Selling Your Home in Carmel Valley in Spring
It’s Springtime in Carmel Valley – lush grass in the parks, blooming wildflowers, gorgeous vineyards, and sweeping valley vistas are a few of the simple pleasures Carmel Valley residents look forward to. If you’re considering selling your home in Carmel Valley in Spring, these tips on preparation, marketing, and strategy may be helpful.
Staging and Preparation
There are a few things you can do in the staging and preparation that complement the wonderful Spring weather that visitors from around the world come to enjoy. For a full article of how to stage a home, see this blog post. Once you declutter, remove most of your personal items, and clean the inside and outside of the property, you can begin to select colors.
Your Realtor’s staging consultant will visit the property and provide recommendations on how to accent the key features of your home. Blues, purples, oranges, and yellows are great Spring colors. Focus on the entry of the house – a positive first impression will engage a buyer and prepare them for a great showing.
Photography and Marketing
Spring is a great time to sell in Carmel Valley because of all the beautiful spring colors that should be captured in the photography and conveyed in the marketing to potential buyers. Buyers love the Carmel Valley location and climate, so depending on where your home is located, you can accentuate some of the nearby attractions in the marketing. For example, if you live by a golf course, a few drone shots like the one below of Carmel Valley Ranch, really helps to convey the lifestyle. The marketing should not only show off your beautiful home, it should give the buyer a detailed story of what it’s like to live there.
When you’re working with your Realtor on the verbiage and selection of photos, consider a few questions that tell your story of the house.
- Where do you drink your coffee in the morning?
- Where do you read a book?
- Where do you lay down for a Saturday afternoon nap?
- Where do you have a glass of wine in the evening?
- What are some of your favorite features of the home that may not stand out immediately to the naked eye?
Telling the story of the home in the marketing presentation gives the buyer a clear indication of whether or not this is the right home for them. Using a targeted marketing approach like this is the best way to attract the right buyer.
Strategy | Selling Your Home in Carmel Valley in Spring
When considering a marketable strategy to selling your home in Carmel Valley in spring, a comparative market analysis prepared by your Realtor can be your most useful tool. Historically, Spring is a season where buyers can anticipate an influx of inventory. Some sellers like waiting until Spring to list because they know the buyers are getting excited to explore their options and get serious about buying. The Carmel Valley market is not as seasonal as many other real estate markets. Our inventory has been low for years, and while we anticipate more houses coming on the market in Spring, our market was very consistent in the summer, fall and winter with strong buyer demand.
A comparative market analysis, or CMA, prepared in the Spring will look a little different than one prepared in the Fall or Winter in Carmel Valley. There will be more active listings, which allows you to compare more current market offerings to your home than if you were listing in other seasons. Using this data, you can determine the best ways your home differentiates from the competition, and market those strengths heavily in the verbiage and photography.
We hope these tips for selling your home in Carmel Valley in Spring find you well, and if you have any questions we are always happy to help!
-The Heinrich Team