If you are living in your home while selling, you will see that the showings are the most challenging part. Keeping the house looking perfect is for superheroes. Here is a list of tips for managing the stress while presenting a top notch product. 1. Get Out Of The House Buyers visiting your space will be able to better envision themselves living there if you are not there. If you are home during a showing, the potential buyer will feel like they are intruding and won’t spend the time they typically would to look around and see all the redeeming qualities. 2. Keep It Clean Easier said than done, but a clean house feels better. Floors and countertops need to […]

1 - Toss The Stuff Everyone loves stuff (free stuff, cool stuff, old stuff). Most of that stuff is distracting for buyers. Donate, dispose, or store things so they are not in your condo. It will reduce the condo’s value because a buyer wants to picture their own things in the space. If you toss your stuff before you sell, a buyer will pay more. When you sell, you have to provide an empty ‘broom swept‘ condo anyway. Get to work! 2 - Prep It This can include a lot of ideas but one of the most important is maintenance items. Maybe you have a leaky kitchen faucet or a unit that hasn't been painted in 10 years. Even a […]

Banks will say you 'absolutely must' have a 5-day condition for financing on any purchase, but in the GTA's competitive market, this might make buying a home impossible. Is this really a requirement or is the bank just applying an abundance of caution? A financing condition places the risk of the buyer's financing in the seller’s hands, making an offer less attractive to a seller. A condition is to confirm that you will find a suitable mortgage by the closing date. Here is the list of questions for you. If you can answer yes to all of them you may want to consider removing a financing condition. 1 - Have you been pre-qualified by a bank or mortgage broker? This […]