Who Can Sell Your House Quickly and for Top Dollar?

When it comes to selling your home, you want to see the best possible results of the sale. After all, you can only sell it once. When you ask yourself the best possible result of the home sale, naturally, your first thought is to sell for top dollar. You want a realtor who can make your house shine, show off its best features, and find buyers who will bid well over the market value. Of course, you also don’t want the sale to take forever, delayed by renovations or losing value sitting on the market for months.

To see the best results of a home sale, you need a strong real estate partner. Your agent and brokerage are an important part of the home-selling team and their expertise plays an important role in both optimizing your home’s appeal on the market and swiftly finding a buyer who is ready to commit to a top-dollar price.

So how do you find the ideal real estate agent to work closely with you, sell your house quickly, and get the best price for the property value? Here’s how you can get started:

A Real Estate Agent Who Understands You

Selling a home is a team effort, so you will need someone you can talk to easily. You need someone who you understand when they explain the home selling process and someone who understands you when you explain your priorities and budget. An agent who doesn’t listen makes decisions without checking with you, or who doesn’t speak clearly with you isn’t a good partner, so it’s okay to interview a few agents before you find the right one that “clicks”.

Communication is key, so build a rapport quickly. Share your ideas about selling and listen to your agent’s advice so you are both on the same page. Then decide what to do together, using their expertise and your situation as guiding points.

The Windermere Real Estate Boost

Home sellers planning for pre-sale renovations with a Windermere agent (like myself) also gain the benefit of the Windermere network and the Windermere Ready experience. Windermere is the largest residential real estate firm in Puget Sound and specializes in luxury real estate with a dedicated network of home service and real estate professionals available to tap at any time.

Windermere Ready is a no-interest home improvement loan and access to a network of awesome home services providers that can be accessed to make any pre-sale updates and staging to sell your home. If you want or need to make a renovation before selling to increase the final sale price, you gain access to trustworthy teams, guided improvements, and the work is covered when your home sells at a higher market value.

Knowing Your Local Buyers and Housing Market

Of course, good decor and rapport aren’t all that sell a house. If you really want to sell for top dollar, it’s important to motivate your buyers. And to do that, you need an agent who knows the local market. Who is looking for homes in your neighborhood, and what do they want to see in a house? In the greater Seattle area, the local draw could be anything from boho chic to glass-tower modern. Your area might be drawing families, retirees, vacation homebuyers, or solo professionals focused on a now-hybrid home/work career. Should the walls be blue-gray or honey-brown? Should you stage in stainless steel or woven-and-wicker?

The right staging is whatever inspires your local buyers to fall in love with the house, to suddenly imagine themselves living there, and begin writing their future before the tour is over. A real estate agent who knows the area and the buyers can help you inspire not eager buyers, but those inspired to bid well above listing to ensure you choose their bid first.

Closing Quickly on the Best Offer

Last and certainly not least, a great real estate partner will help you close swiftly on the best bid. When a top bidder arrives or the bidding flurry settles into the highest verified bid, your agent will help you choose, escrow, negotiate, and close without wasting time. Homes lose value as they sit on the market, and they can take ‘vacancy’ damages if closing drags on. A great real estate agent will ensure your home is listed, sold at a high value, and closed before it has time to get dusty inside, much less cool on the market.

Do you need to sell a home quickly and for the best possible price? I know exactly where you are standing, I’ve been there myself. With over three decades of listening to my clients before we make a plan, you can know that I will help you make all the right decisions for your property, situation, budget, and timeline. Whether you’re selling a house in a rush or just want to sell for top dollar, let’s connect to chat about your goals. We’ll get your home sold quickly and for top-dollar together.