the agent, and absolutely has to see it because they love the way it looks.
  
  
• --  You are driving to an appointment and the client yells "STOP the car - that is my dream house".  A quick check, sign in the yard, a call to find out information, and try and get in.
  
  
• --  Your listing just came up on the MLS in the morning before the agent goes out with their clients, and they want to add your home to their list.

Making your home appealing to Buyer's Agents to show is the most important thing because many times that is the reality of showings - they are sometimes last minute.  Other ways to make it easier for REALTORS:

• --  Allow lock box to be used on your home for sale
  
  
• --  Allow shorter notice showings if at all possible
  
  
• --  Allow your NH REALTOR to place a sign on your property - signs generate a lot of calls and buyers are driving around looking for signs on homes for sale in the Portsmouth NH Seacoast areas.

You will want to avoid:

• --  Confirmed only appointments - this creates a hassle because the agent wants to show homes, not be on the phone hoping to get appointments
  
  
• --  Accompanied showings - Unless you have extraordinary collection of rare art or antiques, or are a celebrity not a good idea.
  
  
• --  24 to 48 hour notice is prohibitive at times and can act as a deterant for some showings.
  
  
• --  Tenants in the unit for sale - red flag for a problematic showing.  Oftentimes tenants just don't want to move, and they are uncooperative for showings, and/or insist on being present for showings which is never a good situation.

Read also:

• 5 Mistakes to Avoid When Selling Your Home or Condo
  

• Pricing Your Portsmouth NH Homes and Condos Correctly for Todays Market
• Pricing Your Home To Sell

• Tips For Hiring Your New Hampshire-Maine REALTOR                
• Selling A Home in the Portsmouth NH and Maine Areas
• How Is YOUR Property Being Represented?

• Spring Home Selling Tips for Homes in Portsmouth NH - Part 1

• 10 Tips to Get Portsmouth NH Homes Ready to Sell - Part 2

• 8 Tips for Great Curb Appeal on a Budget
  
  
• New Hampshire and Maine Seacoast Area Towns Real Estate Market Reports
   
  

Thank you Colleen of Buffalo Niagra Real Estate


Are you thinking about making the coastal areas around Portsmouth New Hampshire or southern Maine your home?  Call me today at 603-431-1111 x 3839, or send me an email, and let's talk real estate!

 
            
   





                                  
  Ann Cummings, New Hampshire REALTOR
  RE/MAX Coast to Coast
  Portsmouth NH
  ann@anncummings.com
  888-349-5678 x 3839
  Servicing the Coastal Areas of NH & Southern Maine                    



                                    

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