When you are preparing to list your home for sale, you want to get it on and off the market as soon as possible. Particularly when you buying a new house at the same time you are selling your own, it can be hard to find the perfect balance between a quick sale and high profits. One of the best ways to facilitate a seamless sale is with a pre-listing inspection from a professional home inspector. What are some of the benefits?
Make the Negotiation Process Easier With a Pre-Listing Inspection
A pre-listing inspection will thoroughly examine your home for potential defects that might complicate a home sale. By taking care of these ahead of time, you can simplify the negotiation process and avoid paying more for repairs made by the buyer’s preferred contractor or with their preferred materials. Your inspection will also help you to adjust your home’s price based on its condition, instead of needing to lower it in the future due to unknown problems.
Avoid a Second Inspection
Particularly in a competitive housing market, buyers want to act fast to get the house that has what they are looking for. If you already have a pre-listing inspection completed and repairs made, the buyer might accept your inspection and skip their own entirely. This can accelerate the sale process by weeks or even months, as well as help both sides get what they want faster. It also often saves you money.
Make Pricing the Home Simple
Your pre-listing inspection is not just a tool for you to learn more about your home; it is also a tool to help your real estate agent learn more about your home. Pricing a house correctly is not easy, and it is sometimes impossible to do accurately when you don’t have a good understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of your property. Once you receive your pre-listing inspection report, you can share it with your agent who will price it appropriately and highlight the best features.
A Pre-Listing Inspection Gives You Control Over Repairs
When you skip the pre-listing inspection and go straight to the buyer’s inspection, you could learn about serious problems with your property for the first time. By learning about repair needs ahead of time, you will have the power over which repairs are made, who makes them, and what the budget is for them. If you delay and wait for the buyer’s inspection, there is a high probability you will be stuck paying the prices for their contractor of choice.
Second Opinion Home Inspections offers pre-listing inspections to home sellers in Door and Kewaunee counties. Contact us to request an appointment.