For Sellers
What We will do for you
Recent Home Sales
Getting the highest price
Closing Costs
- Complete a comparative market analysis that will compare your home's value to that of your neighbors.
- Compile a comprehensive plan detailing all the efforts we will employ to sell your home, including Internet and local media.
- Present your home to as many qualified buyers as possible getting your home maximum exposure.
- Help you stage your home and generate curb appeal to ensure you get the highest price.
- Assist with obtaining offers and help you in negotiating the best deal as smoothly as possible.
- Help you find your next home and answer all of your questions about the local market area, including schools, neighborhoods, the local economy, and more.
What are homes selling for on your street? Use our CMA request form to obtain a courtesy Brokers Price opinion or Comparative Market Analysis to find out what neighborhood homes are selling for, free of charge, or you may choose a more detailed analysis performed for a fee by a local appraiser to obtain the value of your home.
Getting the Highest Price for Your Home
Curb appeal is key and could make a difference whether people stop and take a flyer, or drive right by. Here are a few tips to increase the curb appeal of your home. Staging your home is important. Many buyers will stay in your home longer if it's staged appropriately. We have compiled some ideas to present your home in the most effective manner.
- Title insurance fees depend on the sales price of the home.
- Broker's commission is a full-service fee and will cost anywhere between 5% to 7%.
- Local property transfer tax, Escrow fees, document preparation fees, Recording fees, and possibly a resale certificate fee. Some variance occurs in the escrow fees and credits to the buyer or seller depending on the time of the year and day of the month that the transaction closing is set for.
- VA and FHA fees and costs are all associated loan fees and some are now negotiable between an FHA buyer and seller. The VA Funding fee must be paid by the buyer. Under some circumstances it can be rolled into the loan.
- Appraisal cost is normally paid for by the seller in Alaska. The actual cost of the appraisal varies a little depending on the type of loan the buyer is using to purchase the property.
- Home inspections fees are normally paid for by the buyer and may include pest, radon and other inspections.
- Miscellaneous expenses can accrue from correcting problems noticed during the home inspection. These could be health and safety issues that are required by most lenders to be corrected by the seller. Among those most recently occurring are the requirement for a resale home to have Carbon Monoxide and Smoke detectors.
