Tips to Selling Your Home During the Holidays

ST. LOUIS, MO (November 19, 2015) – Selling your home during the holidays can be tough without the right resources and strategies in place. However, there are a few surefire
ways to successfully list your home during the holidays, and it all starts with associating yourself with an agent you trust.

“The holidays are such an important time of year for so many people,” said Jim Dohr president of Coldwell Banker Gundaker. “That’s why it’s imperative for sellers to market their homes appropriately and take advantage of the tools an agent can provide to ensure a pleasant sales process.”

Here are several tips that will help make the defining moment of selling a home, that much easier:

Loyalty is Key:
Associate yourself with a trusted agent that can maintain a flexible schedule throughout the sales process, during the holidays. Showings and buyer questions can come up at any moment, and it’s important to be able to accommodate those inquiries in a timely manner.

Less is More: While it can be difficult to resist the urge to join in on the holiday spirit, it’s always best to dress your house – inside and out – with holiday decorations and lighting that are holiday-neutral and understated. Try to stray away from twinkling illuminations and inflatable décor, just for the time being.

Photography: Make sure your listing is photographed professionally. To no surprise, most home buying starts online. The more comprehensive you photo gallery is, the greater the chance of you gaining interest of potential prospects.

Cozy up: Strive to make your home as inviting as possible; raise your heat to a comfortable temperature, turn on your fireplace (if you have one), offer a coffee or hot cocoa during a showing, or even play festive music quietly in the background.

About Coldwell Banker Gundaker:
Coldwell Banker Gundaker, the leading residential real estate brokerage company in St. Louis, operates 19 offices and is affiliated with 1,500 independent sales associates serving metropolitan St. Louis and east-central Missouri. Coldwell Banker Gundaker is part of NRT LLC, the nation’s largest residential real estate brokerage company. For more information, please visit www.cbgundaker.com.

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Real estate agents affiliated with Coldwell Banker Gundaker are independent contractor sales associates and are not employees of Coldwell Banker Gundaker.