Selling Your House: Here’s Why You Need A Pro In Your Corner!

With home prices on the rise and strong buyer demand, some sellers may be unsuccessfully tempted to try to sell their homes on their own rather than using the services of a real estate professional.
Real estate agents are trained and experienced in negotiations while, in most cases, the seller is not. Sellers must realize that their ability to negotiate will determine whether or not they get the best deal for themselves and their families.
Here is a list of some of the people with whom the seller must be prepared to negotiate if they decide to sell by Owner (FSBO):

• The buyer, who wants the best deal possible
• The buyer’s agent, who solely represents the best interests of the buyer
• The buyer’s attorney in many parts of the country
• The home inspection companies, which work for the buyer and will almost always find some problems.
• The termite company, if there are challenges
• The buyer’s lender, if the structure of the mortgage requires the sellers’ participation
• The appraiser, if there is a question of value
• The title company, if there are challenges with certificates of occupancy (CO) or other permits
• The town or municipality, if you need to get the CO permits mentioned above
• The buyer’s buyer, in case there are challenges with the house your buyer is selling

Lee Schilare, ERA Justin Realtor said, “The percentage of sellers who have hired real estate agents to sell their homes increases steadily. In fact, ERA Justin Realty has been #1 in closed Rutherford transactions for the past 18 consecutive years. Let’s get together to discuss all that we can do to make the process of selling your house easier for you.

If you are thinking of selling your home in the near future and want to know for how much it could sell, then you may contact a real estate sales professional at our firm and request a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) to determine its fair market value,” recommends Jennifer Darby, owner-broker with the firm.”

To get an estimate of the fair market value, a homeowner can call the ERA Justin Realty sales team and ask for a Comparative Market Analysis, a service which is provided free of charge and without obligation.

“In conducting a CMA, our ERA Justin Realty sales professionals have access to a wide array of information, such as databases containing recent listing and selling prices of similar homes in the neighborhood, and how long these homes took to sell. The resulting analysis can help a homeowner understand what today’s changing market has done to the price of his or her home, and will provide a realistic figure of the home’s fair market value. Within the past years, real estate values have escalated. If a home is then put on the market, our sales professionals will use the CMA to help the homeowner establish a selling marketing program,” added Lee.

ERA Real Estate has been awarded ‘Highest Satisfaction for First and Second Time Home Buyers Among Full-Service Real Estate Firms’. For these reasons, ERA Justin Realty should be your buying and selling Realtor of choice.

For more information on CMAs, consumers can reach Lee and the ERA Justin Realty sales team at either of their two Rutherford offices at 118 Jackson Avenue or 57 Park Avenue. By phone at (201) 939-7500, (201) 438-0588 or (201) 438-SOLD, and the firm’s meet and greet Hoboken location. Additional real estate information is also available at the firms 1000’s of homes websites at www.ERAJustin.com and www.ERAJustinRealty.com