Selling Your Home is Easier if You Prepare First

Selling a house is a complicated thing to do. It involves a lot of paperwork, a lot of meeting with people and most of all, a lot of time. That being the case, it helps to prepare ahead of time. There are a few things that anyone who wishes to sell a house should do prior to putting the "for sale" sign in the front yard. The sooner these things are done, the easier the job of selling the house will be.

Here are a few suggestions for things that you should do prior to putting your house up for sale:

Do you plan to hire a realtor? If so, you should probably do some research to find one. You want to find someone with whom you are comfortable and who has experience selling homes. You don't want to be dealing with a realtor who is still "learning the ropes. If you want to sell it yourself, you should probably pick up a book on the topic or do some Internet research. Try looking up "FSBO", which is short for "For Sale By Owner."

Get your house ready to sell. Is it in tip-top shape? Does it need paint? Roof repair? Yard maintenance? These are things you want to have ready ahead of time. First impressions make a lot of difference; you want you house to look great when it's time to sell. That applies to the inside of the house, as well. Before you show it, you need to make sure that it's clean and tidy.

Get pre-approved for a loan. If you are going to need to buy another house after you sell this one, you should get pre-approved for a loan now. That will make it much easier for you to shop for your new home. An even better idea would be to apply now for a home equity line of credit on your existing property. That will insure that you have an adequate down payment for your next home should you find that one before your current house is sold.

Consider having the house appraised. While realtors have a good idea of how much a home should sell for, you may not if you are selling it yourself. Plus, both mortgage and appraisal fraud are quite common these days. It wouldn't hurt to have an appraisal that is independent of the realtor or lender. Selling a home isn't particularly complicated; millions of them are sold every year. But the more prepared you are to sell yours, the easier it will be.

Posted by Kris Bourque on December 13, 2008 at 12:00 AM

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Latitude: 42.526523 -- Longitude: -71.753582

ZIP Codes for Leominster, Massachusetts	01453
Area Code for Leominster, Massachusetts	978
Time zone for Leominster, Massachusetts	EST

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Before European settlement, various divisions of the Pennacook or Nipmuc tribes inhabited the area, with a settlement nearby called Nashua. Leominster was first settled in 1653 and was officially incorporated in 1740. Leominster is now known as "The Pioneer Plastics City" because of its thriving plastics industry from the early part of the twentieth century to present day. Leominster and Fitchburg are commonly known as the twin cities in the area because of their similar populations and shared history of industry, and also because they are on opposite sides of the Nashua River. The city is divided into a few "villages" such as French Hill, a large hill covered in planned blocks of "triple decker" apartment houses located from 1st Street to 12th Street. It is called French Hill because this is where the large immigrant French population took root. In the early 1900's, on Lincoln Terrace, the Italians moved in as a group and built up a semi-closed society which existed for many years. -- Source: Wikipedia.com

Massachusetts 2000 Census Population Profile Map

	Leominster	Massachusetts	United States
Population	41,303	6,349,097	281,421,906
Median age	36.3	36.5	35.3
Median age for Male	35.3	35.4	34
Median age for Female	37.4	37.7	36.5
Households	16,491	2,443,580	105,480,101
Household population	40,909	6,127,881	273,643,273
Average household size	2.48	2.51	2.59
Families	10,902	1,576,696	71,787,347
Average family size	3.05	3.11	3.14
Housing units	16,976	2,621,989	115,904,641
Occupied units	16,491	2,443,580	105,480,101
Vacant units	485	178,409	10,424,540

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