The Highly Manageable Process of Getting Your Home Sold, Even in the Pandemic
Guest blog by Natalie Jones, HomeownerBliss.info
The pandemic has been throwing challenges our way from just about every direction of late, so much so that even something as innocuous as selling or buying a home has been affected. But, like in almost everything else, we just need to take the changes in stride and adapt to them accordingly so life goes on and, with it, the pursuit of your selling your home in this pandemic. Let’s break down the process of how you can get this done amidst today’s challenges.
Selling in a Pandemic
Social distancing has made some people cautious of traditional open houses and in-person showings, which are crucial to the home-selling process. And while an open house is still a great way to showcase your property, you may get more attention if you diversify your showing options and address the virus-shaped elephant in the room.
It’s not impossible to sell your home at this time, but it can be tricky, so you need to know the ins and outs of selling with COVID-19 concerns.
You’ll want to adapt to social distancing tenets to successfully sell your home.
Interestingly, the pandemic is also resulting in a sellers market as some areas are seeing low inventories at present.
The Prep Work You Need
The more things change, the more they stay the same — at least it is, in the case of preparing your home for sale. In fact, the preparations you need to make for your home to stand out in the market remain virtually unchanged.
It’s just as important to prep and stage your home, even if you’re selling it online.
You’ll still want to undertake value-adding improvements, such as backyard upgrades.
And yes, decluttering is still an important step, if you want to get your house sold.
At the very least, clean your home until it shines so it looks its absolute best.
Going Virtual
It’s fortunate that the age of COVID-19 and social distancing is also the age of modern technology. It’s the latter that makes it possible to pursue your home-selling efforts at this time, and going virtual is the key to getting your home sold in no time.
As you take your home-selling efforts online, you’ll want to make sure that your home looks fantastic in photos.
Make great use of video to showcase and market your home while you’re at it, as well.
You can also leverage a variety of virtual tools for your showings and open houses, such as video chat and conferencing tools, 3D walkthrough apps, and more.
There’s no reason you can’t sell your home at this time, but you do need to get creative to accommodate the changes caused by the pandemic. Luckily, the tools and resources you need to get it all done are already within your reach, so go ahead and make your move.