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Showing Your Home
Last edited by Theresa , November 29
You've done your research on the local market and determined
your sales price. You've cleaned your home from top to bottom
and perhaps even hired a professional cleaning company to do the
really gritty jobs. You've taken down the family photos and your
collection of ceramic cartoon characters. You've removed all
your valuables, from jewelry and fur coats to financial
documents and antique silver candelabras. You or your agent has
placed the advertisement for your open house in the Sunday real
estate section.
Now you're ready for the main event. It's show time!
Open House Know-how
Many sellers dread open houses and some do whatever they can to
avoid them. No one looks forward to strangers trooping through
their home, no matter how much you've prepared yourself for the
idea. But real estate professionals say that open houses remain
one of the best ways to get the word out that your home is for
sale. Though agents say sales are rarely made as a direct result
of open houses, open houses create buzz about your home and that
can indeed lead to a sale.
Agents often hold at least two open houses for a new listing.
One is mid-week and is aimed at other real estate agents. These
open houses are extremely useful to sellers since agents will
then have an idea whether to steer their buyers toward your
house. Then your agent will also hold a general open house -
probably on a Sunday afternoon - advertised in the newspaper.
(Agents also use these open houses to get their name out to
prospective buyers; it's part marketing for your house, and part
marketing for your agent.)
In addition, some agents like to have a more low-key
"neighborhood" open house on the Saturday before the general
Sunday open house. The Saturday "neighborhood" open house serves
the purpose of letting the neighbors come through and assuage
their curiosity and it keeps them out of the way on Sunday, when
presumably more serious house hunters may be touring your home.
One Seattle agent who admits that open houses only occasionally
result directly in sales says he nevertheless firmly believes in
holding general open houses. "If I had a client who didn't want
an open house or a lock box I would question how motivated that
client was," said the agent. "I also sometimes get clients who
don't want buyers coming through at certain times of the day, or
certain days of the week. But sellers need to be very flexible.
The first thing I try to get across when working with a seller
is that once the home goes on the market it's not your home
anymore. It's a house that's for sale."
Lock Box Culture
Lock boxes are another source of annoyance for some sellers.
Basically a lock box is a small, locked box attached to the
house's front door or somewhere very near the front door.
Licensed real estate agents whose firms belong to the local MLS
can open lock boxes and remove a key to the house. This means
those agents can bring house hunters through the house at times
that are convenient to them, probably during the day when you
and your family are not at home. The agents will leave a card to
let you know they were there with clients. Most local MLS
organizations have policies that prohibit agents from bringing
house hunters at certain times of the day, such as before 9 a.m.
or after 9 p.m., and some lock boxes are programmed simply not
to open during those off hours.
But if you think your house is so appealing that you don't need
a lock box, consider this: A typical agent working with house
hunters may find a dozen homes that his client wants to look at,
and 11 of them have lock boxes. Your home doesn't have a lock
box and the agent will have to call you or your agent to make
special arrangements to see the house. Can you guess the likely
outcome? The buyer's agent takes his clients to the 11 homes
with lock boxes, at which point everyone is exhausted. Why
bother with the "problem" home without the lock box? You get the
idea. Accessibility translates into less time on the market.
Seller's Tip: If you're selling your home yourself you'll have
to go out of your way to make it easy for house hunters to tour
your home. Without a lock box, you or a friend will have to be
at your home to meet agents and their clients. And you must
always remember that having you as the seller at the house is,
according to most real estate pros, a significant disadvantage.
House hunters are less likely to open closets, dawdle in
bathrooms, and check out your new basement if you're hanging
over their shoulder or watching TV in the living room. And if
they don't linger, they won't have a lasting impression of your
home. If you absolutely must be at home while potential buyers
are there, try to stay busy in the yard or garage. Above all, do
not follow them around the house pointing out your remodeling
projects or the cute wallpaper you hung in the kids' rooms.
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Location: Chatsworth, CA 91311
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Glossary
Chatsworth
Demographics
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Chatsworth, CA 91311 |
National Average |
| Population of
Chatsworth |
36552 |
11535 |
| Median Age |
38.8 years |
37.47 years |
| Median
Household Income |
$67833 |
$42350.95 |
| Percentage of
Single Households |
42.4% |
41.53% |
| Percentage of
Married Households |
57.6% |
58.46% |
| Percentage
Families (households with children) |
24.5% |
24.32% |
| Average
Household Size |
2.62 people
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2.57 people
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| Percentage
College or Better |
35.1% |
20.14% |
| Percentage
White Collar |
73.2% |
47.14% |
Quality of Life
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Chatsworth, CA 91311 |
National Average |
| Average Winter
High Temperature |
53.2 degrees |
41.29 degrees |
| Average Winter
Low Temperature |
46.7 degrees |
22.88 degrees |
| Average Summer
High Temperature |
89.6 degrees |
86.56 degrees |
| Average Summer
Low Temperature |
54.6 degrees |
62.35 degrees |
| Average Annual
Precipitation |
17.9 inches |
38.69 inches |
| Air Quality
Index |
1 |
44.59 |
| Total Crime
Index |
4.3 |
3.60 |
| Personal Crime
Index |
7 |
3.43 |
| Culture Index |
164 |
93.65 |
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