Home Inspection Tips for Buyers

There are many great Gillette area homes for sale. Click here to perform a full home search, or if you're thinking of selling your home, click here for a FREE Home Price Evaluation so you know what buyers will pay for your home in today's market. You may also call me at (307) 250-4382 for a FREE home buying or selling consultation to answer any of your real estate questions.

Home Inspection Tips for Buyers

Today we are going to answer the question: Should you get a home inspection as a buyer, and what can it do for you? As a buyer, we would highly recommend that you have a home inspection done on any property you are considering purchasing so you know its condition before you move. Once an inspection is complete, you can submit a list of requests to the seller. You can ask them to fix certain things and they can go through that list and decide what they should fix.

As far as picking an inspector goes, each community is a little different. You could get a recommendation from an agent, but we think that its better if you as a buyer arrange an inspection independently from your agent. The inspection process consists of the inspector examining the exterior and interior of the home thoroughly. They are looking for safety issues, as well as cosmetic issues. They will also be able to give you information on the functionality of your electricity, plumbing, and heating/AC so you can know if everything is working properly.

If you have any questions about home inspections or about real estate in general, please give us a call or send us an email. We'd be glad to help!

Gillette Real Estate Market Update for Fall 2014

There are many great Gillette area homes for sale. Click here to perform a full home search, or if you're thinking of selling your home, click here for a FREE Home Price Evaluation so you know what buyers will pay for your home in today's market. You may also call me at (307) 250-4382 for a FREE home buying or selling consultation to answer any of your real estate questions.

Gillette Real Estate Market Update for Fall 2014

Today we are excited to bring you another market update on what's been going on in the Gillette real estate world. Here are some stats we have compiled over the last month, give them a read so you can navigate through the housing market more effectively.

• Right now in Gillette, we have 407 houses on the market, so we'd still consider this a buyer's market
• House prices have risen over the past year by about 20%, a great sign for sellers
• The average days on the market right now is 117 days, a big improvement from the 147 day average we saw at this point last year.

For buyers, inventory is high so there is a lot to choose from. We are also seeing a lot of buyers ask for the sellers to pay for closing costs, which usually happens in a buyer's market. As far as sellers are concerned, even though we have a lot of inventory, we are still seeing homes sell quicker and for more money, on average, than they did last year. 

If you have any questions about the market, please let us know. Give us a call or send us an email so we can get in touch with you to answer those questions.

4 Ways to Make Your Home Attractive to Buyers

There are many great Gillette area homes for sale. Click here to perform a full home search, or if you're thinking of selling your home, click here for a FREE Home Price Evaluation so you know what buyers will pay for your home in today's market. You may also call me at (307) 250-4382 for a FREE home buying or selling consultation to answer any of your real estate questions.

4 Ways to Make Your Home Attractive to Buyers

 Today we are going to talk about how to prepare your home before listing it. If you're thinking of selling your home, we would like to give you some advice. These are 4 things we do before we list homes and following these tips will put your home in great shape when you're ready to put it on the market. 

1. Curb Appeal

 Curb appeal is how your home looks to buyers from the curb on the outside. When potential buyers come to the curb, this is your first chance to make an impression on them. Make sure you have your yard looking clean, flowers are replanted, and bushes are trimmed. 

2. De-clutter

 De-cluttering can go as far as removing personal items or just getting rid of anything you are not using at the time, like winter clothes and coats. Store them in totes and get them out of there. The cleaner your home, the better.

3. Paint

 Make sure you re-paint in neutral and inviting colors in any room that could use a touch up. It's a cheap way to make your house look even more inviting to buyers

4. Deep Clean

 Before you list your home, give it a deep clean. Get into every nook and cranny and leave no stone un-turned. You need your home to look perfect for it to sell quickly. 

By following these tips, you can make your home so much more attractive to potential buyers. If you have any questions about what improvements to make on your home or if you have any other questions about real estate, give us a call or send us an email. We would love to help you out.