Mayfield Heights, OH

How to sell a house in Mayfield Heights OH for top dollar?

We've already discussed how to Evaluate your position on Mayfield Heights OH Real Estate market in our first article in this series.

Few good reasons to Evaluate yourself as an owner of Mayfield Heights house have been listed in the second post.

Let's discuss the winning pricing strategy. Your goal as the owner is to sell your Mayfield Heights OH Real Estate for as much as possible on today's market.

What should you and your Real Estate agent do in order to define the right pricing strategy?

• Remember: it's still the Buyer's market no matter how active it is.
• Get and evaluate info about prices of sold properties in Mayfield Heights OH.
• Know your competitors! The best way is to see what the other home sellers in your neighborhood are asking for their homes and preview their houses. You can visit your competitors' Open Houses. You can ask your agent to preview these houses for you.
  
• Look at your house from the BUYER's point of view. Do not expect the new generation of buyers to be driven by the same emotional triggers which made you chose your house at first place. Important : buyers look at the houses strictly via the prizm of price! For the same buyers a house priced for $250K will show differently than the same house offered for $210K.
• Price your Mayfield Heights OH house realistically. Even if you made all the greatest job replacing the roof, changing the furnace, waterproofing your basement but still keep that glossy 70-s wallpaper in your bathroom or keep your original, 40+ years old kitchen cabinets clean and well organized, it does not mean that your home's value will be perceived by potential client as a "top dollar for totally updated, top of the line, ready to move in" house.

Many sellers want to give potential buyers a chance to negotiate the price and thus slightly overprice their homes. I will be honest with you. Despite the common opinion that this strategy may hurt your bottom line, in many cases it works! The key word here is "SLIGHTLY" .

Normally, the Sold Price / Asking Price ratio for Mayfield Heights OH single family homes is 95-96 %, which means that buyers expect to get and indeed recieve about 5 % discount from the LAST asking price.

Starting from 2008 discounts tend to be higher, especially if we calculate the discount from original asking price. Last year a median discount from original asking price was about 13 %! However those sellers who priced their Mayfield Heights OH houses right from the beginning, received their 94-96 % of original price.

Here is your major price strategy for a successful sale of your house in Mayifield Heights OH:

price it right from the beginning and get a higher acceptable offer.

If you want to see the detailed statistics on sales and trends on Mayfeild Heights OH housing market, please do not hesitate to e-mail us Realty@Local-n-Global.com.

If you need to sell your Mayfield Heights OH home, please call us immediately. We can be reached 24/7 at Local-n-Global Real Estate Hotline 877-770-5551.

How to sell a house in Mayfield Heights OH for top dollar? 

In our first post on this subject , we spoke about the fine city of Mayfield Heights OH and its popularity among the buyers of Real Estate.

We have enough buyers willing to move to their own houses in Mayfield Heights OH. According to NorthEastOhio MLS (NEOHREX), as of 08/15/2009 the number of Real Estate transactions in Mayfield Heights OH closed since January 1, 2009 till August 15, 2009 is the same, even a little bit higher than the number of sales in the same period of 2008 (85 sales of single family homes in Mayfield Heights in 2008 vs. 88 sales in 2009). As of 08/15/2009, we have 10 contingent listings in Mayfield Heights (offer accepted, contingencies are not removed yet) and 24 pending lisitngs (offers accepted, contingencies removed, pending for closing).

Now let's talk about you, the owner, the seller of Mayfield Heights OH home.

First of all, are you really going to move?

What is the core reason why you need to sell this home? Getting married? Expecting another baby? Need someone to take care of your yard and maintenance, so your current home is not a good accomodation for you any longer? Your business is growing and you can allow yourself to build a new bigger home?

If this is the case, please focus on your goals and your future.

• Separate yourself emotionally from your house in Mayfield Heights OH which you are going to sell
• If you are going to utilize the services of experienced and result-oriented Real Estate professional, interview and hire the right Real Estate agent who is a specialist in Mayfield Heights OH Real Estate
• Prepare to cooperate with your agent and follow your agent's guidance
• Prepare to look at your home from the Buyer's point of view
• Prepare to make some repairs, start packing extra stuff, and let your agent or professional stager to stage your home for showings
• Call the City of Mayfield Heights OH at 440-442-2626 and order the Mayfield Heights OH Point of Sale inspection. Make sure to read the Point of Sale guide first, so you know what you should do prior to inspection in order to get your house violation free
• Prepare to live in a "Model Home" mode. Your house should be accessible for showings by your agent and other cooperating Real Estate agents any time
• Price your home right and let your agent plan the effective marketing of your home, so you get a higher chance to achieve your goal timely.

How to sell a house in Mayfield Heights OH for top dollar is a good question to ask when your life comes to the point when you need to move to the other location or to the different home. 

First of all, you should evaluate your position on Real Estate market and possibilities to get top dollar for your Mayfield Heights OH home.

Let's start evaluation from some critical factors which you or your Real Estate agent can not control, such as

• area
• school district
• location
• layout/floor plan/age of your house
  
• lot size

Area. School District.

Being a resident of this wonderful city, you know better than anyone that Mayfield Heights OH is a great place to live. Located at the East side of Greater Cleveland, Mayfield Heights has it all: parks and shopping, restaurants and entertainment, medical facilities and community swimming pools, easy access to I-271 and proximity to University Circle and Downtown Cleveand.

Major area employers like Progressive Insurance, Hillcrest Hospital create jobs for many professionals.

Cultural and ethnic diversity of Mayfield Heights residents and businesses makes this vibrant city so alive!

Very strong and competitive Mayfield City Schools attract to Mayfield Heights and adjacent Mayfield Village, Highland Heights and Gates Mills families with kids.

Congratulations! If you want to sell your home in Mayfield Heights, you are in right place! It's a very popular city, so we have many qualified potential buyers who are willing to buy the house in  Mayfield Heights

   Your goal is to sell your home for top dollar.

Be honest with yourself and keep evaluating your current market position and options!

Location of your home. If you house is situated in a quiet residential area with a low local traffic, if it has a nice private back yard you have a better chance to sell it for more. If your house is really close to highway or is on the major street, more likely it will affect the price.

Layout / floor plan. Age of your house. Lot size. Mayfield Heights housing market offers a lot of houses of different ages, styles and layouts. They are all in different price groups.

You can still find in Mayfield Heights OH few older homes built in 20-s. Many houses were built in 50-s and 60s. Bungalow and cape cod styles were very popular back then.Some of them lost in value during last couple years.

It's a good supply of solid moderately priced ranch style homes built in 60-s and 70-s. Popular in late 60-s and 70-s medium size split level homes are still in a good demand but they should be priced reasonably in order to sell. Bigger and more pricy split level homes can be found in Gates Mills Blvd. area. on SOM Center, Cedar Rd., in neighborhoods located West of Lander Rd. and North of Ridgebury Blvd.

It's a decent supply of recently built homes in Mayfield Heights. They are very well built and reasonably priced and that's why they are very popular among the buyers.

No matter what the position of your house on current Real Estate market is, you should be positive about the sale of your home. Each house has its buyer.

Prepare yourself mentally and emotionally. Prepare your house. Hire the right Real Estate professional. Get your house sold!

I hope, our series of articles on How to sell your Mayfield Heights OH house for top dollar will be of a good help for you.

Good luck !

Wenger Orthodontics in Mayfield Heights, Ohio

I could write paragraphs about Wenger Orthodontics in Mayfield Heights, Ohio simply because we are so impressed with them. To truly understand what a rare combination of talent is assembled in this office, you would be well served if you or a family member needs orthodontia care. You can call the office to schedule an appointment for a complimetary consultation.

As consumers, we are very demanding of service providers and have high expectations, and even more so when it comes to orthodontics as the outcome has a life-long impact. My wife, Julie, took our daughter for the first visit and when she called me after the initial consultation, she was ecstatic.

Here are few comments Julie made to me:

"Dr. Reid educated both of us on expansion versus extraction and we actually get it."

"We actually understand the anatomy of the jaw and what can happen using an expander and what can happen when you extract teeth."

"Dr. Reid listened."

"He answered all of our questions, showed us x-rays on the computer of the jaw and how an expander works."

"We actually understood the entire process."

This allowed us, as parents to make an informed decision. Both Julie and I feel 100% comfortable and happy with our decision and being in their care."

There are three practicing orthodontists -- all three are Dr. Wengers! There is Dr. Terrence Wenger and his two sons Dr. Ryan Wenger and Dr. Reid Wenger. Take the time to read their bios on their website, you will amazed at the talent housed under one roof: http://wengerortho.com/about.html.

The actual orthodontic space is very cool, modern and comfortable. Julie sat on the window seat right next to our daughter when she was in the chair. Everyone is accessible and ready to answer questions. Our daughter, being 13, was busy texting the whole time, and no one minded--they all do it!! Actually, it serves as a great distraction. We were also given all three phone numbers at which to reach any of the doctors after hours. Wow!

Julie called me again on her way home and further described the actual facilities, the staff, and the entire environment. "When you walk through the door, there is a flat-screen monitor and keyboard on which you type your last name and up pops your appointment and you are checked in -- all in 5 seconds. The waiting area is spacious, modern, open and accessible and the front desk staff are very personable, efficient and friendly.

Since we have started going there, we have had to call to switch appointments or ask questions and always receive a very friendly and timely response. This is exceptional customer service in a very busy world!

We were referred to Wenger Orthodontics in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, by a colleague and we feel very fortunate that we are all in such capable and friendly hands! Not to mention that Dr. Terrence (Terry) Wenger played for the Cleveland Indians back in the early 60's and our son thinks this is the absolute coolsest part of the whole operation -- he is asking for his autograph next time we go!

Wenger Orthodontics
Landerbrook Dental Professionals Building
5825 Landerbrook Drive, Suite 224
Mayfield Heights, OH 44124
ph: 440.442.0916
fax: 440.442.0960
http://www.wengerortho.com

If you are impressed with Wenger Orthodontics (and you will be)...you should check out the nearby Mayfield Heights Ohio Real Estate and homes for sale. From an entry-level 50K condo to new construction, there is a home in Mayfield Heights to satisfy everyone. Convenient access to major transportation arteries, shopping, retail, University Circle and dowtown Cleveland.

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