Preparing Your Home to Sell
  Pricing Your Home
  How the MLS works
  Home Warranty
  Value of Using a Realtor
  Free Market Analysis

Selling a home is no less of a challenge. Is a property priced appropriately and competitively? Can the home be sold within a reasonable timeframe? What is the best way to market a home - is it through newspaper ads, open houses, the Internet or some other means?

Real estate professionals assist housing consumers in facing those challenges and addressing those concerns. REALTORS and other real estate professionals provide a wealth of experience and knowledge about all aspects of the housing market, including a firm understanding of the legalities involved in purchasing a home. They also have specialized knowledge about the markets that they serve; this benefits home sellers and enables their properties to sell quickly and at competitive prices.

• Nearly four out of five homeowners sold their previous home with the assistance of a real estate agent.
• Over half of homeowners chose their agent based on prior interaction with the agent or based on a referral from friends, relatives, or another broker.
• Thirteen percent of homes were sold by the owner directly (FSBO).
• Homes sold with the assistance of a real estate professional had a median sales price 27 percent higher than those sold FSBO.