Your "Assured Home"

July 24, 2007

Having spent the last week writing about pricing your home to sell, I am now suggesting another step that a seller can take to attract buyers. In the current real estate market place, agents often suggest to potential sellers that it would be a good idea to hire a home inspector prior to offering the property for sale.

CENTURY 21 Lois Lauer Realty has created a program designed to inform sellers and buyers the "as is" condition of the home.

The program highlights are:

The property is inspected by a structural pest control technician;

The property is inspected by a profession property inspector;

Reports are then available to the seller and to a potential buyer;

The seller has the opportunity to repair any items not up to par;

A Natural Hazard Disclosure is also available for Buyer and Seller review.

This plan prepares a seller for the buyer's request for repairs and prepares the buyer for knowledge of the physical condition of the property prior to submitting an offer. Both parties can thus go into a negotiation with fewer surprises after a purchase agreement is signed.