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How the Price of Your Home is Determined

The price of your home is determined in several ways: 

The market value of your home is not: 

  1. How much money you spent on the home
  2. What you need to make on the sale
  3. What it appraised for 
  4. What you heard your neighbor’s home sold for 
  5. What the tax office says it’s worth 
  6. How much it’s insured for 
  7. Based on prices of homes where you are moving 

The true market value of your home is…what a buyer is willing to pay for the property: 

  1. Based on today’s market 
  2. Based on today’s competition 
  3. Based on today’s financing 
  4. Based on today’s economic conditions 
  5. Based on the buyer’s perception of the condition of the property 
  6. Based on the location 
  7. Based on normal marketing time 

Properties that sell in today’s market: On a scale of 1-10 (“10” are the ones that are selling). How can your property be a “10”? 

  1. By improving the condition dramatically 
  2. By offering good terms 
  3. By improving the way the home shows 
  4. By adjusting the price