The reason housing inventory goes up in the Spring and Summer months is because most people want to sell their homes when they look their best-the sun is shining, the grass is green and the rhodies are in bloom! But what if you know you’re going to sell but for whatever reason, this isn’t the right time? What if you have to sell your Maple Valley area home in November (think dark by 4:30 and rain)? I suggest to my clients who are selling in the Winter months, to put out photos of the yard in the Spring and Summer when the garden beds were plump with perrenials and the rhodies were bursting with color. It helps the buyer, standing at the picture window looking onto the rain soaked dormant landscaping, get an idea of what the yard will look like in a few months.
My point? When this rain stops and your lawn and garden looks great again, take some photos for your sale this Winter. They can be used in a photo album, or even one of those digital picture frames next to the marketing materials for your property. You and your buyers will be glad you preserved a picture of what your home looks like at other times of the year.
But of course we have to wait for this rain to end.
It’s got to end soon….right?
Colleen Fischesser is the Broker/Owner of RE/MAX Select in Maple Valley, WA. She has been successfully selling and marketing properties all over South King & North Pierce counties since 1990 but specializes in the greater Maple Valley area. She may be contacted directly at: 425-432-5400
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