Meet with your agent at your home and ask for a comparative market analysis. This will give you information about what homes like yours have been selling for in the current market. You’ll also want to know how long you can expect it to take to sell your home. How many homes like yours have sold recently? Are homes like yours in high demand? Or, is it located in a less desirable area that could mean a longer marketing time and, perhaps, a lower price than you were expecting?

1. If you don’t already have one, find an experienced, qualified auctioner who specializes in your area. Friends whose opinion you trust are the best source of agent referrals. Meet with your agent at your home and ask for a comparative market analysis. This will give you information about what homes like yours have been selling for in the current market.
2. You’ll also want to know how long you can expect it to take to sell your home. How many homes like yours have sold recently? Are homes like yours in high demand? Or, is it located in a less desirable area that could mean a longer marketing time and, perhaps, a lower price than you were expecting?
3. Ask your agent to walk through your home with you and point out what should be done to make your home marketable. Homes that sell today are priced right for the market and are in move-in condition.
4. You want to make cost-effective improvements. If the kitchen and bathrooms are outdated, consider a cosmetic redo. Update paint, hardware, light fixtures and floor coverings, if necessary. Don’t do a complete remodel unless you plan to stay in your home for years; otherwise, you won’t recoup your investment.
5. Deciding where to move — and when — can be difficult. Some buyers can afford to buy a new home before selling, and prefer to make the move that way. Most repeat buyers can’t afford to buy first. Others who can won’t buy first due to market uncertainty and the stress of owning two homes at once.
6. The most prudent approach to making a move from one home to another is to sell first and rent if necessary until you find the right home to buy. By selling first, you will know exactly how much money you have to apply to a new home. Today’s housing market is volatile. A dip in the market could shave tens of thousands of euros, or more, off your selling price.
7. The other benefit of renting before buying is that you’re under no pressure to buy the first listing you see. Interest rates are low and are expected to stay low through 2012. Prices are also low and aren’t expected to move up much for the next several years.

Good luck and try not to become too stressed – having a good auctioneer who will work hard on your behalf is half the battle!

Welcome and happy 2012 to everyone. What a great start to the year as viewings begin to pick up and offers start rolling in. Some are low ball offers, never the less, it is not where we start but where we finish that counts! We have already begun to do BIG business this year thank God and we plan on doing more….lots and lots more.  We are continually getting stronger as a company and despite everything working against us, we have learned to dominate the market and succeed. Bring on 2012!

If you are looking to sell give me a call straight away on +353 1 6272770. We are coming into spring/summer and this is one of the best times to sell your property. Simply because everything looks better and more cheery.  We also NEED HOUSES TO SELL ASAP as a lot of our stock was successfully SOLD in 2011.

If you are looking to buy don’t be left on the fence! The “experts” predict that the property market will bottom out in 2013 but by then prices will already have begun to rise again (though slowly)! Vendors expectations too will rise and there will be more buyers on the market competing for the best house at the best price. So don’t forget there are some great deals to be had here and now.

I look forward to serving you in 2012 and making your dreams come true,

As always assuring you the best of my attention.

Lorraine Mulligan.

Director RE/MAX Results, Celbridge.