Selling Process - Defined Property Group Real Estate Agents

DEFINED. HOME SELLING GUIDE

This step-by-step guide curated by our Defined Team provides an overview of the Home Selling Process. To assure an exceptional experience click below for your Complimentary 15-Minute Consultation with a member of our Defined Team.

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Step 1: Research

So you’re considering selling your home and don’t know where to start. An easy first step is to begin by identifying the circumstances surrounding the sale of your home and your next move. Since most online home valuation tools lack all pertinent information to accurately assess your home's value, it is critical to reach out to our Defined Team, to provide you with customized market insights and analytics based on your specific submarket.

For a quick estimate utilize our advanced home valuation tool below to get started.

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Step 2: Contact Us

Connect | Advise | Prepare

Our Defined Team will start with a personalized complimentary consultation to understand your home selling goals and objectives. Our advisors utilize their local market knowledge, experience and network, to plan & prepare for your successful home sale. With our network of professional servicers such as contractors, are a great resource available to our clients, providing a level of service that we standby.

Step 3: Planning

Presentation | Strategy | Pricing

First impressions set the tone for the buyers’ experience; from browsing online to the moment they walk through the front door, it's no secret that emotions are involved in the home buying process. Our Defined Team will provide comprehensive insights to best present your home for the market.

With our refined eye and industry knowledge, we will advise and recommend enhancements that add value to the home and/or sell faster.

Step 4: Prep

Declutter | Refresh | Stage

In most cases, a home will either need decluttering and an overall refresh of the space before buyers begin to walk through. This includes getting rid of clutter, depersonalizing the space so that buyers can envision themselves in the space, making any small repairs, painting, and doing a deep clean to make sure your home is in pristine condition.

Staging or Partial-Staging is among our Defined Standards, when preparing to list your home. We offer our clients’ a streamlined experience through our in-house staging company, Defined Home. In addition, we work with the top staging companies to match your home's unique style & aesthetic.

Step 5: Listing

Marketing | Showings | Open House

Our Defined Team uses the latest media technology to showcase your homes marketing campaigns that will generate showings and potential buyers. This includes and is not limited to, HD Professional Photography, Virtual Staging, Virtual Tours, Floorplans, Listing Videos, and Social Media Reels. We sure know how to host! At our open houses, we welcome guests with a refined overview of what makes your home special.

Step 6: Offer & Acceptance

Review | Verify | Ratify

You found the one and you’re ready to make a winning offer. Our Defined team will advise you on the various elements of a contract and which terms will put your offer in the best position for ratification, based on market conditions, seller preferences, network connections, quality of preferred Lenders and Settlement companies.

After negotiations are completed and all parties are in agreement to the terms, the Contract is ratified once signed by all parties and escrow is opened by the Settlement company.

Step 7: Home Inspection

Contingency | Credit | Repairs

Home inspections provide an overview of a home’s condition and potential repairs.

A Contract may be contingent upon home inspection, which will provide the buyer an opportunity to either negotiate for repair credit or walk away from the contract if needed. In a competitive market, contracts waiving the home inspection contingency may be prioritized. Home inspections conducted before an offer is written, is known as a pre-inspection providing the buyer confidence to waive a home inspection.

Step 8: Home Appraisal

Contingency | Value | Negotiation

An appraisal is an unbiased third-party opinion of a home's value. Appraisals are required by lending institutions for loans and refinancing. Circumstances such as estates require appraisals when selling a home.

A licensed appraiser creates a report based on an inspection, recent sales of similar properties, market trends, and details such as: size, condition, floor plan, amenities, etc. When the appraisal value is lower than a contact price, the difference can be negotiated or canceled depending on the contract terms.

Step 9: Closing

Document Review | Settlement | Sold!

it's almost settlement day! Your lender will issue a Closing Disclosure (CD) reviewing all associated information pertaining to your loan. Three (3) days prior to the set closing, the Settlement company provides a HUD-1 which itemizes all fees on the seller side of the transaction and is responsible for disbursing funds between all parties.

Our Defined team arranges everything between the lender and title companies, preparing our clients with wire information & scheduling settlement to assure an exceptional experience.

Our goal is to provide exceptional experiences with the most personalized service defined to help you sell your home