Daily Real Estate News | August 19, 20085 Tips to Get Buyers Buying
Frontdoor.com, the new real estate Web site from HGTV, offers a list of ways to increase the likelihood that a house will sell. Here are a few of them:
- Build buzz with an open-house bash, complete with wine, catered food, live music, and prizes.
- Take staging to the max with feng shui stagers who improve a home's energy or "chi." Good chi makes potential buyers feel welcome.
- Help serious buyers with financing by paying closing, costs, paying to lower the interest rate, or offering a lease-to-own plan.
- Let buyers sleep on it - literally - by offering them the opportunity to stay overnight. (Read "Some Buyers Ask to Sleepover First.")
- Throw in an extravagant extra like a year's mortgage payments or a big stipend for furniture.
Source: Frontdoor.com (08/12/08)
