Selling In Winter: Tips To Remember

From now until late February, we all experience "The Winter Blues". Selling your home in winter, especially during this time of winter, presents an extra challenge. In addition to that, COVID-19 restrictions can leave some sellers feeling defeated. Please don't be so hard on yourself! Things ARE challenging right now, but we can adapt to overcome the challenge. There ARE buyers out there right now, and they ARE looking. If your home is presented properly and priced perfectly, buyers WILL come! With that in mind, here are some tips that will serve you well:

Shovel

Shoveling is easy to forget about if your house has an attached garage. You may not have to worry about hoofing it through snow, but anyone coming to view your home will! Clear…

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5 Ways To Improve Your Winter Curb Appeal

Hey, sellers! Regardless of the season, your home should make a great first impression on potential home buyers. We know that winter creates some ugly conditions, but you can use these conditions to beautify your home's outdoor appearance! Don't let winter put a freeze on your home sale. Follow these 5 helpful tips to boost your home's appeal during this time:

Light It Up

With less sunshine and shorter days, adding outdoor lighting to your home will help illuminate it. Lighting the pathway, and/or lighting any features unique to your home can increase your home's curb appeal. Even placing lights in the main window of your home can make a big difference!

Plan For Snow

We get more than our fair share of snow in Saskatchewan.…

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The Major Elements Of An Offer

The purchase of a home isn't at all like buying a chocolate bar from a convenience store, or even like buying a large piece of furniture. There's legalities to consider, items to move, systems to check and so on. To make sure all of these things are taken care of, there's a process. You know, the home buying process and the home selling process we so often talk about. An important initial part of the process for both buying and selling is the Offer to Purchase, or Buyer's Offer if your prefer. So, regardless if you find yourself on the selling side of things, familiarizing yourself with the Offer to Purchase will be a beneficial step that'll help you and your Realtor negotiate and refine when the time comes to get back to the buyer. Here are the major…

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Why Sellers Need A Realtor

With so much information readily available online, clients sometimes question the need for a Realtor to do a job that they think they can do online. The truth is, that while a few do find success with selling their home, others don't. Some people just don't have the resources to make it work. That's where your friendly, neighbourhood Century 21 Realtor comes in. Here are 8 reasons you may want to consider a Realtor when you sell your house:

1. Education and Experience

You do not need to know everything about real estate once you hire a Realtor. Murry Ford once said that "if you hire people who are smarter than you are, it proves you are smarter than they are." Century 21 agents have the education and experience to sell your home. Our…

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The Open House Pause

Last week, on the morning of November 19, 2020, the Saskatchewan Realtors Association (SRA) made the decision to temporarily put a stop to all open houses under its Realtors until the end of the year.

What Does This Mean?

This open house pause means that, at least until the end of the year, any home on the market can only be viewed by appointment. This decision has been made so that we, as Realtors, are doing our part to respect public health. Keeping our clients - both buyers and sellers - safe from the risk of community transmission during this time is important to us.

In addition to making an appointment with your Realtor to see a home, you will still have access to see all of the full listings online. Virtual tours are another…

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House Hunting During A Pandemic

Covid-19 has changed the way we live, work and play. It's changed the way we shop at businesses, and changed the way we conduct business ourselves. This change has negatively impacted the world's housing market. Buyers have become more unsure than ever about starting the process, and sellers are hesitant to even put their homes up for sale. With precautions and orders in place to slow the spread of the virus, being physically present for any part of the home buying or selling process is difficult, sometimes impossible, to do. Experts in Canada, as well as worldwide, are making ominous predictions about the housing market's future based on the results they are seeing right now.

But is that truly the case? Should we really be worried and…

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How To: Choose the Perfect Flooring

Selecting the perfect flooring can be challenging, since it's a significant part of the overall design. On top of that, there are innumerable options available. Choosing flooring is not just about a selection, it's also about combining materials to complement your style, and balancing your budget. The right flooring can make all the difference, enhancing the look of any space and adding value to your home. A sizable investment, flooring renovations are the third most costly renos within the home - kitchen and washroom are the first two.

Products are spectacularly well-made now, which means that in theory, flooring can last approximately 25 years. Your body will completely regenerate its cells, three to four times in this time; how will the 2045 you…

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The Drawbacks of Overpricing

Both overpricing and underpricing your home when selling can be dangerous to your finances, for different reasons. However, both of these are similar in that they will result in an unfair market price. Now, it's easier for a seller to understand underpricing, but overpricing is a trickier subject. Overpricing can be more of a hindrance to the seller! How exactly? Let's go through the common drawbacks:

Longer Market Time

Homes priced out of their value range invariably take much longer to sell. The longer a home is on the market, the less valuable it becomes. Nobody gets excited about a property that has anguished for months and months on the market. In fact, the longer a home remains on the market, the greater the tendency for buyers to…

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Put Your Best Foyer Forward: Stage Your Home For the Sell

First impressions are hard to break! Most home owners will form an opinion about your home within seconds of seeing it for the first time. They'll probably spend less than 15 minutes touring your house, and they'll likely be looking at other homes with similar features during their house hunting. Remember, this is almost like a job interview. You have one chance for a first impression, so make your home the one that buyers remember by giving them a GREAT first impression.

The Outdoors

Curb Appeal

The way your home looks from the street can honestly make or break a sale. A large percentage of potential home owners (and current homeowners) decide whether or not to look inside of a house based on its curb appeal. The good news is that you…

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Understanding Market Conditions

The real estate market is always changing. Varying economic indicators dictate which stage your local market is experiencing. It helps to understand how market conditions can affect your position as a seller. What are these market conditions? Well, we're sure you've heard some common phrases tossed around. Has anyone taken the time to explain them? Not everyone is familiar with real estate jargon, and that's okay. We're here to help you understand E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G! That's our job.

What is a Balanced Market?

The number of homes is equal to the demand or number of the buyers. Typically, this type of market shows that demand is equal to supply, homes sell within an acceptable time period and prices are generally stable. What does…

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