Southern New Hampshire and Greater Boston Real Estate Podcast with Link Moser

The Importance of Staging Your Home

Want to sell your home? Get a FREE home value report  Want to buy a home? Search all homes for sale Home staging is incredibly important when selling, but it has to be done right. When done incorrectly, it makes the home appear like a commodity and not a home. The purpose of staging is to elicit an emotional response from the buyer. Sometimes a staging will leave you feeling a little flat. A lot of people say that you need to remove personal items from a home, but I disagree with that. Things should look and feel like a home, not a living space. We want the home to look nice, but also feel "lived in." The outside of the home is just as important, and we pay attention to the exterior to make it feel personal and inviting. We want the buyer to relate to the home and have some sort of emotional response towards the property. If you’re interested, we can come out to your property and have a look around to prepare you for a proper home staging. Please don’t hesitate to contact us about this!

Should You Choose the Best Terms or the Highest Offer When Selling?

Want to sell your home? Get a FREE home value report  Want to buy a home? Search all homes for sale If you’re selling your home and you have multiple offers on your property - congratulations! However, don’t get too excited just yet. You still have some work to do in choosing the most beneficial offer for you and your family. Simple logic might tell you to choose an offer with the highest dollar amount, but you cannot forget to look at the terms involved. Someone might be willing to pay you more for your home, but offer less in negotiations. Remember that cash buyers always expect to pay a little less because they don’t have to run through the gamut of financing. Consider the contingencies on the offer. Remember that a contingency always creates an opportunity for the buyer to walk away, so be careful moving forward with a buyer who has too many contingencies. The fewer contingencies, the better off you are as a seller. Generally speaking, your first offer is your best offer. It’s important to shop around, but don’t wait too long because those buyers will eventually just look elsewhere. Respect the fact that buyers have committed to your home and made an offer on it. When combing through offers on your home, it might be a good idea to work with a real estate professional to determine which offer will benefit you the most. Just don’t forget that terms can sometimes outweigh a larger offer on your home. Money isn’t always the determining factor in a sale, sometimes it’s simply convenience. If you have any questions about this, please don’t hesitate to contact us. We know it’s going to be a busy spring selling season, so contact us soon.

Fine Homes Group International Expands to Boston

Want to sell your home? Get a FREE home value report  Want to buy a home? Search all homes for sale We’ve grown a big real estate team here in New Hampshire. Now, we’re expanding into the Boston market! You can now work with a team that covers New Hampshire and Massachusetts. This allows you to access exceptional customer service from our experienced agents in both states. We can help sell your primary home in addition to purchasing a secondary home. In 2016, we want to create a jaw-dropping client experience. We want to set high expectations and exceed them in every transaction. Regardless of the market climate, our goal is to make your experience amazing. If you’re thinking about buying or selling a home in either New Hampshire or Massachusetts, we’d love to connect with you. We’d love to learn more about you and your goals. Give us a call or email today!

How Can You Move Up in this Seller's Market?

Want to sell your home? Get a FREE home value report   Want to buy a home? Search all homes for sale A lot of people have been asking us questions lately about how to move up in a seller's market, which often requires selling your current home and buying your next one in one process. It's a bit of a juggling act, especially in a market like ours, but it's not impossible.The first step is getting your current home sale-ready. You don't have to necessarily put it on the market right away, but getting it sale-ready is important. Depending on your financial situation and ability to take risks, you may make an offer on your next home prior to putting your current one on the market, or put your current home on the market and wait for a buyer before making an offer on a home.A lot of things can go wrong when trying to balance a sale and a purchase. For example, what if you sell your current home before you've found one to buy? What about if you make an offer on a home that's accepted, but you haven't sold your current home yet? It's important to have a "Plan B" in this case, and a trusted real estate professional should be able to help you come up with a good one. If you're going to attempt this, my personal recommendation is that you hire one agent or a team for both transactions. It's much easier to communicate with one person instead of two, and there's a lot of juggling to be done that would be easier for one person to accomplish if they were handling both sides. They will help at minimizing potential risk, as well as maximizing your profits.If you have any questions for us, feel free to give us a call or shoot over a quick email. We would love to speak with you!

Why You Need a Pre-Qualification Letter

Want to sell your home? Get a FREE home value report   Want to buy a home? Search all homes for sale Today, we will discuss the importance of the pre-qualification letter. The pre-qualification letter is essentially physical evidence that you can afford a home.  The pre-qualification shows seriousness to all parties involved: your own agent, the listing agent, and the sellers. A pre-qualification also helps to inform the buyer. You'll know how much you can afford, and you can plan on how much you actually want to spend.  The lifespan of a pre-qualification letter can vary from lender to lender. If nothing changes, it could be good for up to 90 days. It's important that you don't change anything. Please don't quit your job or buy a car. Don't do anything that would significantly impact the numbers your lender has pulled. In terms of what the pre-qualification letter says, my preference is not to have a number on the letter. We merely include the letter in the offer packet. The seller doesn't need to know how much you could afford. That would definitely hurt your negotiations with the seller if they know you can afford $250,000 but you're only comfortable offering $200,000. Frankly, it's none of the seller's business how much you could afford.   When you get a pre-qualification letter, you're not required to stick with that lender. However, whether you change lenders or not, make sure you select a reputable lender.  If you have any questions on today's video, give us a call or send us an email. We would be happy to help you!