Tips
The following advice can save you a lot of headaches, before and after selling your property:
- Open house visits – through your agent or broker – to visit the house a few days prior to signing the act of sale to ensure that everyone agrees the property meets the expectations of each party.
- Make sure that all the inclusions are in the house or on the property before proceeding with the final steps of the sale.
- Verify whether or not there are penalties involved in prepaying your mortgage.
- Don’t forget to cancel your property insurance.
- And make sure your new abode is fully insured the day you officially take possession.
- Have in hand the following documents, among others, to be consulted by the buyer:
- Electricity and heating bills.
- Municipal and school tax accounts.
- A list of major repairs made to the property.
- Leases for rented equipment, if any.
- Photos of the property taken in different seasons. - Consider home staging, a technique that often accelerates a sale and can improve the sale price by as much as 2% to 10% over the asking price, according to statistics. You don’t need to take on extravagant costs to make your property more attractive. In many cases, it’s just a matter of small touches that will lead a buyer to make an offer.